# Director, Applied Research and Assay Development

Are you ready to help shape the future of diagnostic innovation? At Hologic, our Diagnostic Solutions R&D teams are advancing breakthrough technologies that improve patient outcomes across women’s health, infectious disease, and oncology. Join our team and play a key role in translating scientific discovery into impactful diagnostic solutions used by clinicians around the world. As Director, Applied Research and Assay Development, you will lead a team of scientists responsible for advancing early-stage research into robust diagnostic assays and technologies. You will drive scientific strategy, guide assay feasibility and development efforts, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate innovative ideas into scalable products. In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership and program management skills to ensure research initiatives align with business priorities and pipeline strategy. Your leadership will help bridge the gap between discovery science and product development, accelerating the delivery of high-impact diagnostic solutions. This is an onsite role in San Diego, CA. What You’ll Do Scientific Leadership: Lead applied res

- **Id**: 3570232
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hologic-director-applied-research-and-assay-development>
- **Role**: MedTech
- **Role family**: MedTech
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T16:17:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T18:27:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 56
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5131
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drug Discovery, Surgical Instruments & Devices, Medical Imaging Systems, Women’s Health & Maternity

## Company

- **Id**: 720267
- **Name**: Hologic
- **Domain**: hologic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hologic>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.714
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 153000
- **Max usd**: 307000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 11

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 56

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-31T15:55:31Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 30 · green card filings: 7; Filings 12m: 30

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.578
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 55
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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