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Sr. Manager, Data Engineering & Applied Data Science


Job Location:

Carlsbad, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 152000 - 227900
Posted: 24 October 2026 (10 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 21 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll 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 worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
The Senior Manager Data Engineering & Applied Data Science is responsible for leading the strategy design and delivery of enterprise data products applied data science and AI solutions that enable business growth and digital transformation. This role leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for Data Engineering and Applied Data Science transforming business challenges into scalable production-ready data and AI products.


The successful candidate combines strong technical leadership with business acumen to design data products that address business needs build AI-ready data foundations develop advanced analytics and machine learning solutions and continuously evolve capabilities through the adoption of emerging technologies and engineering best practices. This role is also accountable for ensuring enterprise data is AI-readystandardized contextualized governed and optimized for analytics machine learning and Generative AI use cases.


  • Lead Data & AI Solution Delivery Translate business priorities into scalable enterprise data products advanced analytics machine learning and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
  • Drive Data Engineering Excellence Lead the design and delivery of reliable secure and scalable data pipelines and products while establishing engineering standards across DataOps CI/CD automation observability and cloud-native development.
  • Advance Applied Data Science & AI Guide the development and production deployment of machine learning Generative AI and advanced analytics solutions including reusable frameworks and scalable AI capabilities.
  • Build AI-Ready Data Foundations Ensure enterprise data products are trusted governed contextualized and optimized for analytics and AI through strong data quality metadata lineage semantic models and accessibility.
  • Shape Technology Strategy & Innovation Develop technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging technologies and architectural patterns that accelerate AI adoption improve engineering productivity and strengthen enterprise data capabilities.
  • Lead Teams & Strategic Partnerships Build and develop high-performing Data Engineering and Applied Data Science teams while partnering across business architecture platform security and technology functions to align priorities communicate outcomes and drive execution.

    REQUIREMENTS:
    Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience or Bachelors Degree plus 8 years of experience in data science and analytics leadership roles
    Preferred Fields of Study: Data Science Computer Science Statistics Mathematics Analytics or related field
    Advanced certifications in data science machine learning or AI technologies are valued
    Strong expertise in machine learning AI and statistical modeling techniques
    Advanced proficiency in programming languages including Python R and SQL
    Experience with major AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow PyTorch scikit-learn)
    Demonstrated success leading and mentoring data science teams
    Expertise in data visualization tools (Tableau Power BI) and BI platforms
    Proven track record of implementing large-scale data science solutions
    Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and big data technologies
    Strong knowledge of data governance and regulatory compliance
    Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
    Outstanding communication abilities to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences
    Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
    Ability to travel up to 20% as needed
    Proven ability to deliver business results through data-driven insights
    Experience with automation tools and process optimization
    Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking capabilities

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $152000.00$227900.00.

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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