Director of R&D

Job Title

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.

This role is based in Sunnyvale, California, within the Ion Chromatography and Sample Preparation Business Unit at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Our R&D team leads the way in Ion Chromatography innovation and product development.

Discover Impactful Work : Be part of a world-class team dedicated to solving critical scientific challenges. Your work will contribute to breakthroughs that improve lives globally!

A day in the Life :

• Build and manage a high-performance team Global R&D team passionate about developing outstanding, customer-delighting chemistry diagnostic solutions that leverage AI / ML
• Recognizes and interprets emerging trends and provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure the R&D strategy is aligned with the Business Unit's short and long term vision
• Sets the bar for how experimental data is used to impact the Product Development process and be accountable for Quality, Cost and Delivery of the product
• Uses technical and patent landscape knowledge to drive collaboration and opportunities to combine technologies
• Effectively collaborates with the cross-function leaders to develop and complete new product roadmap, while maintaining budget requirements, meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Cultivate a culture of inclusion, diversity, collaboration, innovation, discovery, and innovative R&D culture focused on scientific excellence, open communication, and continual improvement
• Develop and mentor the team, upgrade capabilities, and recruit / retain outstanding talent

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Compensation and Benefits : The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $192,100.00$264,050.00. 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 :