About the Role
Discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Develop solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges.
Responsibilities
- Lend expertise to assist with development of proteomics sample preparation workflows.
- Develop and execute long-term research strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Lead the design, planning, and execution of complex research projects from concept through implementation in proteomics.
- Identify emerging trends, technologies, and opportunities to inform future research directions in proteomics.
- Design rigorous research methodologies, analyze data, and ensure high standards of scientific and technical integrity in proteomics.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, business, academic, and external partners to translate research into innovative products, services, or processes.
- Represent the organization as a recognized subject matter expert with customers, partners, and industry forums.
- Evaluate research outcomes and communicate insights and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
- Ensure research activities comply with ethical, regulatory, and organizational standards.
Requirements
- 25+ years of progressive research experience, including leadership of complex research programs in both academic and industrial settings.
- Experience navigating Federal funding mechanisms.
- Extensive background working with large international cohort studies.
- Detailed understanding of protein sample preparation, mass spectroscopy and data analysis.
- Demonstrated record of high-impact research, publications, patents, or commercially successful innovations.
- Strong analytical, statistical, and experimental design skills.
- Experience leading cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven ability to influence strategy and make data-driven decisions.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent research initiatives.
- Record of obtaining external research funding or leading collaborative research partnerships.
- Established professional network within academia, industry, or research communities.
Skills
- Proteomics
- Biomarker discovery
- Mass spectroscopy
- Data analysis
- Analytical skills
- Statistical skills
- Experimental design
- Project management
Location
- California
Work Type
- Office
- Other
Experience Level
- Director
Education Level
- Ph.D. in Chemistry or Biochemistry or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $192,100.00–$288,100.00
Benefits
- Variable annual bonus
- Choice of national medical and dental plans
- National vision plan
- Health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
- Accident and life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
About the Company
- Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science.
- Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
- We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
