Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. 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.

This is a fully remote position for candidate explicitly located in the United States of America.

Management Role

As an Associate Manager, Data Science, you will play a crucial role in managing junior developers, overseeing design, development, deployment, and maintenance of AI/ML projects. Responsibilities include interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, behavioral and technical coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. You will approve courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations, review and approve time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime, and promote all aspects of Equal Employment Opportunity policy and Affirmative Action Plan.

This role requires effective collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and peers to identify AI/ML challenges and presenting proposed solutions.

This position offers a fully remote work arrangement, allowing you to work from home. Travel requirements for this role are rare, but occasional domestic or international travel may be necessary.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field, with a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience in a managerial role and 5+ years in AI/ML or related field.

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Extensive experience and expertise in applying advanced statistical analysis, programming, data modeling, machine learning, and advanced mathematics to complex business questions, including Generative AI.
Proven track record of successfully implementing and deploying machine learning solutions, including generative models, in real-world applications.
Strong proficiency in advanced data engineering techniques, data pipelining, and optimization strategies, specifically tailored to support complex Generative AI workflows.
In-depth knowledge of modern cloud architectures, distributed computing frameworks, and scalability considerations for large-scale AI systems.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior team members, provide technical guidance, and contribute to the development of AI strategies and roadmaps.
Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets, identify patterns, and develop innovative AI solutions.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, capable of effectively communicating AI concepts and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with technical areas such as Snowflake, Python, Spark, R, Shiny, and Jupyter.
Solid understanding of data management approaches, including relational databases, data schemas, object stores, column stores, and/or document stores.

Working Conditions and Environment:

Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.

Physical Requirements:

Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements

of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
Frequent mobility required.
Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop
computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to
and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work
schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions
with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multitask.
Regular and consistent attendance.

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Associate Manager Data Science

Management Role

This role requires effective collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and peers to identify AI/ML challenges and presenting proposed solutions.

This position offers a fully remote work arrangement, allowing you to work from home. Travel requirements for this role are rare, but occasional domestic or international travel may be necessary.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field, with a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience in a managerial role and 5+ years in AI/ML or related field.

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Extensive experience and expertise in applying advanced statistical analysis, programming, data modeling, machine learning, and advanced mathematics to complex business questions, including Generative AI.

Proven track record of successfully implementing and deploying machine learning solutions, including generative models, in real-world applications.

Strong proficiency in advanced data engineering techniques, data pipelining, and optimization strategies, specifically tailored to support complex Generative AI workflows.

In-depth knowledge of modern cloud architectures, distributed computing frameworks, and scalability considerations for large-scale AI systems.

Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior team members, provide technical guidance, and contribute to the development of AI strategies and roadmaps.

Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets, identify patterns, and develop innovative AI solutions.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, capable of effectively communicating AI concepts and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience with technical areas such as Snowflake, Python, Spark, R, Shiny, and Jupyter.

Solid understanding of data management approaches, including relational databases, data schemas, object stores, column stores, and/or document stores.

Working Conditions and Environment:

Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.

Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.

Physical Requirements:

Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.

Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements

of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Frequent mobility required.

Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.

Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop

computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.

Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.

Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to

and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.

Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work

schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.

Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions

with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multitask.

Regular and consistent attendance.

APPLY

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