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<p><b>By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.</b></p><p></p><p style="text-align:left">Pay Range:</p>$231,700.00 - $380,800.00<h2>Position Summary:</h2><p></p><p>Bio‑Techne is seeking a Head of R&D to lead the Spatial Biology Division’s global R&D organization across Newark (CA) and Tolochenaz (Switzerland). SBD delivers an integrated portfolio of multi‑omic assays and reagents, automation and instrumentation, software and analytics, and applications. These are anchored by RNAscope™ in situ hybridization technologies and COMET™ sequential immunofluorescence instrumentation.</p><p></p><p>This role is accountable for running SBD R&D as one operating system: a unified strategy and roadmap, clear portfolio priorities, disciplined governance, harmonized processes, and reliable execution. The Head of R&D will balance run‑the‑business (sustaining, customer enablement, applications support, reliability) with build‑the‑future (new products, platform evolution, workflow integration, and clinical expansion) to translate innovation into adoption, pull‑through, and sustainable growth.</p><h2></h2><h2>About the Role:</h2><p>Bio‑Techne’s Spatial Biology Division has evolved to a single, integrated division with shared leadership and increased customer focus. This is a critical leadership position in that operating model, responsible for the end‑to‑end global R&D portfolio and the systems that make delivery predictable, scalable, and impact‑driven.</p><p></p><p>You will partner closely with Product Management, Marketing, PMO/Program Management, Operations/Quality, Clinical/Medical Affairs, and Commercial leadership - and work with other Bio-Techne cross-divisional leaders and technologies - to ensure SBD’s global R&D investments create differentiated customer value and durable business outcomes.</p><h2></h2><h2>Key Responsibilities:</h2><p>1) Advance the SBD R&D strategy and own the portfolio</p><ul><li><p>Define and maintain an integrated R&D strategy and roadmap across Newark and Tolochenaz, aligned to SBD business strategy and customer needs</p></li><li><p>Own portfolio prioritization and resource allocation across:</p><ul><li><p>New Product Introduction (NPI) / platform evolution</p></li><li><p>Sustaining product, technology & lifecycle improvements</p></li><li><p>Applications, evidence generation, and customer enablement</p></li><li><p>Longer‑horizon innovation programs</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Make disciplined, transparent tradeoffs across customer value, technical risk, manufacturability, margin/COGS, time‑to‑market, and strategic differentiation</p></li><li><p>Partner with Legal/IP to shape an SBD IP strategy aligned with platform roadmaps and competitive positioning</p></li></ul><p></p><p>2) Run a unified R&D operating system</p><ul><li><p>Establish and lead an operating cadence that makes cross‑site delivery predictable through portfolio reviews, gate reviews, roadmap refreshes, and executive updates/readouts</p></li><li><p>Ensure strong end‑to‑end program execution for integrated products and workflows (reagents, instruments, and software/analytics), including phase‑gate discipline, technical risk management, verification/validation, and launch readiness</p></li><li><p>Build/strengthen processes that improve speed and quality by ensuring alignment with customer needs, clarifying requirements, and ensuring design transfer readiness </p></li></ul><p></p><p>3) Lead, develop, and retain a world‑class cross‑site team</p><ul><li><p>Lead and develop global teams across major capability areas, including assay chemistry and reagents, engineering/instrumentation, software/analytics, and applications</p></li><li><p>Build leadership bench strength through succession planning, targeted hiring, and capability development across both sites</p></li><li><p>Create a culture of accountability with clear goals, decision ownership, and evidence‑supported planning and delivery</p></li></ul><p></p><p>4) Drive innovation that converts to adoption and growth</p><ul><li><p>Translate customer “problems‑to‑solve” into integrated workflow and product requirements, closing the gap between scientific novelty and everyday customer utility</p></li><li><p>Map innovation investments across short/mid/long horizons, ensuring continuity from strategy to impact and creating protectable IP</p></li><li><p>Strengthen end‑to‑end workflow differentiation (multi-omic assays, automation, analytics, high-value applications) to increase adoption, utilization, and pull‑through</p></li></ul><p></p><p>5) Partner cross‑functionally to deliver business outcomes</p><ul><li><p>Partner closely with Product Management, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, Quality, Clinical/Medical Affairs, and Commercial to ensure priorities and tradeoffs reflect:</p><ul><li><p>customer segmentation and adoption barriers</p></li><li><p>manufacturability, quality readiness, and supply chain constraints</p></li><li><p>evidence generation, claims strategy, and clinical pathway considerations</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Leverage Bio‑Techne’s cross‑divisional technologies (antibodies, dyes, complementary platforms, etc.) to elevate SBD solutions and create differentiated workflows</p></li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Key Qualifications:</h2><p>Education</p><ul><li><p>Ph.D. in life science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of advanced degree and industry experience)</p></li></ul><p>Experience</p><ul><li><p>12+ years of industry experience in life science tools, diagnostics, or closely related instrumentation/reagent businesses</p></li><li><p>5+ years in senior leadership (Director/Sr. Director/VP) managing multi‑disciplinary R&D teams and leaders within a global setting</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated success taking integrated systems (instrument + consumables/reagents + software) from concept to commercialization</p></li><li><p>Significant experience in spatial biology or pathology workflows (e.g., ISH, IHC, IF), including instrumentation and image analysis pipelines</p></li><li><p>Experience operating within phase-gate product development systems and partnering effectively with Quality/Regulatory in QMS environments</p></li></ul><p>Leadership capabilities (what we’re looking for)</p><ul><li><p>Portfolio owner: makes principled decisions from best evidence and clearly explains tradeoffs and “the why”</p></li><li><p>Operator: advances governance and operating rhythms that drive predictable execution across sites</p></li><li><p>Integrator: aligns teams and cultures across geographies and builds shared norms and accountability</p></li><li><p>Customer‑centric leader: connects R&D investments to adoption, workflow fit, and measurable value</p></li><li><p>Communicator: translates complex scientific/technical topics for audiences from bench teams to executive leadership to external KOLs and biopharma partners</p></li></ul><h2></h2><h2>What Does Success Look Like?</h2><ul><li><p>One roadmap, one portfolio: Newark and Tolochenaz operate against a single integrated R&D roadmap with clear priorities, decision rights, and transparent resource allocation</p></li><li><p>Efficient, predictable execution: defined priorities and consistent governance, phase‑gates, and risk management improve planning, resource allocation, and delivery</p></li><li><p>Enhanced workflow differentiation: R&D outputs increasingly ship as integrated workflows (assays + automation + analytics), improving adoption and pull‑through</p></li><li><p>Designed-in quality and manufacturability: new product development, operations readiness, and design transfer are optimized to enhance manufacturing efficiency, robustness, and scale</p></li><li><p>Strong team dynamic and technical exchange between R&D sites: best practices for cross-site collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation with supporting forums, tools, and systems</p></li><li><p>Effective cross‑functional alignment: communicate and collaborate with non-R&D functions through a shared vision and mission; functions trust the R&D operating system and are “bought-in” with a clear understanding of the link between investments and outcomes</p></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Why Join Bio-Techne:</b></p><ul><li><h3>We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.</h3></li><li><h3>We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.</h3></li><li><h3>We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.</h3></li><li><h3>We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. </h3></li><li><h3>We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.</h3></li><li><h3>We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.</h3></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. </b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div>

Head of Research & Development (R&D), Spatial Biology Division

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