Field Application Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Customer Technical Support: Provide on-site and remote support for Cytiva's cell culture products, including HyClone media, serum, supplements, and upstream bioreactor workflows. Troubleshoot cell growth, productivity, media performance, contamination, and process scale-up issues. Assist with experimental design and provide recommendations for consistent outcomes. Conduct customer training, demos, and application workshops.
• Pre-Sales Support & Solution Enablement: Partner with the India commercial team to support technology evaluations, product trials, and solution recommendations. Map customer needs to Cytiva offerings and deliver technical presentations to R&D, PD, QC, and manufacturing teams.
• Workflow Optimization & Technical Leadership: Support workflows for CHO and HEK cell line culture, media selection and adaptation, seed train development, single-use bioreactor adoption, and scale-up from bench to pilot or GMP level. Document findings, generate technical reports, and share insights with commercial and product management teams.
• Market & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a technical liaison for India-based customer feedback, industry trends, and competitive insights. Assist product management and global application teams with regional technical inputs. Participate in conferences, seminars, training programs, and collaborations across India.
• Travel: Extensive travel required (60-70% territory/overnight travel).