Senior Manager, Scientific Applications Marketing

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Lead development of scientific narratives connecting Thermo Fisher Scientific's portfolio to life sciences applications. Collaborate across teams to create impactful marketing stories and campaigns.

Posted 7/30/2026full-timeCarlsbad • California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in life sciences marketing and scientific communications, with a strong ability to translate complex technical information into compelling narratives. Proven track record in developing integrated marketing strategies and content frameworks that align with audience needs and drive commercial success.

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Life Sciences MarketingScientific CommunicationsContent StrategyCross-Functional LeadershipIntegrated Campaign Development

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Hard Skills

Marketing Strategy DevelopmentMessaging FrameworksContent StrategyCampaign StrategyData Analysis

Soft Skills

Influencing Without AuthorityStakeholder AlignmentExcellent Written CommunicationPresentation SkillsProject Management

Industry Keywords

BiotechnologyDiagnosticsBiopharmaScientific ProductsMarket Insights

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build application- and modality-based storytelling frameworks that connect customer needs, scientific trends, workflow challenges, and Thermo Fisher capabilities across multiple business units
Develop clear narrative architectures, messaging pillars, proof points, and activation guidance for priority research areas, workflows, applications, and modalities
Translate complex scientific, technical, and portfolio information into cohesive stories for campaigns, content, web, events, sales enablement, thought leadership, and commercial programs
Serve as a divisional connector and cross-company storytelling partner, identifying synergies across business units and helping teams move from product-centric messaging to integrated, science-led narratives
Partner with business unit marketing, portfolio marketing, integrated marketing, commercial, R&D, application science, and external agency teams to align on audience needs, claims, evidence, content priorities, and activation opportunities
Use customer, market, competitive, and portfolio insights to shape storytelling priorities and ensure narratives are relevant, differentiated, and commercially meaningful
Assess existing content, claims, scientific evidence, and portfolio assets to identify gaps, duplication, and opportunities to strengthen campaign readiness
Create repeatable tools, templates, and processes that enable marketing teams to build and activate cross-portfolio stories consistently
Support pilot activation plans, including content recommendations, channel considerations, commercial enablement needs, and success metrics
Influence stakeholders across a matrixed organization, driving alignment, clarity, and momentum around priority application and modality stories

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a life science discipline required
5+ years of experience in life sciences marketing, scientific communications, portfolio marketing, content strategy, campaign strategy, or a related role within life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, biopharma, or scientific products
Strong scientific and application-level understanding, with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear, compelling narratives for scientific and commercial audiences
Experience developing marketing strategies, messaging frameworks, content strategies, or integrated campaigns across multiple products, workflows, or business units
Ability to analyze customer, market, competitor, and portfolio inputs to identify strategic storytelling opportunities
Strong cross-functional leadership skills, including the ability to influence without authority and align stakeholders in a matrixed organization
Experience partnering with agencies and managing strategic deliverables from brief through executional handoff
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and project management skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

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