Director, Digital Lab Transformation Consulting

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Waltham, MA

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About The Position

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. What will you do? The Digital Science and Automation Solution (DSAS) business designs, develops, implements, and supports industry leading laboratory automation and digital science solutions. Our products and platforms enable customers to accelerate science, increase productivity and improve outcomes. Our goal to make laboratories fit for the future, with connected instruments and systems, collaborative AI and robotics and seamless data access, super powering scientist productivity. As a Director, Digital Lab Transformation, you will be a strategic leader and practice builder within our business, responsible for shaping strategic consulting and lab transformation engagements and building an effective consulting practice. You will oversee portfolios of complex projects, mentor Senior Managers and Consultants, and serve as a thought leader on emerging digital-lab trends—including GenAI, digital twins and smart manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in scientific discipline, e.g. Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of experience delivering laboratory informatics, automation or digital-transformation solutions, including 6+ years leading large programs or portfolios.
• Proven record influencing senior executives and steering digital-transformation agendas in life-science or closely related industries.
• Demonstrated success managing P&L and achieving multimillion-dollar sales targets.
• Familiarity implementing scientific informatics platforms (e.g. LabWare, LabVantage, Veeva, Signals, Benchling, BIOVIA, Dotmatics…) and understanding of cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP, Nvidia, OpenAI).
• Hands-on knowledge of AI/ML, GenAI, data-mesh and FAIR data principles.
• Experience leading geographically distributed, multidisciplinary delivery organizations of 100+ individuals.
• Ability to travel globally up to 50 % based on client needs.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (M.S., Ph.D., MBA) in a relevant scientific or technical field preferred.
• PMP®, PgMP® or equivalent certification; Lean/Agile transformation experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Automated Digital Lab Solutions strategy and oversee the pipeline of Lab Transformation Opportunities across global enterprise accounts.
• Partner with Sales to identify, qualify, and prioritize high-value accounts leveraging the Customer Experience Centre as a flagship demonstration environment.
• Represent Thermo Fisher at industry thought leadership events and conferences to expand visibility and credibility in digital lab transformation.
• Direct the Lab Consulting practice, deliver business cases, ROI analyses, digital maturity assessments and technology blueprints for enterprise labs.
• Ensure measurable growth in the number of delivered of consulting engagements and customer outcomes that progress implementation projects.
• Collaborate with Professional Services and Technical Sales to co-develop proposals and solution architectures integrating offerings from Digital Science, Automation, and LDA Digital portfolios.
• Oversee the creation of engineering-ready user stories and solution blueprints to accelerate handoffs to Product Management and R&D.
• Drive technical collaboration between solution consultants, automation engineers, and implementation teams to increase win rates and project success.
• Establish standardized playbooks for digital and automation solution delivery, ensuring repeatability and scalability across sectors.
• Deep understanding of scientific R&D workflows, automation technologies, and digital ecosystems.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong commercial acumen — bridging science, business, and technology.
• Executive-level communication and thought leadership in digital science innovation.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees