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Application Specialist - Histopathology (Madrid & Northern Spain)

  • Remote
    • Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
  • Engineering

Job description

Why Sakura?

When it comes to diagnosing cancer, there’s no time to wait!

At Sakura, we’re driven by our desire to advance cancer diagnosis through fully automated anatomic pathology and by providing our partners & patients with best-in-class innovations, quality and customer care.

 

What we do:

We empower pathology professionals all over the world by providing integrated solutions to deliver accurate & fast diagnoses of cancer, to optimize treatment success for each life we touch!

 

The opportunity:

As an Application Specialist, you will partner with laboratories throughout the customer journey, from installation and onboarding to advanced application support and ongoing optimization.

You will play a key role in helping customers achieve operational excellence while ensuring the highest standards of quality and customer satisfaction.

What You Will Do

 Customer Training & Education

  • Deliver user training for laboratory personnel on Sakura systems and workflows.

  • Support customers during onboarding and adoption of new technologies.

  • Develop strong relationships with laboratory staff and key users.

    Application Support & Troubleshooting

  • Provide application and workflow support to customers.

  • Investigate and resolve operational issues in collaboration with technical support and service teams.

  • Identify opportunities to improve customer efficiency and system utilization.

    Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Service Engineers, Sales Specialists, Marketing, and European Application teams.

  • Share customer feedback and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Job requirements

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

  • Degree in Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory Sciences, Histotechnology, Pathology, or a related scientific discipline.

  • 3 years experience in histopathology, anatomic pathology, or diagnostic laboratory environments.

  • Strong communication and presentation skills.

  • Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.

  • Customer-focused approach and willingness to work in a field-based environment.

    Preferred Experience

  • Experience training laboratory users.

  • Experience with automated histopathology instrumentation.

  • Experience supporting laboratory workflow optimization projects.

  • Experience working in a customer-facing healthcare or diagnostics role.

  • Native or fluent Spanish.

  • Professional working proficiency in English.

  • Additional European languages are considered an advantage.

 Travel & Territory

  • This is a field-based position covering the Madrid region and Northern Spain.

  • Regular travel within the assigned territory is expected.

  • Typical travel consists of customer visits, training sessions, and implementation activities.

  • Average travel commitment is approximately 70%, including overnight stays.

 We offer you:

  • An attractive salary package, including a bonus scheme.

  • 1‑year contract, with the intention to convert to a permanent position after one year.

  • A company car, mobile phone, tablet & laptop.

  •  We invest heavily in the development of our specialists.

    You will benefit from:

    • Structured onboarding program.

    • Product certification pathway.

    • Mentoring from experienced Application Specialists.

      And last but not least, a great job opportunity where you have full ownership of your work, recognition of your achievements and professional development opportunities.

  

The invitation:

Our culture is friendly and open. We believe that the development of our people enables the company's growth.

By joining us, you will be part of:

  • An inspiring community with a mission that matters! ''advancing cancer diagnostics''.

  • Our International organization who's lead by a supportive & inspiring management.

  • A financial healthy & privately owned company.

 

To learn more about Sakura, please visit our career page & follow us on LinkedIn.

 

*Acquisition in response to our job postings is not appreciated. This means that we think we can find a suitable colleague on our own.

*Please note that we don't offer sponsorship visa. Only candidates with valid EU work visa will be considered.

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