Principal Sales Applications Chemist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026.
Overview
Waters, the world's leading specialty measurement company that cares about inclusion and diversity is seeking for aPrinciple Sales Application Chemist to support the very successful growth of our businesses across academia, pharma, government labs and industry. Waters deliver benefits through innovation and people that enable customer success in the life, materials and food sciences. People create the Waters difference. By engaging with our talented and diverse workforce we continuously evolve, develop and enhance our products. We believe in delivering innovative technology and system solutions to our valued customers to enable their success. Our talented application teams have over the years delivered great and sustainable technical solution.
As Principle Sales Application Chemist , this role will combine excellent scientific skills with strong commercial business acumen, and the desire to contribute to the customers’ success by helping them choose the best system solution from Waters product portfolio to address the customers’ analytical challenges. The Applications Chemist will do sample analysis across multiple types of applications (not limited to), Food & Environment, Chemical Materials, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences with a focus on HRMS instrumentation.
Responsibilities
- Focusing on high-end HRMS products, conduct regular technical communication with the headquarters team, and collaborate closely with local technical and service teams to develop application cases.
- Provide internal training and external marketing promotion for HRMS products.
- Collaborate with the sales team to demonstrate the advanced capabilities and applications of high-end HRMS products through demo experiments, project partnerships, and other forms of engagement.
- Provide strong support to key customers, assisting them in developing or expanding applications. Partner with KOLs to drive project collaborations and maintain technological leadership.
Qualifications
Education:
- Master’s Degree or PhD in scientific areas such as chemistry, biology, biochemistry or pharmacology
Experience:
- 5+ years of HRMS user experience.
- Understanding HRMS application markets such as omics, TCM, pharma research, or unknown screening. Work experience in both application and marketing is a plus.
Skills:
- Possess a deep understanding of HRMS technology to effectively communicate its advantages and applications to internal and external customers.
- Excellent presentation and communication abilities to convey ideas clearly and persuasively
- Positive attitude to learn and share
- Open-minded and collaborative
- Highly organized / well-prepared / time management skills
- Adaptive to a dynamic and ever-changing environment
Company Description
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.