Job Description

The MSD Strategic Partnerships Office (SPO) is looking for a Manager, Technology Partnerships. This is due to a growing portfolio of collaborations supporting our strong business growth. This team is anchored in the Advanced-Technology (AT) research function lead by the CTO of MSD. The scope and responsibilities of the SPO are worldwide and encompass collaborations and public private partnership (PPP) projects for all MSD business and R&D organizations.

The SPO mission includes: ensuring MSD is engaged in a healthy portfolio of PPP (subsidy) projects contributing to R&D activities along with providing outside-in insights to improve roadmaps; gaining long-range insights into innovation strategy and policies at regional (e.g. EU) and national levels and turning them into meaningful action; and drive a robust and efficient approach to setting up and running bilateral collaborations.

The SPO is deeply engaged with colleagues in MSD’s Semiconductor, Materials Science, Lifesciences and Software business segments along with AT, R&D and Operations, from executive level to collaboration project managers.

MSD collaborations span EM core technologies, to new applications of data sciences (AI, ML, Big Data analytics) and sample work-flow investigations using our structural and materials analysis tools.

How will you make an impact:

In this position you will take a leading role to build and run the pipeline of MSD collaborations. You will do this working together with colleagues globally, including at our major locations in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, and USA. Good alignment is key with various internal & external partners across business segments and innovation departments.

Partnerships include PPP initiatives, under e.g. Horizon Europe, CHIPS or IHI JUs, EUREKA or Czech national programs. Understanding the various PPP initiatives and underlying public roadmaps, identifying upcoming calls and interacting with potential partners will be important for success.

This is an exciting position in a dynamic and growing business environment, where both seasoned professionals and those interested in a role with significant growth opportunities will be encouraged to make a strong impact.

How will you get there:

• Identifying and/or assisting new collaborations

• Ensuring good internal decision making and efficient creation and execution of collaborations using the MSD Collaboration Process

• Scouting and initiating possibilities for new PPPs (subsidy projects), e.g. by attending brokerage events

• Coordinating and leading the engagement of Thermo Fisher in PPPs, sometimes as WP or task leader, including internal alignment, role definition, contribution to drafting proposals, timely report writing and presentation of results as-needed in (external) consortium and review meetings

Education and Qualifications

• Master Degree or PhD in Science, Technology or Engineering, or equivalent

Experience

• Proven track record in relevant functions or roles.

• Practiced in management of innovative projects, collaborations or PPPs, or similar

• Experience of Business Development and working with legal and IP departments on contracting is a plus

• Familiarity with electron microscopy will be welcome

Personal skills

• Able to build relations, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, be viewed as a valued colleague, and work optimally and swiftly under pressure

• Excellent communicator, accustomed to work with a broad portfolio of relationships; including outside parties and with the capability to interact with (national and EU) government officials

• Ability to be effective in an international multi-site, multi-cultural, multi-time-zone environment

• Skilled in project management, explaining business rationales and concluding agreements

• Exhibits intellectual curiosity combined with emotional intelligence (EQ)

• Possess excellent verbal, presentation and written skills in English and Czech

What We Offer You?

Apart from strong benefits and salary conditions, flexible working conditions, we encourage candidates that enjoy working in a diverse, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary, innovative technology environment where personal development and team cooperation are key to success.

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key characteristics that we expect of all that are part of our community.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue over $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving difficult analytical challenges, increasing effectiveness in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.

Analytical Instruments Group (AIG) - Materials & Structural Analysis Division (MSD)

AIG offers customers in research, academic, industrial and applied markets a complete range of high-end analytical instruments, software and services. In MSD we craft, manufacture, and support the broadest range of high-performance electron and ion beam microscopy (EM) solutions and workflows. These provide images and answers in the micro-, nano-, and picometer (sub-atomic) scales. They are used by scientists and engineers in life science (e.g. structural biology, pharma, biotech), materials science (including battery and hydrogen technology) and semiconductor (micro-electronics) industry, indirectly improving our life in many ways. By playing key role in the collaborations MSD has, you will help in developing better vaccines, new lighter and stronger materials, faster and more capable semiconductors or higher performing batteries.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.