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Job 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.

This position will be site based at our San Jose, CA office within the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division.

The Product Application Specialist will serve as a subject matter expert for the Clinical Research and Toxicology segment for Life Sciences Marketing. They will apply scientific expertise and market research to identify key application needs and market development trends and opportunities for overall market growth while also enabling customers to accelerate their science in clinical research, biomarkers, targeted protein analysis, genetic biochemistry and toxicology.

A successful candidate will be a highly motivated and diligent individual who is passionate about science, mass spectrometry, and improving overall human health. This individual will have superb interpersonal and communication skills relevant to the role as well as the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of peers, commercial sales, and marketing. Ultimately, the candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, highly dynamic and exciting environment that is on the cutting edge of mass spectrometry technology.

• Develop mass spectrometry based (LC-MS/MS) methods/workflow for clinical research or toxicology applications.
• Design and complete experiments to support New Product Introduction.
• Support collaborations with key opinion leaders and leverage data/results for marketing collateral.
• Publish technical/application notes, articles, and marketing collateral.
• Present methods/workflows at conferences and meetings.
• Train sales and customers on our workflow and product propositioning.
• Interact with global commercial teams for sales support.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Science (chemistry, biology, or related field) with 5+ years of experience is required or MS/Ph.D degree in Science (chemistry, biology or related subject area) with proven experience.

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on liquid chromatography or mass spectrometry experience.
• Expertise in small and/or large molecules method and applications development.
• Experience in Proteomics preferred.
• Strong knowledge of sample preparation for complex matrices.
• Familiarity with clinical research and toxicology analytical industries.

• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills required
• Skill to pick up new technologies quickly and troubleshoot independently
• Ability to develop credibility and network with proven and positive professional relationships
• Ability to work within a highly matrixed organization with cross functional teams is essential
• Up to 25% of domestic and international travel

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension/retirement, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits

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