Associate Director, Food Sciences

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

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🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

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

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight for clinical trial nutrition programs and services • Leads program design, implementation, delivery models, and operational execution • Leads and develops supervisors, managers, and cross-functional teams • Leads nutrition services projects across regional, multi-site, and occasionally global scopes • Oversees clinical trial nutrition programs, service delivery, vendor relationships, and resource allocation • Ensures compliance with OSHA, Department of Health, FDA, and applicable multi-state regulations • Identifies improvement opportunities and drives process innovation • Provides subject matter expertise during protocol reviews, including clinical trial menu design and nutrition counseling or lifestyle intervention services • Collaborates with clients and internal stakeholders to design and implement lifestyle interventions • Supports business development, bid defenses, and client engagements • Develops and delivers presentations communicating nutrition service capabilities • Represents the organization at industry conferences, meetings, and strategic partnerships • Establishes operating policies, procedures, budgets, schedules, and performance standards • Interacts with internal and external management and senior-level customer representatives • Leads briefings and technical meetings • Oversees projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, and contractual clarifications • May manage employees across multiple regions

🎯 Requirements

• Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) required • Certified food service manager required or obtain within first 60 days of hire • 6+ years of progressive leadership or supervisory experience • 3+ years of experience in program design, implementation, and management within clinical, research, or healthcare settings • 6+ years in menu planning, diet management, or foodservice operations • Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, public health, or related field preferred • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multi-site or complex programs preferred • Advanced knowledge of nutrition standards and their application within clinical trial settings • Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office, and ability to learn various programs and systems • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams • Strong time-management, budgeting, financial oversight, organizational, analytical, judgment, and decision-making skills • Proven ability to design and adapt clinical trial menus and lifestyle intervention programs • Ability to drive innovation and continuous process improvements • Ability to work primarily office-based with occasional food service and operational area duties • Ability to travel occasionally for project oversight and vendor management • Ability to work long hours, early mornings, late evenings, occasional weekends, and 24/7 on-call rotations • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs • Regular and consistent attendance

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully Remote • Standard (Mon-Fri) work schedule