Business Development Associate

Sapiosciences
EST, US
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in lab informatics or AI-driven scientific platforms.

Best fit for

  • Junior professionals with a background in scientific or technical fields and a drive to improve lab operations through AI.
    — “apply AI thoughtfully to improve efficiency, scalability, and decision-making
  • Candidates who are adaptable and comfortable working in a scale-up environment with evolving processes.
    — “move with pace and purpose, balancing innovation with responsibility
  • Individuals who value collaboration across geographies and are motivated by real-world impact in drug discovery and diagnostics.
    — “work alongside people who care deeply about advancing drug discovery and improving laboratory operations worldwide

Things to consider

  • The role may require flexibility in working arrangements due to the scale-up environment.
    — “lean, growth-focused team where ownership is expected and progress matters
  • There is a focus on global operations, which may involve working with international clients or teams.
    — “partner with laboratories around the world, from emerging biotech companies to global pharmaceutical and diagnostics organisations

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to apply AI or data tools to solve practical scientific or operational challenges.
    — “AI enhances how laboratories structure, interpret, and act on scientific data
  • Showcase experience with scientific data management or lab systems like ELN or LIMS.
    — “unifies ELN, LIMS, and scientific data management within a highly configurable environment
  • Emphasize your initiative and how you've contributed to team goals or process improvements.
    — “ideas are encouraged, initiative is recognised, and professional growth is supported
  • Demonstrate your alignment with values like transparency, quality, and making a difference in scientific work.
    — “our core values—what we proudly call The Sapio Seven, aka EMBRACE
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

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What success looks like

  • new business acquisition
  • customer satisfaction
  • AI adoption
Typical background
scientific salesbiotech

Skills & requirements

Required

Business DevelopmentAI IntegrationSales StrategyCustomer Engagement

Preferred

Scientific Data ManagementLab Informatics

Stack & domain

AILab InformaticsScientific Data ManagementInstrument IntegrationExperiment SetupSample ManagementData AnalysisReportingCollaborationCuriosityInitiativeProfessional GrowthTeamworkCommunicationDrug DiscoveryLaboratory Operations

About the role

Original posting from Sapiosciences via Lever

About Sapio Sciences

Sapio Sciences is on a mission to accelerate scientific discovery and high-throughput clinical and diagnostic services. We bring together scientists, engineers, and industry specialists to build a unified lab informatics platform that helps organisations move faster, work smarter, and generate deeper insight from their data.

Artificial intelligence is central to how we innovate and operate. Within our platform, AI enhances how laboratories structure, interpret, and act on scientific data. Across our business, we apply AI thoughtfully to improve efficiency, scalability, and decision-making. It is not an add-on or future ambition. It is embedded in how we build, deliver, and continuously improve.

Our platform unifies ELN, LIMS, and scientific data management within a highly configurable environment. Scientists, laboratory professionals, and bioinformaticians rely on Sapio to manage end-to-end laboratory operations, from instrument integration and experiment setup to sample management, data analysis, and reporting. We design solutions that are powerful yet practical, enabling teams to focus on science rather than systems.

Working at Sapio

Our EMBRACE values guide how we work and grow together. We take ownership of our outcomes, collaborate openly across functions and geographies, and remain curious about how science and technology can evolve. We are accountable to each other and to our customers, and we measure our success by the real-world impact our platform enables.

Working at Sapio means being part of a lean, growth-focused team where ownership is expected and progress matters. We value colleagues who are motivated by impact and comfortable operating in an evolving environment.

At Sapio, you will work alongside people who care deeply about advancing drug discovery and improving laboratory operations worldwide. Ideas are encouraged, initiative is recognised, and professional growth is supported. As a scale-up, we move with pace and purpose, balancing innovation with responsibility.

We partner with laboratories around the world, from emerging biotech companies to global pharmaceutical and diagnostics organisations, who trust Sapio to deliver intelligent, science-aware solutions that support discovery, development, and diagnostics.

Our People

At Sapio Sciences, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our lab informatics solutions are powered not just by technology, but by a shared commitment to our core values—what we proudly call The Sapio Seven, aka EMBRACE:

  • Embrace the future
  • Make a difference
  • Be true partners
  • Remember why we’re here
  • Act with empathy
  • Commit to transparency
  • Excel in quality

These values shape how we work, how we grow, and how we deliver impact for our clients every day.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, at any stage across the application, interview & assessment processes then please let us know. We will work with you to support your needs in confidence.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. We intend that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Source: Sapiosciences careers (Lever)

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