Senior Director, R&D

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Lead Thermo Fisher Scientific’s multi-omics strategy, in consultation with members of the Senior R&D and Executive Management.
Lead large-scale collaborations with academic institutions, pharma, biotech, governmental health organizations, and population biobanks, ensuring Thermo Fisher is the industry leader in applied multi-omics.
Guide the company’s long-term strategy in emerging areas including multi-omics, NAMs, and biomarker discovery.
Develop a roadmap to drive adoption of mass spectrometry and protein detection technologies in the clinic as diagnostic platforms.
Drive innovation in biomarker discovery, early disease detection assays, and pipelines supporting therapeutic development.
Coordinate and lead proteomics and multi-omics leadership team meetings, track external competitor technologies and monitor market trends.
Represent Thermo Fisher at major conferences and precision medicine forums.
Cultivate connections with potential partners, key opinion leaders, and advisors to inform a perspective on the market landscape.
Act as a liaison between Thermo Fisher Scientific Business Units, Corporate management and customers
How will you get here? Education Requires a doctoral degree in a Life Science or a related field, and a minimum of 12 years of experience in translational biology in a pharma setting, preferably at an industry leading firm. Experience Exercise solid understanding of growth drivers for the proteomics and multi-omics market spaces, expertise in developing strategic frameworks, and the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration.
Requires proven extensive knowledge in translational biomarker discovery, precision medicine, and drug development.
Broad understanding, education, and applied background in proteomics, genomics, and and other ‘omics technologies is a prerequisite for the successful candidate.
Effective at forming relationships, collaborating, and influencing leaders within and outside the organization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to represent ideas and recommendations at all levels of the organization.
Knowledge of current life science technologies and customer trends.
High level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
Advanced user of Excel and PowerPoint, proficient with PowerBI.
Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
Strong ability to build and maintain relationships across business and technically focused teams
Ability to work in a fast-paced, competitive environment
Management consulting or corporate strategy experience in the life science tools and diagnostics industry preferred.
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Location:
Frederick
Job Type:
FullTime