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Senior Director, Product Development

Thermo Fisher Scientific
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Sept 2025
💰 $212,000/yr

About the role

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Senior Director, Product Development

We are excited to announce a unique opportunity to join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Senior Director, Product Development supporting the Chief Scientific Officer. As a world-class leader in scientific research and innovation, Thermo Fisher Scientific is dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Location: Frederick, MD

Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

How will you make an impact?

  • 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.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we value diversity and inclusion. We believe that a diverse workforce fosters creativity, innovation, and collaboration. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you require any reasonable accommodations in the job application process, such as assistance due to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognitive impairments, please contact us at 1-855-471-2255*. We are here to support you throughout the application process.

Apply today and become part of our ambitious team driving scientific advancements! Visit our career website at http://jobs.thermofisher

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $212,000.00–$317,975.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus ba

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