Sr. Field Applications Scientist, UK/EMEA

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and seasoned individual to join the Commercial Team as a Senior Field Applications Scientist (FAS). This dynamic role sits at the heart of Mission Bio’s strategic expansion into single-cell multiomics, combining targeted DNA, RNA, and protein profiling to advance precision oncology. The ideal candidate will be deeply knowledgeable in multiomic technologies and hematologic malignancies, and able to translate this expertise into compelling pre-sales engagements, market development, and customer success activities.

You will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, and R&D teams to drive adoption of Mission Bio’s multiomics platform, elevate scientific credibility in the field, and ensure our customers succeed across research, translational, and pharmaceutical applications.

This position is ideally based in the United Kingdom, though candidates residing elsewhere in Europe with convenient access to international airports will be considered. A strong and established UK network of oncology researchers, translational scientists, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) is highly desirable.

The role requires a strategic, autonomous, and commercially minded scientist with experience supporting large, complex territories, executing field strategies, and enabling revenue growth in collaboration with the commercial organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Sales and Account Managers to develop and execute territory strategies that drive new business and accelerate revenue growth.
• Lead pre-sales activities, including technical presentations, workflow consultations, and evaluation design to support new opportunities.
• Deliver high-quality training and onboarding for new users of Mission Bio’s single-cell multiomics platform.
• Act as a trusted scientific advisor for oncology-focused customers, particularly within hematologic malignancies, ensuring robust experimental design and accurate data interpretation.
• Leverage your existing UK KOL network to promote adoption and advocacy for Mission Bio’s solutions.
• Serve as a key liaison between field activities and internal teams (R&D, Product, Marketing), providing actionable customer feedback to inform product strategy.
• Support market development initiatives by leveraging your deep understanding of oncology and multi-omic technologies to engage with KOLs and translational research centers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues while ensuring excellent customer experience.
• Travel up to 70%, supporting customers across the UK and wider EMEA region.
  
  

Required Skills, Education And Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a customer-facing or field applications role in the life sciences or biotechnology industry.
• Demonstrated success driving revenue and supporting commercial growth in collaboration with Sales and Marketing.
• Proven ability to manage a large, diverse territory across multiple countries and time zones.
• Strong background in molecular biology, NGS, and/or cancer biology, ideally with a focus on heme-oncology.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with proven ability to engage both scientific and business audiences.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a globally distributed team.
• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience, or MS/PhD with 3–5 years of relevant industry experience.
  
  

Highly Desired

• Hands-on experience with bioinformatics or single-cell data analysis.
• Established network within the UK oncology or translational research community.
• Familiarity with single-cell technologies.
  
  

Travel

• Must be willing to travel up to 70%. Ability to manage a large territory.
• Ability to manage a broad and demanding travel schedule while maintaining customer satisfaction and internal communication.
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Mission Bio

Based in South San Francisco, Mission Bio is the leader in single cell, multi-omics solutions for precision medicine. Our mission is to empower researchers and clinicians to eradicate cancer, and our Tapestri Platform is at the center of that effort. As the industry’s first high throughput single cell, multi-omics solution, Tapestri is trusted by leading academic medical centers, cancer institutes, and biopharma companies to advance research and accelerate the development of curative therapies, including the future of cell and gene therapy.

We are entering an exciting growth phase focused on innovation, deeper commercial partnerships, and broader clinical adoption. Our expanded tri-omics capabilities now combine targeted gene expression and genotyping in a single assay, opening up new opportunities across oncology and therapeutic development.

We are a dynamic and diverse team that lives by the culture of One Cell. One Team. We’re driven by impact, empowered to think like owners, and united by the belief that we learn and achieve more together.

Our Core Values

At Mission Bio, our culture is built on what we believe and how we show up every day. These values guide how we work together, make decisions, and achieve meaningful results for our team, our customers, and the patients we serve.

• Impact: Work that supports our company vision, mission, and strategy. We move the company forward and create value for customers and patients.
• Entrepreneurship: An ownership mindset and a commitment to continuous learning. We take initiative, act with accountability, and stay open to new ideas and better ways of working.
• Teamwork: Collaboration that brings out our best work. Teamwork leads to the strongest outcomes through diverse perspectives, shared commitment, having each other's back, and speaking up when it matters.