Senior Principal Scientist - Microscopy
. - Responsibilities: list of duties: bullet points from "When & Where" maybe not. Actually responsibilities start after "Discover Your Role". Let's list: Advance the scientific direction for microscopy and cellular imaging across Regeneron Research, aligning capabilities with priority biological and therapeutic questions. Identify, evaluate, validate, and adopt emerging technologies based on scientific value, technical performance, scalability, and portfolio need. Provide senior consultation that translates complex biological questions into fit-for-purpose imaging strategies, experimental designs, and quantitative readouts. Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing multidisciplinary microscopy team and foster a culture of scientific rigor, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. Oversee annual strategic, operational, workforce, and capital-equipment plans for the microscopy function. Establish governance, metrics, workflows, training, and service models that improve quality, accessibility, reliability, turnaround time, and scientific impact. Provide scientific leadership across advanced optical, super-resolution, spectral, lifetime, label-free, live-cell, 3D, high-content, high-throughput, spatial, and translational microscopy approaches. Guide method selection, assay development, experimental design, technology troubleshooting, and quantitative image analysis, including machine-learning-enabled approaches. Develop scalable imaging infrastructure spanning laboratory automation, robotic image acquisition, image-data management, cloud analytics, AI applications, and digital microscopy. Integrate microscopy with molecular imaging, histology, pathology, spatial biology, and other Imaging Sciences platforms to generate coherent, cross-scale evidence. Partner with discovery, translational, platform, engineering, data science, and technology teams to deliver imaging strategies that inform target validation, mechanism-of-action studies, biomarker development, candidate selection, and translational planning. Mentor microscopy scientists and imaging specialists, build technical depth and scientific leadership, and train researchers in microscopy best practices and experimental design. We can put these as
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- Requirements: The posting includes "This Role Requires" bullet list: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Cellular Physiology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Biophysics, or related discipline. Minimum 5 years of relevant postdoctoral and/or industry experience. Minimum 5 years leading a microscopy core facility or equivalent scientific organization. Demonstrated expertise developing and applying advanced microscopy methodologies to answer complex biological questions. A strong publication record with evidence of leadership as a primary or senior contributor in microscopy-driven research. Deep understanding of cell biology, optical physics, microscopy instrumentation and mechanics, image formation, fluorescent probes and reporters, automation, and quantitative image analysis. Experience selecting, implementing, and optimizing advanced microscopy imaging platforms. Demonstrated success managing scientific staff and multidisciplinary teams. Strong project management and stakeholder engagement experience.
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- Qualifications: maybe same as requirements? The posting also lists "Preferred:" items. Those could be under Qualifications or Skills. We'll treat "Preferred" as Qualifications (or Skills). The instructions: Use sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide where to put each.
We have Requirements (mandatory). Preferred items could go under Qualifications or Skills. Let's put them under Qualifications (since they are qualifications). Skills could be maybe derived from expertise list: deep expertise in cell biology, advanced optical imaging technologies, quantitative image analysis, scientific leadership, etc. But we already have many in Requirements. Might be redundant. Better to put Skills as maybe "Advanced microscopy methodologies, AI-enabled analytics, automation, multidimensional imaging, integrated imaging solutions, etc." But we can also omit Skills if not distinct. However we should include a section only if posting has real specific content. We have preferred items that are qualifications; we can put them under Qualifications. Skills maybe we can extract from the role: "scientific leadership, strategic planning, team management, stakeholder engagement, project management, technology evaluation, assay development, quantitative image analysis, machine learning, AI-driven image analysis, etc." Could be a separate Skills section.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all content. We can distribute content across sections but must not lose any.
Let's map:
- About the role: introductory paragraph(s) before "When & Where". We'll include that.
- Responsibilities: the list after "Discover Your Role" up to before "This Role Requires". That's the bullet list we enumerated.
- Requirements: the list after "This Role Requires" up to before "Preferred:".
- Qualifications: the "Preferred:" items (list). Could be considered Qualifications.
- Skills: maybe we can extract from the responsibilities and requirements specific skill sets: e.g., "advanced optical imaging technologies, quantitative image analysis, AI-enabled analytics, automation, multidimensional imaging workflows, integrated imaging solutions, method selection, assay development, experimental design, technology troubleshooting, machine-learning-enabled approaches, scalable imaging infrastructure, laboratory automation, robotic image acquisition, image-data management, cloud analytics, AI applications, digital microscopy, integration with molecular imaging, histology, pathology, spatial biology, etc." But many of these are already in responsibilities. To avoid duplication, we could still list them but it's okay if some overlap as long as we preserve info. However we risk being repetitive but not violating rule (preserve all substantive info). It's okay to repeat? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Repeating is not inventing or summarizing away; it's okay but could be considered duplication. Might be acceptable.
But we could also decide not to create Skills section if we feel it's not distinct. However the instruction says: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could omit Skills if not needed. But we need to include all info; we already have info in Responsibilities and Requirements and Qualifications. So we can omit Skills.
- Benefits: The posting mentions total rewards package: "Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits." Also link to benefits page. That's substantive. So we need Benefits section.
- Pay: The posting includes salary range: "For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position. Salary Range (annually) $150,500.00 - $245,500.00". Also earlier: "Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience." So we have salary range. So we need Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions location: "Location: Tarrytown, NY United States On-site". Also "Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed onsite. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about onsite expectations for your role and location." So schedule: On-site, location Tarrytown, NY. So we can include Schedule section with that info.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, accommodation, background checks, etc. Remove those.
Also remove "When & Where Location: Tarrytown, NY United States On-site" maybe we incorporate into Schedule.
Also remove "Discover Your Role" heading (we already used as responsibilities). Remove "Does this sound like you? Apply now..." etc. Remove "We are committed to building a workplace..." etc. Remove salary range details for Canada? Actually we keep salary range.
We must not include job ID/requisition numbers (none present). Good.
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About the role
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Responsibilities
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Salary range (annually): $150,500.00 - $245,500.00 (final offer determined within range based on country, role level, skills and experience).
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On-site position located in Tarrytown, NY, United States.
We need to ensure we don't include any empty sections. Now craft the content precisely. About the role paragraph: combine first two sentences maybe. Let's write: "Regeneron is seeking an accomplished and innovative scientist to lead the Microscopy function within Imaging Sciences. The successful candidate will be a recognized expert in microscopy with deep expertise in cell biology, advanced optical imaging technologies, quantitative image analysis, and scientific leadership. This individual will provide scientific and strategic leadership for a multidisciplinary microscopy team supporting discovery research, technology development, translational science, and early therapeutic programs across Regeneron's research portfolio. The role will build upon the core's current capabilities while driving the future vision of imaging sciences through the adoption of emerging microscopy technologies, automation, AI-enabled analytics, multidimensional imaging workflows, and integrated imaging solutions. The ideal candidate combines outstanding scientific credentials as a practicing microscopist with a demonstrated track record of managing and growing a microscopy core facility, mentoring staff scientists, and partnering effectively with researchers across diverse therapeutic areas." That's good. Responsibilities list: we need to capture each bullet. Let's list them exactly as in text: - Advance the scientific direction for microscopy and cellular imaging across Regeneron Research, aligning capabilities with priority biological and therapeutic questions. - Identify, evaluate, validate, and adopt emerging technologies based on scientific value, technical performance, scalability, and portfolio need. - Provide senior consultation that translates complex biological questions into fit-for-purpose imaging strategies, experimental designs, and quantitative readouts. - Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing multidisciplinary microscopy team and foster a culture of scientific rigor, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. - Oversee annual strategic, operational, workforce, and capital-equipment plans for the microscopy function. - Establish governance, metrics, workflows, training, and service models that improve quality, accessibility, reliability, turnaround time, and scientific impact. - Provide scientific leadership across advanced optical, super-resolution, spectral, lifetime, label-free, live-cell, 3D, high-content, high-throughput, spatial, and translational microscopy approaches. - Guide method selection, assay development, experimental design, technology troubleshooting, and quantitative image analysis, including machine-learning-enabled approaches. - Develop scalable imaging infrastructure spanning laboratory automation, robotic image acquisition, image-data management, cloud analytics, AI applications, and digital microscopy. - Integrate microscopy with molecular imaging, histology, pathology, spatial biology, and