By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$115,100.00 - $189,200.00Position Summary:
ProteinSimple is part of the Analytical Solutions division of Bio-Techne (NASDAQ: TECH). We are rethinking protein tools and helping thousands of researchers around the world resolve their protein analysis problems so they can reveal new insight into proteins and their role in disease. Use your project leadership skills to enable the software development team to perform in ways that far exceeds what is delivered today. Our product development team is making products that are drastically changing how scientists and researchers use tools to become more productive in the life science industry. Use your project leadership skills to enable the software development team to perform in ways that far exceeds what is delivered today. As a technical manager operating in a leadership role, you will be empowered to ensure the team(s) successfully deliver the product by guiding them in test planning and execution.
Essential Functions:
Drive and prioritize technical projects and provide leadership in an innovative, fast-paced environment Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers across manual and automated testing disciplines, working on software for all product lines developed in San Jose and Wallingford facilities Define, implement, and maintain QA methodologies, test strategies, and best practices in accordance with corporate QMS Oversee the execution of software verification activities, including SOPs and configuration management for non-product software. Be the agile champion and pragmatist, driving best practices within engineering and product to ultimately release products to customers successfully. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, product management, regulatory) to ensure quality is embedded throughout the software lifecycle. Ensure all scrum meetings are successful, including backlog grooming, planning, standups, demos, and retrospectives. Analyze and report on QA metrics to drive data-informed decisions and process improvements. Occasional cross function interaction & influences at least one level up. Support production deployments and troubleshooting of developed solutions with technical and field support teams. Identifies talent and develops employees. Coaches and mentors their staff. Able to have difficult conversations. Works on issues of diverse scope aligned with leadership initiatives. Provides input for budget.
Education and Experience:
Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g. Engineering, Physics, Mathematics) with a minimum of 7 years of hands-on technical project leadership in software development or software quality assurance and 5 years Agile software project management experience or relevant experience and training. Attention to detail, organization, and data analysis skills are required. Must be able to multi-task, and have good communication skills, both verbally and in writing. Reports to the Director, Software Quality.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Excellent communication skills and team-work orientation 7+ years of experience leading local and remote project team members Understanding of software test life cycle: design, implementation, execution, and review Experience with test automation frameworks and tools Capable of writing test plans and reports PMP, SAFe, or SCRUM/Agile certified preferred Knowledge of molecular biology/scientific instrumentation preferred Working knowledge of the ISO 9001 environment Working knowledge of python programming language Understanding of GAMP5, FDA, and ISO regulations preferred.
Why Join Bio-Techne:
- We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
- We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
- We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
- We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
- We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
- We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
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Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.
