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Sr Manager , Software Engineering @ Thermo Fisher

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 Sr Manager , Software Engineering

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Job Description :
About Company:
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 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 complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 80,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit
About Team:
We are Digital Engineering Team - the Software Center of Excellence for Thermo Fisher Scientific. We are responsible for developing and delivering SaaS based applications and digital lab (Cloud-based) tools, to help scientists do their work more efficiently and with precision, enabling them to make our world healthier, cleaner and safer. Our world class software products and solutions accelerate scientific discovery and lab productivity. These solutions
- provide rich content, selection tools, collaboration tools and scientific apps that allow our customers to focus on innovation and the complexities of their science.
- create a connected world for our customers where discoveries happen the smart way - where every device/product is connected, self-aware, and self-healing-thereby enabling efficient workflows and collaborative science.
- enable our customers to efficiently manage their lab by providing them insight to workflow processes, asset uptime and product availability.
We give them the flexibility to access what they need when they need it, allowing them to select and receive products and services across multiple channels. We apply industry best practices to the design, development, and deployment of world-class software products built to leverage the power and scalability of the cloud.
Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for the definition, coordination and completion of software development projects within the R&D software services department using agile software development methodologies.
  • Responsible for staff management: recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, training, project assignment, and performance management of the software and QA teams
  • Builds and maintains working relationships with product management, executives, and R&D teams, and software team members to define the scope, timeline, and resources required for projects.
  • Works with functional managers to form Scrum teams to execute software projects and helps them to succeed by making sure they have clear requirements and proper support.
  • Ensures that Scrum teams are receiving adequate staffing and support to carry out their activities
  • Participates in cross-functional project core teams and relays status to team members and upper management regarding the status of software projects.
  • A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected along with a reliance on extensive experiences in life sciences and software development.
  • Ensure the software teams are properly following process protocols and remove any barriers to their success.
  • Represent the team in cross-organizational forums as well as customer requirements gathering and software validation and training sessions.
  • Rely on extensive experience and judgment to understand complex problems and resolve them efficiently, Use prior knowledge and experience to support and leadership to colleagues.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:
  • 7+ years of prior experience as a software developer. Java based web applications is highly preferred.
  • 5+ years of recent experience in a software development management role of a team of at least 20 people.
  • 2+ years of experience using Agile Scrum development processes with specific training in Scrum Master or Product Owner roles.
  • Significant exposure to building web/cloud based applications, AWS.
  • Excellent at interpreting requirements and communicating them in a form that is easily consumed by software developers, such as UML, State, Sequence, etc. diagrams.
  • Has a good 'gut feel' for what user interfaces would work well in a scientific / laboratory environment.
  • Has a solid understanding of the dependencies with projects involving assay and device R&D.
  • Has exposure to regulated software projects (HIPAA, FDA GMP, etc.)
  • Should be a self-starter and comfortable determining direction in a highly dynamic environment with significant ambiguity at the project formation stage.
  • Should possess excellent communication skills -to interact with customers and partners, high-level executives, as well as highly technical project team members.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
  • Experience in life sciences, clinical applications, bioinformatics or related domains.
  • Experience with PCR, CE (Sanger), or NGS technologies highly preferred.

Academic Qualification:
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Master's degree preferred.

Employement Category:

Employement Type: Full time
Industry: Bio Technology & Life Sciences
Functional Area: IT
Role Category: Software Engineer
Role/Responsibilies: Sr Manager , Software Engineering

Contact Details:

Company: Thermo Fisher
Location(s): Bengaluru

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Thermo Fisher

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will be part of a smart, driven team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of $20 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contri...