Advanced Application Specialist

ThermoFisher Scientific • Chicago, IL • 1h ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As 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, enabling 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, including protecting the environment, ensuring food safety, and helping to find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as an Advanced Application Specialist and play a key role in advancing strategic customer success across bioprocessing applications. In this highly visible, customer-facing position, you'll combine deep scientific and application expertise with consultative engagement to optimize bioprocess workflows, accelerate technology adoption, and identify opportunities for platform expansion and future specifications.

As a recognized subject matter expert, you'll build trusted relationships with technical decision-makers across Process Development, MSAT, and manufacturing organizations. You'll lead complex customer programs, strategic evaluations, and technology adoption initiatives while identifying opportunities to simplify workflows, improve process performance, and expand the use of Thermo Fisher technologies.

You'll serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout process development, scale-up, technology transfer, and commercial manufacturing. By connecting scientific and technical recommendations to operational, manufacturing, and business outcomes, you'll help customers make informed technology decisions and achieve long-term process success.

In partnership with Product Management, R&D, Marketing, Sales, and Global Application Specialists, you'll translate customer needs and market insights into strategies that support product development, commercialization, and portfolio growth. You'll also contribute competitive intelligence and Voice of Customer insights to help shape regional technical direction, identify emerging opportunities, and strengthen strategic account planning.

As a technical thought leader, you'll represent Thermo Fisher Scientific at customer innovation workshops, scientific conferences, and industry events. You'll mentor and coach junior Application Specialists, promote regional best practices, and elevate the organization's scientific credibility and application expertise.

REQUIREMENTS

7-12 years of progressive experience in bioprocessing, including significant customer-facing technical experience.

Deep technical expertise in bioprocess applications, filtration technologies, and workflow optimization.

Strong understanding of process development, scale-up, technology transfer, MSAT, and commercial manufacturing.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior customer stakeholders, guide technical decisions, and drive technology adoption.

Proven success identifying specification opportunities, platform expansion opportunities, and workflow improvements.

Ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear operational, manufacturing, and business value for customers.

Strong cross-functional leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority.

Demonstrated thought leadership through mentoring, Voice of Customer insights, technical presentations, and industry engagement.

Strong communication, presentation, and consultative skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

This position will heavily support our Patheon, St Louis, Missouri site.

Ability to travel up to 50% within the Midwest territory.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Missouri is -.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

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.

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