Technical Services Operations Specialist
Oxford / Hybrid | Full‑time | Commercial Operations |
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is transforming the way the world explores biology. Our sequencing technology provides real‑time, scalable insights — from portable devices to population‑scale platforms. Our mission is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere.
We are seeking a Technical Services Operations Specialist to support the operational delivery, optimisation, and continuous improvement of our global Technical Services function, with a strong focus on Salesforce Service Cloud.
This role is ideal for someone with hands‑on experience using Salesforce to support technical or customer‑facing teams, who enjoys working with cases, escalations, work orders, and reporting, and wants to play a key role in improving how global service teams operate at scale.
About the Role
This is a Salesforce‑centric operational role, supporting how our global Technical Services teams manage technical cases, escalations, work orders, and service performance.
You will work closely with Technical Services, Customer Care, Sales, Product, and Systems teams to ensure Salesforce is being used effectively to support issue resolution, operational visibility, and continuous improvement. The role combines day‑to‑day operational support with longer‑term process optimisation and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with regional Technical Services teams to support day‑to‑day Salesforce usage, including case management, escalations, and work orders
- Own and optimise Salesforce case management workflows, ensuring effective triage, prioritisation, escalation, and resolution
- Support and oversee escalation processes, helping ensure issues are handled efficiently with clear root‑cause analysis
- Maintain and improve Salesforce reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into service performance, workload, trends, and capacity
- Monitor service metrics such as case volume, resolution times, and SLA performance, producing insights to support planning and decision‑making
- Identify operational inefficiencies and work with stakeholders to embed scalable Salesforce‑based improvements
- Support work order management and post‑sales technical workflows within Salesforce
- Maintain and evolve service documentation, SOPs, and knowledge articles aligned to Salesforce processes
- Coordinate operational readiness for system changes, releases, and process updates
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across Technical Services operations and tooling
What We’re Looking For Essential
- 1–3 years’ experience in Technical Services, Service Operations, Customer Support Operations, or Business Systems
- Hands‑on experience using Salesforce, ideally Salesforce Service Cloud
- Practical experience with:
- Case management
- Escalations
- Work orders
- Reports and dashboards
- Experience supporting technical, field service, or customer support teams
- Understanding of incident management, root‑cause analysis, and service workflows
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across teams
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with field service management tools or post‑sales technical environments
- Experience using JIRA for ticket management, defect tracking, or reporting
- Exposure to SLA tracking, service analytics, or operational reporting
- Experience supporting global or matrixed teams
- Interest in AI‑enabled service tools (e.g. Salesforce Einstein, automation, knowledge recommendation engines)
- Background in life sciences, biotech, diagnostics, or medical devices
Growth Opportunities
This role offers exposure to:
- Global Technical Services transformation and scaling initiatives
- Salesforce‑driven post‑sales support and service optimisation
- Cross‑functional collaboration with Technical Services, Sales, Customer Care, Quality, IT, and Product teams
- Continuous improvement and operational project delivery in a fast‑growing, technology‑led organisation
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.
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About Us
Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years' experience in Technical Services, Service Operations, or Business Systems
- Familiarity with service management platforms such as Salesforce
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Oxford Nanopore Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered good to above average across many roles, with employer-provided ranges visible for several U.S. commercial and applications positions and company materials emphasizing market‑competitive base pay. Commercial and some senior technical posts, particularly in the U.S., are positioned as competitive and often paired with strong variable components.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — All‑employee share plans in the UK and a U.S. employee stock purchase plan indicate broad access to equity as part of total reward. Company communications highlight attractive bonus and share plans that add meaningful upside beyond base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. roles indicate strong health insurance and core protections, while official materials and country overviews reference private medical coverage and wellbeing support. These elements position the health package as a notable strength alongside cash compensation.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Insights
What We Do
Our goal is to enable the analysis of anything, anywhere, by anyone. We have developed the world’s first and only nanopore DNA and RNA sequencing platform. It’s a new generation of sequencing technology — the only one to offer: scalability to portable or ultra-high throughput formats, real-time data delivery, and the ability to elucidate rich biological data. We are aiming to disrupt the way that biological analyses are currently performed, and open up new applications that have a profound, positive impact on society. Our devices offer real-time analysis, for rapid insights, in fully scalable formats — from pocket to population scale — and the technology is being used in more than 100 countries worldwide. Founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford, the company now employs more than 600 people from multiple disciplines including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.
