Manager, R&D Projects

Job Description

Job Title: R&D Manager

Job Location: India, Bangalore

About the company

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $44 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 analytical challenges, growing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics, or developing and manufacturing life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our distributed team delivers an outstanding 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, Patheon, and PPD. Our Innovative Laboratory technologies & Services makes it easier for customers.

The antibody team is involved in engineering and development of antibodies, with a deep focus on reagent quality and specificity. The core activities of team include design, development, purification, conjugation and testing of antibodies in a variety of immunoassay applications using pioneering tools and technologies. The goal of the program is advanced product development and creation of product specific information to promote research use.

Role:

To be an integral part of an antibody development team with a focus on performance and specificity using innovative molecular, protein, and cell biology methods.

• Contribute in a fast- paced environment towards Antibody development & Validation
• R&D Manager role in new antibody development projects with vast experience in experimental planning and execution to meet the program milestone.

• Serve as domain expert in the field of flow cytometry, cell sorting and protein biology to provide inputs and guidance towards driving innovation and cross team collaborations.
• Lead team of scientists in matrix style operation, provide technical and operational supervision. Mentoring and training junior scientists in research,
• Design and experimental execution, interpreting data and data presentation to the stakeholders.
• Drive ideation within teams to enable development of successful protocols for effective transfer to operation teams.
• Serve as subject matter expert in the field of protein biology to provide inputs and guidance towards driving innovation and cross team collaborations.
• Knowledge of product commercialization processes from concept to launch including early feasibility, development, and validation phases.
• Support manufacturing team for technical support and quality by providing technical guidance.

Candidate Requirement:

Education & Experience levels:

• Applicants should have Masters with greater than 15 years confirmed R&D experience or PhD with greater than 7 years’ experience in a life sciences field with a strong focus on structural biology, protein design, protein purification, molecular biology, immunology, biotechnology or biochemistry. Min 3-4 years of Industrial experience is required.

• Extensive experience and familiarity with antibody or protein engineering, rational design, and molecular biology using tools and methodologies of structural biology and protein modeling and visualization tools such as Pymol, Shrodinger, Discovery Studio or other such programs.

• Experience in the field of molecular biology, protein expression, protein purification, and protein-protein interaction, protein structure -function relationships, and immunogen designs.
• Expertise in development of conjugation chemistries or performing antibody conjugations is desired
• Expertise in Flow cytometry and other sorting techniques
• Ability to provide technical trouble shooting to resolve scientific problems.
• Proficient in software or platforms for molecular biology and sequence analysis, MS Office and statistical software such as GraphPad Prism.
• Authorship of peer-reviewed publications with post-doctoral experience and a strong, independent understanding of standard and emerging research protocols and techniques are preferred. GLP experience is a must.
• Prior team management experience preferred.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and a self-starter who is excellent at learning and applying new concepts for process or product improvements, possess excellent people and project leadership skills including decision making and conflict resolution, oral and written communication skills to connect to peers and leadership, and demonstrate role model leadership for teamwork with the ability to work with diverse colleagues.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination basis race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetics, pregnancy, disability or any other legally protected status. Thermo Fisher Scientific aligns with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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!

ThermoFisher is committed to crafting a diverse work environment that values and respects individuals from all backgrounds. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.