Senior Director IT, Business Solutions, Data

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr. Director, Business Solutions & Data managing business partnerships and data analytics for Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeNew York City • Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $192,700 - $289,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with BCD leadership to understand strategic priorities and operational challenges
Translate ambiguous business needs into clear, structured problem statements
Identify opportunities to improve outcomes such as SIOP effectiveness, inventory optimization, and cycle time reduction
Define data requirements across commercial, operational, and process domains
Identify gaps in current data availability, quality, and integration
Collaborate with enterprise data teams to enable analytics and AI-driven use cases
Define scalable solutions leveraging enterprise platforms and emerging technologies
Ensure solutions are designed for reuse across BPG (BCD, SUD, PPA, FSD)
Partner with centralized engineering and delivery teams to execute solutions
Engage across operations, commercial, and finance functions
Identify opportunities to scale solutions beyond BCD into other BPG divisions
Define and track business outcomes and success metrics
Ensure solutions move from concept to adoption and scale
Continuously refine solutions based on business feedback and performance

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field
10+ years of experience in IT, data, or business transformation roles, demonstrated experience leading teams
Experience partnering with business leaders in operations and/or commercial environments
Strong understanding of data, analytics, and digital technologies
Experience in product- or platform-oriented operating models (preferred)
Familiarity with AI/ML applications in manufacturing, supply chain, or life sciences (preferred)
Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations (preferred)
Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Annual incentive plans
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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Hard Skills & Tools

data analyticsAI applicationsmachine learningdata integrationinventory optimizationSIOP effectivenesscycle time reductionbusiness transformationproduct-oriented operating modelsplatform-oriented operating models

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationstrategic thinkingadaptabilityfeedback incorporationstakeholder engagementteam managementcross-functional collaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMBA or equivalent