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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.
How will you make an impact:
The Sr. Director of Information Technology & Digital Transformation for the Biosciences Division (BID) is the senior IT leader supporting one of the company's largest and most complex business divisions. Serving as a strategic business partner to the Division President and BID Leadership Team, this role is responsible for understanding the division's priorities and translating them into technology solutions that improve performance, enhance customer and employee experiences, and support long-term growth.
Working across a highly matrixed global organization, the Sr. Director collaborates with business leaders, Group Shared Services, Group IT, Digital Product teams, and Enterprise IT to deliver innovative, secure, and scalable technology capabilities. This leader champions the effective use of data, AI, automation, and digital technologies to drive growth, strengthen decision making, and accelerate business outcomes while building a high-performing organization focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
What will you do:
Serve as the primary technology advisor to the Biosciences Division President and Leadership Team, ensuring technology priorities support business objectives and long-term growth.
- Build strong partnerships across the business and IT organization to identify opportunities to leverage IT, AI, Automation, Digital, and Data capabilities simplify processes, modernize technology capabilities, and improve business performance through digital solutions.
- Develop and execute a technology roadmap aligned with business priorities and enterprise strategies, balancing innovation, operational excellence, and long-term scalability.
- Translate business needs into technology solutions that enhance customer experience, improve operational efficiency, and deliver measurable business value.
- Partner with Shared Services, Digital Product teams, and enterprise IT to leverage enterprise platforms, strengthen data capabilities, deploy AI, and deliver secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions.
- Champion the practical application of AI, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies to drive profitable growth, improve productivity, decision making, and business outcomes while ensuring alignment with enterprise governance, cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance requirements.
- Lead strategic technology initiatives through effective portfolio management, governance, stakeholder communication, risk management, organizational change, and adoption to maximize business value.
- Provide regular updates to business and IT leadership on strategic initiatives, investment priorities, portfolio performance, risks, and business outcomes.
- Evaluate organizational capabilities and continuously improve processes, technologies, and operating models to meet evolving business needs.
- Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing global team while fostering collaboration, accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and digital capabilities across the organization.
- Manage annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring technology investments are aligned with business priorities and deliver strong operational and financial results.
How will you get here:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
Experience
- 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including senior leadership responsibility within a complex global organization.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute technology strategies that enable business growth, digital transformation, and operational excellence.
- Experience leading initiatives involving enterprise applications, cloud technologies, data and analytics, AI, automation, and modern digital capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience working with Commercial teams to develop and deploy key capabilities in support of Sales and Marketing teams
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, and technology delivery within a regulated environment.
- Demonstrated business leadership with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence executive stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business recommendations.
- Proven ability to develop high-performing teams through coaching, succession planning, and talent development.
- Experience managing technology portfolios, budgets, and strategic investments that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, manufacturing, or another regulated industry preferred.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is –.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:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related field
- MBA
- 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including senior leadership responsibility within a complex global organization
- Experience developing and executing technology strategies supporting business growth, digital transformation, and operational excellence
- Experience leading enterprise applications, cloud technologies, data and analytics, AI, automation, and modern digital capabilities
- Experience developing and deploying capabilities supporting Sales and Marketing teams
- Understanding of enterprise architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, and technology delivery within a regulated environment
- Ability to build trusted relationships and influence executive stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization
- Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts into business recommendations
- Experience developing high-performing teams through coaching, succession planning, and talent development
- Experience managing technology portfolios, budgets, and strategic investments delivering measurable business outcomes
- Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, manufacturing, or another regulated industry
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 — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
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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