Senior Manager, Molecular Biology

Job Title: Sr Manager, Molecular Biology
Requisition ID: 137919BR
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 .
Location/Division
- Carlsbad, CA
- Biosciences Division
How will you make an impact?
As a Sr Manager in Molecular Biology you are working the forefront of protein and cell analysis, developing reagents, tools, analytics and workflows to analyze the cellular transcriptome, particularly at the level of the 'single cell'. Provide technical insight to an extended team with respect to current directions in this field.
What will you do?
- Develop reagents aimed at enabling the understanding the single cell transcriptome using advanced sequencing and/or imaging techniques.
- Drive technical innovation in these areas.
- Participate as a team member in product development programs from conception (ideation), through development (innovation) and launch (commercialization).
- Support 'voice of customer' and lead 'beta-testing' programs.Generate application data that demonstrates the utility and performance of these products in workflows associated with oncology and immunology research. Perform standard laboratory math calculations and solutions/media preparation
- Primer and PCR design
- Ability to optimize RT and PCR reaction conditions from a variety of inputs
- Next Generation Sequencing Library Preparation (troubleshooting and optimizing)
- Next Generation Sequencing Acquisition and Analysis
- Single Cell Sequencing (any approach)
- Bio-informatics (application to sequencing)
How will you get here?
Education:
- PhD degree and post-doc in molecular biology or biochemistry, or master's degree with 7+ years work experience or bachelor's degree with 10+ years work experience.
Experience:
- 3+ years experience in molecular biology
- 2+ years next generation sequencing
- 1+ years experience with single cell sequencing or other single cell techniques
- 1+ years experience in cell culture
- 1+ years experience with automation or high-throughput applications
Knowledge, Skills, Job Abilities
- Ability to work independently as part of a team in the laboratory, and diverse teams includes R&D, Project and Product Management, Quality, Operations, Marketing, Commercial.
- Excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills.
- Perform Standard laboratory math calculations and solutions/media preparation
- Periodic weekend work: 'As needed' based on schedule and lab density requirements
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 .
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