Senior Director of Research & Innovation
Abcam · Waltham, MA · 4 wk ago
On-siteMarketingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible."
That's about the company, could be "About the role" or "About Abcam". The instruction: use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible."
That's about the company, could be "About the role" or "About Abcam". The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide headings based on content.
We have a role description: "Senior Director of Research & Innovation is responsible for responsible for leading teams of scientists who are scouting and evaluating new business ideas, doing PoC studies and process development, and establishing new business lines. This role is accountable for the creation and implementation of strategic developments in the scientific area and contributes to short and long term success of Abcam. Communicating and collaborating with business partners and ELT members in other areas and in other functions across the organisation. This position reports to the VP Innovation Leader & Interim R&D leader is part of the R&D team located in Waltham, US and will be an on-site role."
Then "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To" bullet list.
Then "The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include" list.
Then "Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements" line.
Then "It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:" list.
Then benefits paragraph: "Abcam, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info."
Then salary: "The annual salary range for this role is from USD163,500 to 286,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law."
Then "Join our winning team today..." etc. Then EEO boilerplate etc. We need to remove EEO/equal-opportunity etc.
We need to produce sections: maybe About the role (company overview), Responsibilities (the bullet list under "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To"), Requirements (essential requirements), Qualifications (maybe the "It would be a plus" could be Qualifications or Skills), Skills (maybe not separate), Benefits, Pay, Schedule (if schedule info present). There's no explicit schedule besides on-site role location Waltham, US and will be an on-site role. That could be schedule? Not exactly schedule but location. Could be "Schedule" maybe not. There's no explicit schedule like full-time, part-time. So we likely omit Schedule.
We need to avoid placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the company overview paragraph(s). Could be under About the role.
Responsibilities: The bullet list after "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To". Let's extract each bullet:
- Manage a high-performing team of Directors and Group leaders across multiple disciplines.
- Using their scientific background to establish new business lines, new products and capabilities in Abcam
- Contribute to the success of R&D through a detailed understanding of the business and impact on the current strategy of Abcam.
- Develop and manage interpersonal relationships with multiple stakeholders across Abcam to shape Abcam’s future and sustain success
- Lead evaluation and decision making on new ideas (ideation process) as well as implementation of prioritised ideas into projects.
- Influence decisions of senior leaders within and outside the company
- Provide the leadership necessary to maximize the research and innovation team’s performance & success, creating a team where people want to work.
- Build Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster a collaborative mindset within the organization through their own example and by guiding colleagues and subordinates to engage outside collaborators.
- Drive innovation: Continuously offer solutions that have the potential to generate revenue, including creating new revenue stream.
- Facilitate connection between working groups to share information and generate more robust solutions.
- Work to create environment where initiative, risk-taking and creativity are rewarded more richly than safe behaviors
We need to put these in - .
Requirements: "The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include" list:
- Ph.D. in a relevant scientific field, cell biology, biochemistry, biology, or other Life Sciences.
- An established track record in a similar role with 15 years + experience in an industrial environment
- Recognized leader in scientific specialty as evidenced by publications, participation in international conference, membership on journal editorial boards, etc.
- Experience of setting strategy and monitoring delivery
- Experience of leading global teams, working with leaders to set goals and standards to effect delivery against strategy
- A team player, able to work cross-functionally
- Ability to distil complex scientific problems to end-to-end solutions, enabling cross-functional communications and understanding with both scientific and non-scientific stakeholders
- Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 20%, domestically and internationally
We need to include travel as part of requirements maybe separate bullet.
Qualifications/Skills: The "It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:" list:
- Relevant advanced degree, e.g., Ph.D. in life science, MD, MBA
- Desired experience in leading large international teams.
- A track record of delivering successful innovation projects and products as well as ownership and passion for creative ideas, including advocating for others' ideas in order to drive change.
We could treat these as "Preferred Qualifications" or "Skills". Since we have headings Skills, Qualifications. Could put under Qualifications (maybe separate essential vs preferred). But instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But they ask to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could have Requirements (essential) and Qualifications (preferred). That's two sections.
Benefits: The paragraph about benefits plus the later benefits paragraph about paid time off etc. Combine.
Pay: Salary range and bonus info.
Schedule: Not present; we omit.
Also need to include location? Could be part of Responsibilities? The line "This position reports to the VP Innovation Leader & Interim R&D leader is part of the R&D team located in Waltham, US and will be an on-site role." That's location and reporting. Could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. Probably include in About the role or a separate section like "Location". But not in allowed headings. Could fold into About the role paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Senior Director.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, disability accommodation, etc. Also remove "Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible." That's part of company overview; it's substantive? Might be considered boilerplate but it's about the company; we can keep.
We must remove "Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info." That's a link; we can keep as part of benefits paragraph maybe.
We must remove "Join our winning team today..." etc. That's promotional but maybe substantive? It's a call to action; could be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Join our winning team today..." is promotional but not necessarily boilerplate; but it's like a closing statement. Might be considered application instruction? Not exactly. Safer to keep? It's not required to preserve but could be considered fluff. I'd keep it as part of About the role maybe.
But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep that sentence as it's part of posting. However it's somewhat generic; but it's still part of the posting. I'd include it in About the role.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (company overview paragraph(s) plus location/reporting line plus maybe closing motivational sentence)
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet
Requirements
- ... essential requirements
Qualifications
- ... preferred qualifications
Benefits
... benefits paragraph(s)
Pay
... salary range and bonus info
We need to ensure we don't include empty sections.
Let's craft the About the role paragraph.
Combine:
"Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. This position reports to the VP Innovation Leader & Interim R&D leader and is part of the R&D team located in Waltham, US and will be an on-site role. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com."
We need to ensure we didn't duplicate sentences. The original had "Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe
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Requirements: "The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include" list:
- Ph.D. in a relevant scientific field, cell biology, biochemistry, biology, or other Life Sciences.
- An established track record in a similar role with 15 years + experience in an industrial environment
- Recognized leader in scientific specialty as evidenced by publications, participation in international conference, membership on journal editorial boards, etc.
- Experience of setting strategy and monitoring delivery
- Experience of leading global teams, working with leaders to set goals and standards to effect delivery against strategy
- A team player, able to work cross-functionally
- Ability to distil complex scientific problems to end-to-end solutions, enabling cross-functional communications and understanding with both scientific and non-scientific stakeholders
- Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 20%, domestically and internationally
We need to include travel as part of requirements maybe separate bullet.
Qualifications/Skills: The "It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:" list:
- Relevant advanced degree, e.g., Ph.D. in life science, MD, MBA
- Desired experience in leading large international teams.
- A track record of delivering successful innovation projects and products as well as ownership and passion for creative ideas, including advocating for others' ideas in order to drive change.
We could treat these as "Preferred Qualifications" or "Skills". Since we have headings Skills, Qualifications. Could put under Qualifications (maybe separate essential vs preferred). But instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But they ask to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could have Requirements (essential) and Qualifications (preferred). That's two sections.
Benefits: The paragraph about benefits plus the later benefits paragraph about paid time off etc. Combine.
Pay: Salary range and bonus info.
Schedule: Not present; we omit.
Also need to include location? Could be part of Responsibilities? The line "This position reports to the VP Innovation Leader & Interim R&D leader is part of the R&D team located in Waltham, US and will be an on-site role." That's location and reporting. Could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. Probably include in About the role or a separate section like "Location". But not in allowed headings. Could fold into About the role paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Senior Director.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, disability accommodation, etc. Also remove "Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible." That's part of company overview; it's substantive? Might be considered boilerplate but it's about the company; we can keep.
We must remove "Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info." That's a link; we can keep as part of benefits paragraph maybe.
We must remove "Join our winning team today..." etc. That's promotional but maybe substantive? It's a call to action; could be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Join our winning team today..." is promotional but not necessarily boilerplate; but it's like a closing statement. Might be considered application instruction? Not exactly. Safer to keep? It's not required to preserve but could be considered fluff. I'd keep it as part of About the role maybe.
But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep that sentence as it's part of posting. However it's somewhat generic; but it's still part of the posting. I'd include it in About the role.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (company overview paragraph(s) plus location/reporting line plus maybe closing motivational sentence)
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet
Requirements
- ... essential requirements
Qualifications
- ... preferred qualifications
Benefits
... benefits paragraph(s)
Pay
... salary range and bonus info
We need to ensure we don't include empty sections. Let's craft the About the role paragraph. Combine: "Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. This position reports to the VP Innovation Leader & Interim R&D leader and is part of the R&D team located in Waltham, US and will be an on-site role. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com." We need to ensure we didn't duplicate sentences. The original had "Progress happens together At Abcam, we believe