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.
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.
Responsibilities
Advance the SBD R&D strategy and own the portfolio
Define and maintain an integrated R&D strategy and roadmap across Newark and Tolochenaz, aligned to SBD business strategy and customer needs
Own portfolio prioritization and resource allocation across:
New Product Introduction (NPI) / platform evolution
Applications, evidence generation, and customer enablement
Longer‑horizon innovation programs
Make disciplined, transparent tradeoffs across customer value, technical risk, manufacturability, margin/COGS, time‑to‑market, and strategic differentiation
Partner with Legal/IP to shape an SBD IP strategy aligned with platform roadmaps and competitive positioning
Run a unified R&D operating system
Establish and lead an operating cadence that makes cross‑site delivery predictable through portfolio reviews, gate reviews, roadmap refreshes, and executive updates/readouts
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
Build/strengthen processes that improve speed and quality by ensuring alignment with customer needs, clarifying requirements, and ensuring design transfer readiness
Lead, develop, and retain a world‑class cross‑site team
Lead and develop global teams across major capability areas, including assay chemistry and reagents, engineering/instrumentation, software/analytics, and applications
Build leadership bench strength through succession planning, targeted hiring, and capability development across both sites
Create a culture of accountability with clear goals, decision ownership, and evidence‑supported planning and delivery
Drive innovation that converts to adoption and growth
Translate customer "problems‑to‑solve" into integrated workflow and product requirements, closing the gap between scientific novelty and everyday customer utility
Map innovation investments across short/mid/long horizons, ensuring continuity from strategy to impact and creating protectable IP
Strengthen end‑to‑end workflow differentiation (multi-omic assays, automation, analytics, high-value applications) to increase adoption, utilization, and pull‑through
Partner cross‑functionally to deliver business outcomes
Partner closely with Product Management, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, Quality, Clinical/Medical Affairs, and Commercial to ensure priorities and tradeoffs reflect:
customer segmentation and adoption barriers
manufacturability, quality readiness, and supply chain constraints
evidence generation, claims strategy, and clinical pathway considerations
Leverage Bio‑Techne's cross‑divisional technologies (antibodies, dyes, complementary platforms, etc.) to elevate SBD solutions and create differentiated workflows
Key Qualifications:
Education
Ph.D. in life science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of ad
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
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.
Pay Range:
$231,700.00 - $380,800.00 Position Summary:
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.
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.
Biotechne · Newark, CA