Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day 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.

Discover Impactful work

We are pleased to introduce an opening for a Sr. Manager, Research & Development, based in the United States. This is an outstanding opportunity to guide a dynamic team in West Hills, CA, specializing in antigen/antibody-based assay development and innovation. You will evaluate new technologies, improve existing products, and drive process enhancements. Your contributions will directly contribute to our mission to deliver world-class scientific solutions.

A Day in the Life

• Lead and mentor a team of researchers to develop and innovate antigen/antibody-based assays.

• Evaluate and implement new technologies to advance our product offerings.

• Enhance and improve processes for current products to ensure flawless execution.

• Collaborate across departments to determine the best strategies for research and development.

• Provide technical expertise in chromatography, flow cytometry, and protein/cell-based assays.

Keys to Success

Education

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology or related discipline, with a minimum of 3 years of postdoctoral experience in the discovery and development of diagnostics or therapeutics, or Master’s level education with 8 years of experience.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of direct people management experience.

• Extensive experience in the development of assays based on antigens and antibodies.

• Familiarity with chromatography and flow cytometry techniques.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and process improvements.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $143,000.00–$170,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 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, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards