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Principal Biorepository Operations Precision Medicine

• Position is fully remote but if local to Waltham MA there could be opportunities for in person meetings.

Job Summary

The Principal Biorepository Operations Precision Medicine provides enterprise-level leadership and strategic oversight for biorepository operations supporting precision medicine programs and research registries. This role owns the end-to-end operational framework governing the biospecimen lifecyclefrom clinical site collection through logistics biorepository oversight laboratory processing coordination data generation interfaces and long-term inventory management.

This role reports to the Head of Precision Medicine and works closely with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and other members of the senior leadership team to ensure operational alignment with scientific priorities clinical objectives regulatory requirements and customer commitments. The Principal operates with significant autonomy and influence shaping strategy capabilities and execution across matrixed organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Operational Leadership

• Define and drive enterprise strategy for biorepository operations supporting precision medicine initiatives.
• Establish operating frameworks governance models and best practices to ensure scalability quality and compliance.
• Anticipate future scientific clinical and customer needs and translate them into operational capabilities.

End-to-End Biospecimen Lifecycle Ownership

• Provide strategic oversight of the full biospecimen lifecycle including clinical site collection laboratory analysis data generation and quality control customer delivery and long-term storage.
• Ensure seamless integration across multiple internal and contract partners including Clinical Operations Analytic Laboratories Informatics Data Management Quality and additional partners.
• Set expectations for performance quality and reliability across all biospecimen operations.

Leadership Influence & Organizational Enablement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Head of Precision Medicine CMO and senior leadership.
• Influence leaders and teams across matrixed organizations without reliance on direct authority.
• Represent biorepository operations in governance forums and strategic planning discussions.

Quality Compliance & Risk Governance

• Ensure compliance with GCP IRB ISO and precision medicine governance frameworks.
• Partner with Quality and Compliance teams to maintain audit readiness and manage risk.
• Champion data integrity traceability and documentation rigor.

Technology & Digital Enablement

• Set strategic direction for LIMS/BIMS inventory systems and analytics platforms.
• Collaborate with IT and Informatics teams to improve system integration and data visibility.
• Promote adoption of innovative technologies to improve efficiency and scalability.

Customer Engagement & Business Development Support

• Serve as an operational SME in customer meetings and governance discussions.
• Support proposal development feasibility assessments and solution design.
• Contribute to the evolution of precision medicine and biorepository service offerings.

People & Capability Leadership

• Enable and develop leaders and teams across biorepository operations.
• Promote a culture aligned with Thermo Fisher values of Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement.
• Support succession planning and long-term organizational capability.

Qualifications

• Masters degree required (MS MPH MSc in a scientific field)
• 10 years of experience in biorepository operations biospecimen management clinical research or precision medicine.
• Demonstrated enterprise-level leadership and influence in matrixed environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent degree in a scientific field.
• Experience supporting precision medicine programs registries observational research or large-scale biospecimen initiatives.
• Experience contributing to business development and customer-facing solution design.

Role Scope & Impact

• Enterprise-level ownership of biorepository operations supporting precision medicine.
• Significant influence on scientific outcomes customer experience and operational scalability.
• Trusted partner to the Head of Precision Medicine CMO and Senior Leadership

Thermo Fisher values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate receive and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

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

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