Sr. Director Assays R&D

Danaher•Eugene, OR

1d•$148,500 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Director Assays R&D is a senior research and development leadership role responsible for sustainable menu growth and platform development across Abcam’s antibody and assay portfolios. The role maintains and reports on a robust assays and antibody-pairs development pipeline and drives innovation and sustaining activities across assay and antibody development platforms to support short- and long-term growth targets. The position leads R&D functions and teams across Abcam’s Waltham, Massachusetts and Eugene, Oregon sites, and works with commercial partners and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver products to agreed specifications and strategic goals. It provides scientific and technical leadership in antibody and assay development, improves development processes in speed, output, and quality, and oversees on-time delivery execution and reporting for global assay and antibody-pair pipelines. The role is based on-site in Eugene, Oregon and reports to the VP, Research and Innovation or CSO.

Requirements

PhD in a life science discipline.
Broad practical knowledge of the life science tools and reagents space, particularly antibody and/or immunoassay technologies and platforms.
15+ years of experience developing and validating antibodies, immunoassays, and/or ligand-binding assays.
10+ years of experience effectively managing multiple people and projects.
Recognized scientific leader, evidenced by publications, patents, participation in international conferences, membership on journal editorial boards, or similar achievements.
Experience leading and/or positively influencing global teams to exceed objectives and working with senior leaders to set goals and standards that deliver against strategy.
Deep understanding of business drivers across Research, Development, and Commercial functions in a company producing and marketing reagent or diagnostic products to academic and industry life scientists.
Ability to design R&D organizations, build a thriving team culture, establish and maintain effective and agile R&D operating models, and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Track record of team engagement and development, delegating responsibilities, empowering team members, and supporting professional development and career growth.
Ability to distill complex business, operational, and scientific problems into end-to-end solutions and improve communication and understanding among scientific and non-scientific stakeholders.
Ability to lift, move, or carry equipment weighing up to 50 pounds (not routinely).
Willingness and ability to work in a primarily lab-based role that may involve standing for more than 50% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Experience in capacity planning, resource allocation, or project timeline management.
Experience managing large R&D budgets, reporting performance, and actively managing employee performance and development.
Experience identifying and evaluating emerging antibody and assay platform technologies.

Responsibilities

Lead development of antibodies, antibody pairs, proteins, immunoassays, cell-based assays, and biochemical assays, managing R&D teams across two sites and working with commercial partners to deliver products to agreed specifications.
Provide scientific and technical leadership for Abcam’s antibody and assay platforms, driving projects to optimize processes for speed, output, and quality and implementing industry-leading approaches.
Own on-time delivery execution and reporting for global assay and antibody-pair pipelines, including identifying, defining, measuring, and tracking internal product-development metrics.
Build collaborative relationships within the R&D Senior Leadership team and across stakeholder functions, influencing senior stakeholders in finance, program management, product management, sales, digital, manufacturing, and logistics.
Lead R&D functions and associates at the Waltham, MA and Eugene, OR sites, managing direct reports from Lab Technician to Director level and overseeing skills suitability, productivity, training, development, performance reviews, and operational updates.
Increase sustainability of the assay and antibody product portfolio by partnering across functions to define and quality critical reagents, reference materials, technical specifications, and technology-transfer requirements.
Serve as an internal and external subject matter expert in antibody and assay development technologies, proposing innovative opportunities and creating valuable intellectual property for Abcam.