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OfficeJob 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.
DESCRIPTION:
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior Business Development Manager and help grow the organization through strategic deals and partnerships. You'll identify and pursue revenue-generating opportunities while developing comprehensive licensing and business development strategies across our innovative portfolio. Working in a collaborative environment, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate market opportunities, engage with key stakeholders, and negotiate complex agreements that create value for our organization and customers. This role offers the opportunity to create meaningful impact by connecting innovative scientific solutions with customer needs across pharma, biotech, academic, and industrial segments.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Advanced Degree plus 8 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 10 years of experience in business development, licensing, or strategic partnership experience in life sciences/biotech industry
• Preferred Fields of Study: business, life sciences, engineering, or related field
• Professional certifications in business development, project management, or related areas advantageous
• Demonstrated success in identifying, evaluating and completing complex business deals
• Strong understanding of scientific/technical concepts and ability to translate into business opportunities
• Excellent analytical skills for market assessment, financial modeling, and strategic planning
• Strong communication and presentation abilities for engaging with senior stakeholders
• Effective negotiation and relationship-building capabilities across internal/external partnerships
• Experience managing projects in collaborative organizations with multiple stakeholders
• Proficiency with CRM systems, business analytics tools, and Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to travel up to 40-50% as required for customer/partner meetings
• Bilingual language skills valuable
• Strategic mindset with strong business acumen
• History of meeting or exceeding revenue and business development targets
• Collaborative approach with ability to influence and build consensus
Skills Required
- Advanced Degree plus 8 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 10 years of experience in business development, licensing, or strategic partnership experience in life sciences/biotech industry
- Demonstrated success in identifying, evaluating and completing complex business deals
- Excellent analytical skills for market assessment and strategic planning
- Strong communication and presentation abilities for engaging with senior stakeholders
- Effective negotiation and relationship-building capabilities
- Experience managing projects in collaborative organizations
- Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to travel up to 40-50% as required
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with a strong company match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are viewed as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Starting paid time off around three weeks, along with paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and options to add more, is consistently highlighted as a strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus additional bonding time, together with adoption/fertility assistance and childcare benefits, provides robust family support.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team 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, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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