COMPANY INFORMATION
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

POSITION SUMMARY
The Sr. Director, Research and Development will be leading a multi-disciplinary organization, across various technical expertise and application areas, providing technical vision, leadership and expertise driving product and technology development to meet portfolio roadmap objectives.

In addition to leading the R&D team to execute deliver to on-time, on-budget new product development portfolios and supporting the portfolio’s commercial success and customer adoption, critically this individual is responsible for developing and empowering the R&D teams and talents, maintaining an innovative, collaborative and inclusive culture.

This individual will also collaborate with other functions including program management, bioinformatics, software development, manufacturing, R&D shared services, product management, marketing and commercial team leaders to help drive and shape the global strategy and ultimate success for the Microarray Business.

Key Responsibilities:
The Sr. Director, R&D will have responsibility for providing leadership and focus to meet or exceed the microarray business unit objectives as follows:

Technical Leadership in New Portfolio and Technology Development driving Customer Success
 

• Proven track record of leading teams to successfully develop and launch global life sciences and/or clinical
• Experience with developing complex workflow systems total solutions e.g., instrument, reagents, and assays, analysis
• Providing technical leadership in complex R&D programs partnering with product management, manufacturing, bioinformatics and software to solve problems, remove hurdles, identify limiting factors and risks as a coach and as a team
• Engaging with field leaders and staying on the forefront of latest technologies with full understanding of market trends and customer full workflow and needs
• Experience interacting with remote factories in launching new NPI’s

• Gains alignment to support goals by integrating R&D and other disciplines such as Marketing and Product Management using a partnering and consultative approach. Effectively engages as an external liaison with customers to grow new business opportunities that drive the business.
• Builds strong customer relationships that enables the delivery of global customer-centric solutions.
• Able to apply customer and marketplace knowledge to advance the innovation and ultimately business success

• Builds R&D leadership bench strength, Attracts, engages, develops, and retains top talent at all levels of the organization
• Builds a great team and great culture that is diverse, collaborative, inclusive with trust and healthy debates
• Inspires, influences, and empowers employees across the matrix (both direct and indirect teams globally) to overachieve objectives

• Decisive leader with ability to lead and empower teams to develop impactful short and long-term strategies and action plans and drive for results

• Expert at achieving planned results in a matrixed environment.
• Strong driver and influencer with ability to motivate and drive results through direct/indirect reports and internal and external cross-functional teams across a highly matrixed global organization. Team builder.

• PhD in Life Science and a minimum of 10+ years of senior-level management experience within the life science and/or clinical diagnostic industry
• Strong team leadership and group management skills
• Proven global experience
• Ability to leverage the R&D portfolio against strategy and being involved in determining right product roadmap
• Proven success in driving system development and in a leadership role
• Must be a good team builder who can effectively and efficiently grow the organization to meet business goals
• A partnering, consultative and open manner is key to success in this role

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 75,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.