Senior Director Analyte Detection Product Development

Base Pay Range

$/yr - $/yr

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy and Leadership

• Define and execute the development strategy for TR‑FRET immunoassays to maximize Eurofins Discover

X’s competitive position.

• Build, lead, and mentor a high‑performing scientific team.

• Manage the development and launch of a new portfolio of TR‑FRET immuno‑assays following a phased stage‑gate launch process.

• Provide regular project planning, progress reporting, and concise summaries of experimental results to internal stakeholders and senior management.

Assay Development & Validation

• Conduct or oversee development, troubleshooting, and validation of new TR‑FRET assays for detecting specific analytes in cell culture medium, cell lysates, blood, etc., ensuring product development goals are met.

• Lead assay validation exercises to determine LLOQ, LLOD, Z’, spike recovery, etc., and benchmark against competitor products to support marketing.

• Ensure appropriate documentation of assay development history, generate SOPs for kit component manufacturing, and detailed protocols for user manuals to support product launch.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with the marketing team to define portfolio scope, product release specifications, data package requirements, and schedule.

• Collaborate with manufacturing to identify and qualify vendors for kit components and train internal teams for assembly and QC.

• Act as liaison with external collaborators, partners, or service providers to support assay development or validation.

• Provide cross‑functional support to other departments as required.

Compliance & Quality

• Adhere to all site employee health and safety (EHS) and IT security requirements.

• Demonstrate and promote the company vision.

• Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.

• Conduct all activities safely and efficiently.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Own accountability for delivering client needs and timelines.

• Adjust work hours as needed to meet client deadlines.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD (or equivalent) in cell biology, biochemistry, or related discipline with a minimum of 7 years of industrial assay and product development experience.

• Broad scientific knowledge in cell signaling pathways, protein function, and immunoassay theory.

• Experience in antibody conjugation, immunoassay development, and buffer optimization.

• Experience in TR‑FRET assay development, including linkers, buffer optimization, and antibody screening.

• Proficiency in data analysis using Graph Pad Prism or equivalent software.

• Experience developing assays for therapeutic areas such as oncology, neurodegeneration, immunology, or metabolism (desired).

• Experience mentoring and supervising technical staff.

• Expertise in developing immuno‑assays with TR‑FRET, ELISA, or similar formats.

• Experience overseeing product development using a phased stage‑gate process (preferred).

• Experience drafting qualification/validation reports and SOPs for assay transfer (preferred).

• Experience managing a team of scientists in assay development.

• Ability to independently learn new techniques, solve problems, and troubleshoot assays.

• Experience interacting directly with clients in an industry setting (desired).

• Experience in neutralizing antibody detection assays (plus).

Additional Information

Salary range: $175,000 – $225,000 per year.

Full‑time position, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; overtime as needed.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Life and disability insurance.

• 401(k) with company match.

• Paid vacation and holidays.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Eurofins USA Discovery Services is a disabled and veteran equal employment opportunity employer.

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