Sr. Director, Spatial Biology

Billerica, MA

Quanterix is a global leader in ultra-sensitive biomarker detection, enabling breakthroughs in disease research, diagnostics, and drug development. Its vision is to lead the next era of precision biomarker science to power earlier detection, better decisions, and improved human health. Its mission is to make biology measurable at its most fundamental level, delivering earlier insight when it matters most. Across discovery to clinical applications, Quanterix empowers scientists and healthcare providers to improve patients' lives through detection and understanding of disease.

Its proprietary Simoa technology delivers industry-leading sensitivity, allowing researchers to detect and quantify biomarkers in blood and other fluids at concentrations far below traditional limits. With more than 3,400 peer-reviewed publications, Quanterix has been a trusted partner to the scientific community for nearly two decades. In 2025, Quanterix acquired Akoya Biosciences, The Spatial Biology Company, adding multiplexed tissue imaging with single-cell resolution to its portfolio.

Together, the combined company offers a uniquely integrated platform that connects biology across blood and tissue-advancing precision medicine from discovery to diagnostics.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Director, Spatial Biology to drive continued growth and expansion of our spatial product portfolio. This is a high impact role with responsibility for leading commercially significant research and development projects. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of best practices and processes associated with tissue biomarker measurements, reagent product design and development, and transfer to manufacturing.

The candidate will work with product management to develop a product strategy and roadmap and create and execute to a milestone driven plan of product launches, having both budget and timeline responsibilities. It is important that the candidate leads teams effectively, influences cross-functionally, and possesses top-tier technical skills.

• Develop a product roadmap based on input from customers and product management.
• Execute research projects to explore new product concepts.
• Develop plans for development and product launches supporting the business goals; execute to those plans having both budget and timeline responsibilities.
• Lead, mentor and inspire a high-performing team of scientists to meet new product launch and quality objectives and sustain existing products. Develop leaders within the team.
• Manage resources to achieve timely execution of roadmap activities, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders including Program Management, Product Management, Manufacturing, QC and QA to ensure successful assay progress through Product Development Process and transfer to manufacturing.
• Drive the highest possible standards in data quality using scientifically and statistically appropriate data analysis, interpretation, and reporting techniques and tools.
• Oversee assay verification and validation, including analytical performance characterization (sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility, and lot-to-lot consistency).
• Write, review and/or approve Product Requirements, Test Plans and Reports, Data summaries, Technical Protocols and Qualification reports.
• Provide regular verbal and written updates to key stakeholders and teams, including project status, progress, risks, and timelines.
• Monitor the competitive and technology landscape in spatial biology to inform roadmap decisions.
• Engage with key opinion leaders, early access customers, and academic collaborators to validate new products, and represent Quanterix at scientific conferences.
• Maintain and help drive a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Embody Quanterix values of Accountability, Teamwork, Trust and Transparency.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Molecular Biology, or Biomedical Engineering.
• 10+ years of spatial biology experience.
• Life science tools industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience effectively managing people and directly leading product development projects.

• Experience successfully leading product development within a stage-gate process.
• Ability to develop product strategies partnering with product management to understand market needs matched to product / technology…