Staff Scientist COE, Metablomics & Lipidomics

Danaher•Marlborough, MA

15d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Scientist COE, Metablomics & Lipidomics delivers complex, customer-facing analytical workflow demonstrations that provide scientific evidence and support commercial outcomes. The role develops reproducible methods, standard operating procedures, benchmarks, and reference data; provides scientific leadership to global field application and demonstration teams; and translates customer evaluations and emerging science into actionable product feedback. The position reports to the Director, Center of Excellence and is part of the Center of Excellence team in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The role executes advanced omics demonstrations using customer samples on SCIEX mass spectrometry platforms, tailoring workflows to customer needs and success criteria. It develops and maintains analytical methods and demonstration-readiness standards, including protocols, instrument and software configuration, data quality practices, troubleshooting paths, and acceptance criteria. It also supports global teams through technical coaching and complex workflow troubleshooting, and plans customer evaluations and scientific collaborations. Findings are translated into demonstration capabilities, application insights, and prioritized product requirements in collaboration with commercial, product, market, R&D, technical marketing, and quality/regulatory teams. The position requires domestic and international travel to customer sites, demonstration laboratories, scientific meetings, and internal events as business needs require. The annual salary range is $150,000–$220,000, and the role is eligible for bonus/incentive pay. Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k), subject to eligibility.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in analytical chemistry, chemistry, biochemistry, life sciences, or a related scientific discipline with 15 or more years of relevant experience; or a master's degree with 8 or more years; or a PhD with 5 or more years of relevant experience in metabolomics, lipidomics, small molecule analysis including quantitation, or related omics disciplines.
Hands-on experience with LC-MS workflows for metabolomics, lipidomics, and quantitative small molecule analysis, including complex sample preparation, analytical method development, optimization, validation, and troubleshooting across biological matrices such as cell cultures, tissues, and biofluids.
Experience planning and delivering customer-facing scientific demonstrations or technical presentations using experimental data to address defined customer requirements.
Experience authoring and maintaining controlled technical documentation, including SOPs, protocols, benchmark methods, validation summaries, or reference datasets.
Experience working across geographically distributed commercial, applications, product-development, and quality/regulatory stakeholders to translate scientific findings into technical recommendations or product requirements.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally to customer sites, demonstration laboratories, scientific meetings, and internal events as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

Experience in quantitative small molecule bioanalysis.
Prior experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or contract research organization (CRO) environments.
Experience supporting regulated and non-regulated pharmaceutical research workflows.
Experience with external customer evaluation programs, lighthouse studies, or collaborations with recognized scientific thought leaders.
Experience in regulated laboratory environments or collaboration with Quality and Regulatory Affairs on workflow readiness and documentation.
Experience with competitive benchmarking of mass spectrometry workflows and development of application evidence used in complex commercial opportunities.

Responsibilities

Execute advanced omics customer-sample demonstrations on SCIEX mass spectrometry platforms, tailoring workflows to customer needs and success criteria.
Develop, validate, and maintain analytical methods, SOPs, benchmark studies, and reference data that produce reproducible, decision-ready results.
Establish demonstration-readiness standards for assigned applications, including workflow protocols, instrument and software configuration, data quality, troubleshooting paths, and acceptance criteria.
Provide scientific leadership to global field application scientists and regional demo laboratories through technical coaching, best-practice sharing, and complex workflow troubleshooting.
Design and execute external customer evaluations and scientific collaborations with thought leaders.
Translate evaluation and collaboration findings into new demonstration capabilities, application insights, and prioritized product requirements.
Partner with Commercial, Product Management, Market Vertical, R&D, Technical Marketing, and Quality/Regulatory teams to support strategic opportunities, improve demo cycle time, and strengthen competitive win rates.
Travel domestically and internationally to customer sites, demonstration laboratories, scientific meetings, and internal events as business needs require.