Director Wafer FIB-SEM Research and Development

Work ScheduleStandard (Mon-Fri)Environmental ConditionsOfficeAs part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll 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 world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.How will you make an impact?The Director of Semiconductor R&D Sample Prep and Analysis is a key leadership position of a global function accountable for defining, aligning and executing product roadmaps that achieve growth strategies of the Semiconductor Business Unit. The SP&A product line includes but not limited to various products derived from Scanning Electron Microscopes, Focused Ion Beam Microscopes, and DualBeam microscopes. This position is ideal for a senior manager or director who has managed an engineering organization to successfully develop and launch complex high technology products.With a high degree of strategic and operational influence, The Director is responsible for working together with Semiconductor Business Unit Product Marketing, Central R&D, Advanced Technology, and other functions to translate STRAP into a winning product roadmap. The Director coordinates product development strategies and initiatives with other Directors of the Semiconductor R&D Product Lines. The Director develops and delivers products to the market by working seamlessly over the geographically complex functional groups in the Material and Structural Diagnostic division of Thermo Fisher, using the PMP as the core process.Other key responsibilities include:Develop team and organization through talent acquisition and developmentAchieve quarterly and annual operation plan metricsCompetency management to support current and future development requirementsHow will you get here?EducationEngineering or Science degree. PhD/MBA or other advanced degree is preferredExperience15 year's work experience in complex technology product development10 years management experience in complex technology product developmentProven ability to interact effectively with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to achieve significant business objectivesProven personnel leadership and employee developmentSophistication in data driven decision makingExcellent written and spoken communication with team members (i.e., subordinates), peers and senior managementMust have ability to obtain a valid passport and travel internationally if neededProficient in English (Czech or Dutch language is an advantage)