{"id":3047015,"url":"https://alion.io/job/cell-signaling-technology-sr-director-assays-platform-technologies","title":"Sr. Director, Assays & Platform Technologies","company":{"id":669694,"name":"Cell Signaling Technology","domain":"cellsignalingtechnology.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/cellsignalingtechnology","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Danvers, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":249000,"max":300000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":300000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Antibody Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"Mass Spectrometry","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-15T13:16:29Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T18:36:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":15,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":15},"description":"Who We Are:\nCell Signaling Technology (CST) is a different kind of life sciences company, one founded, owned, and run by active research scientists, with the highest standards of product and service quality, technological innovation, and scientific rigor for over 20 years. We consistently provide fellow scientists around the globe with best-in-class products and services to fuel their quests for discovery.\nHelping researchers find new solutions is our main mission every day, but it's not our only mission. We're also dedicated to helping identify solutions to other problems facing our world. We believe that all businesses must be responsible and work in partnership with local communities, while seeking to minimize their environmental impact. That's why we joined 1% for the Planet as its first life science member, and have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2029.\nThe Role:\nAs the Sr. Director for Assay and Platform Technologies, you will define and execute the company’s collective immunoassay platform strategy, and support critical commercial and business development partnerships. Operating at the intersection of research, product development, and commercial execution, you will oversee portfolio leadership, guide cross-functional collaborations, and lead four immunoassay platform sub-teams to drive innovation from concept through commercial success.\nPlatform Strategy & Portfolio Leadership (35%)\nResponsible for strategic and operational objectives, work plans, budgets, and portfolio health metrics across the four sub-teams\nResponsible for the development of innovative products and solutions configured for use in established and emerging immunoassay platforms.\nDevelop and implement the product development platform strategy across traditional and emerging immunoassays, single-cell analysis, spatial biology, and mass spectrometry-based proteomics; translate CST's strategy into platform-specific roadmaps.\nProduct pipeline governance: accountable for the integrity and strategic coherence of the immunoassays product portfolio.\nResponsible for go/no-go recommendations on platform onboarding and resource allocation decisions.\nCollaborates with product development groups (antibody & protein technologies, antibody discovery, application & validation groups, and the Custom Solutions team on strategic and operational objectives, work plans, and portfolio health metrics.\nResource and budget management: makes decisions on resourcing trade-offs across sub-teams and between R&D platform development and pre/post-sales scientific support activities.\nDrives adoption of new assays and platforms to support pre/post-sales, publishing, and customer engagement in alignment with company’s R&D objectives, with priority focus in biotech, pharma, and CRO customer segments.\nScientific Research & Translational Leadership (25%)\nMaintains deep scientific expertise across priority immunoassay platform areas.\nResponsible for the conceptualization or design of products designed to meet the specific needs of biotech, pharma, and CRO customer workflows in drug discovery, biomarker development, and clinical/translational research.\nInforms platform development priorities through active engagement with the Custom Solutions Group; ensures biopharma customer intelligence from custom engagements feeds back into platform roadmap decisions.\nEnsures broad technical enablement through external scientific publications, white papers, application notes, and conference presentations that establish CST platform leadership and credibility in the translational research market \nAttends relevant industry conferences to gather intelligence and engage with scientists and KOLs.\nHires and develops scientific expertise within the immunoassay platforms core, with an emphasis on biopharma workflow support; ensures sub-team leaders have the necessary skills required to support pre/post-sales engagement.\nCommercial & BD Partnership (25%)\nOperates as the primary R&D interface for the Platform Commercial segment; works in close collaboration and shares accountability with the biopharma commercial team and Product Marketing Managers (PMMs) to align platform development priorities with commercial pipeline and customer needs. Collaborates with Biopharma Marketing, Business Development (BD), and Sales leaders to define business and revenue objectives.\nPartners with Field Application Scientists (FAS) to ensure pre/post-sales technical support capability keeps pace with platform complexity; defines FAS capability requirements and provides scientific direction for FAS training.\nWorks tightly with BD in partnership identification, designing deal objectives, and scientific due diligence for platform-adjacent opportunities - spatial, IVD, single-cell, proximity, and proteomics partnerships.\nEngages directly with key pharma accounts and KOLs to understand workflow needs, validate platform positioning, and identify unmet needs that translate into product development priorities.\nPartners closely with the Custom Solutions Group to receive biopharma workflow intelligence and transition bespoke client innovations into broad-market catalog platform products provides scientific direction that enables effective product launch, market positioning, and lifecycle management.\nTalent Management (15%)\nDirectly manages four platform sub-team leaders; sets performance expectations, provides coaching, and conducts meaningful performance reviews. Holds sub-team leaders accountable for milestone delivery and laboratory informatics data integrity.\nBuilds and executes a talent strategy: succession planning, IC development, and the hiring of new biopharma workflow and platform expertise.\nDevelops individual development plans for sub-team leaders with particular emphasis on commercial partnership skills, external scientific representation, and platform-specific domain depth.\nWho You Are & What You Bring To The Team:\nPh.D. in a relevant life science discipline with a strong record of peer-reviewed publications \nMinimum of 10 years related experience with 8+ years of direct people management experience\nScientific Deep Dive: Expertise in 2+ platform areas: Immunoassays, single-cell technologies, or spatial biology.\nTranslational/Biopharma: Preclinical R&D, drug discovery, biomarker development, or clinical research applications.\nProduct Lifecycle: Proven track record leading platform product development from concept through commercial launch.\nExperience at the R&D / Commercial interface (tools, diagnostics, or biopharma services).\nDemonstrated experience incorporating AI-enabled scientific tools into research, translational, or development workflows to improve the quality, speed, or effectiveness of scientific decision-making. \nCapable of innovating applications to drive product development and solve customer needs and problems\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nExceptional organization skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize efforts appropriately \nEffective communication skills (verbal and written)\nDemonstrated ability to generate novel scientific hypotheses and design complex experiments to test them.\nIdeally, You'll Have: \nDemonstrated leadership experience in academic institutions and biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry settings.\nDemonstrated ability to build and manage BD partnerships.\nExperience with complex solution development.\nPre/post-sales scientific engagement expertise.\nPhysical Conditions / Physical Requirements: \nOffice work environment is typically quiet with some background noise\nAbility to work at a desk and computer for extended periods\nDexterity to operate computer equipment and handle documents.\nAbility to read and interpret detailed documents and reports.\nOccasional standing and walking will be required to move around the office or facility.\nInfrequent lifting of light objects, such as files or equipment, up to 15 pounds, may also be necessary.\nRequires occasional travel as needed to attend industry conferences, partner sites, and/or meet with key external partners.\nThis position has a starting base salary range of $249,000 - $300,000 per year, which the company, in good faith, reasonably expects to pay for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity.\nWhat We Offer: \nAt Cell Signaling Technology (CST), we recognize that people will always be our most important asset. Providing a safe, inclusive, and stimulating working environment that understands the importance of diversity, human dignity, and meaningful work is as important as establishing company policies that incorporate excellent health insurance and pay benefits. We recognize that the development of people is the key to their happiness and thus ensure every employee has impactful discussions with their manager and develops actionable performance and professional development plans. Lastly, we are committed to engaging and supporting our employees in committees and philanthropy that benefit their local communities and environment through community investment programs.\nBenefits: \nMedical (BCBS) and Dental (Delta Dental) plans paid at 90%\nVision Insurance\nLife Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability\nFlexible Spending accounts\n401(k) Plan with 6% match\nTuition Reimbursement\nGenerous PTO package\nParental Leave\nPet Insurance\nEmployee Assistance Program\nOnsite Subsidized Cafeteria\nFree Parking\nCell Signaling Technology (CST) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, status as a veteran or as a member of the military or status in any group protected by applicable federal or state laws.\nIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. 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