VP, Medical Science – Strategy, Ophthalmology

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🔬 Science

Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Science

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by supporting life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing laboratory productivity, and improving patient health through diagnostics and the development of life-changing therapies. With a global team, they offer innovative technologies and pharmaceutical services through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD.

📋 Description

• Define and govern Ophthalmology portfolio strategy, translating market needs and client pipelines into growth priorities, service differentiation, and investment choices. • Lead the most strategic, highest-value executive client engagements, governance forums, advisory boards, and bid defenses where enterprise-level influence is required. • Set standards for medical/scientific quality across proposals, development plans, protocol strategy, regulatory positioning, and trial support; ensure consistency across teams and regions. • Shape strategic alliances and external thought leadership to strengthen Thermo Fisher clinical research business positioning in the Ophthalmology field. • Partner with commercial, consulting, operations, regulatory, feasibility, and clinical leadership to convert scientific strategy into measurable revenue, win-rate, quality, and delivery outcomes. • Build organizational capability by mentoring physicians/scientists. • Sponsor innovation and cross-functional initiatives that expand offerings, improve decision quality, and advance the industry-leading position of the business.

🎯 Requirements

• Ophthalmologist with at least 10+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry supporting clinical development of at least one asset from discovery through registration. • Active medical license preferred, but not required. • Demonstrated track record as a recognized therapeutic expert and peer to pharmaceutical industry medical/scientific counterparts. • Enterprise-level therapeutic strategy, portfolio judgment, and business acumen; able to connect scientific choices to commercial, operational, and growth outcomes. • Executive presence and credibility with pharmaceutical/biotech senior medical, scientific, and business leaders. • Able to establish standards, governance, and scalable ways of working across geographies, functions, and client portfolios. • Exceptional influence in complex matrix environments, including senior cross-functional and external stakeholders. • Strong talent developer; builds senior capability, succession, and communities of practice. • Leads through ambiguity, manages significant risk, and makes trade-off decisions with enterprise impact. • Drives innovation, continuous improvement, and market differentiation. • Proficient spoken and written English; flexibility for domestic and international travel.

🏖️ Benefits

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship • Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening(where applicable)