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Posted 2 days agoSenior R&D Manager — New Product Development & Regulatory Licensing
at ezyVet
Westbrook, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- A track record of using AI tools to drive efficiencies in documentation processes, such as protocol authoring and report generation.
Requirements
- experience in the areas managed and proven leadership skills is reqired.
- Experience as a manager of managers or leading a multi-level organization is valued.
- Experience working on the development of licensed diagnostic or pharmaceutical products regulated by a government agency.
- This includes products regulated by the USDA, FDA, or comparable agencies; depth in any one of these regulatory environments is what matters, and the ability to transfer that expertise to veterinary diagnostics.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical strategy for product registration, including experimental design, protocol authoring, execution, data analysis, and regulatory report documentation.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to develop timelines, conduct risk assessments, define scope, and manage work streams across multi-year programs.
- People-leadership skills, including team development, engagement, and the ability to direct and advise scientific teams as well as define best practices and standardization.
- Cross-functional leadership and influence, with the ability to align partners across R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and the business.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including executive communication and stakeholder education, with the ability to translate technical detail for varied audiences — from senior business leaders to regulatory reviewers.
- General business knowledge, including specific knowledge of the businesses supported, plus excellent customer service and relationship-building skills.
- Personal computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
- Fluency in the English language.
- Expertise in USDA/CVB new-product licensing, including familiarity with USDA/CVB regulations and compliance (e.g., Veterinary Services Memorandum 800.73) enabling a holistic approach from the Product Licensing Plan through post-license activities.
- Experience developing innovative licensing strategies, including securing agency agreement to use non-traditional reference methods for evaluating diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, establishing new evaluation paradigms.
- Skill in technical negotiation with regulatory agencies, both written and oral, and in supporting agency inspection and compliance activities as an R&D subject matter expert.
- Experience with outside-the-US (OUS) licensing in markets such as Japan, Germany, and others.
- Hands-on expertise across immunoassays, biomarkers, and molecular assays — qualitative and quantitative — spanning assay design, development, and verification through launch.
- If meaningful work and a sense of purpose are at the top of your list, you’ll find it here.
Experience
- What you need to succeed: PhD required in the life sciences or related areas. 7+ years of supervisory or managerial experience, with in-depth
Benefits
- What you can expect from us: Salary range starting at $160,000 based on
- experience Opportunity for annual cash bonus and company equity Health / Dental / Vision
- Benefits Day-One 5% matching 401k Additional
- benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more If you’re looking for a role that’ll challenge you, offer a variety of work and learning, while helping an amazing industry, we’d love to hear from you! Why IDEXX: We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters.
- At IDEXX, you’ll be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and
Contact
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Additional details
- IDEXX defines innovation in the industries we serve with a world-class product portfolio and an impressive pipeline focused on the future.
- In this role as Senior R&D Manager — New Product Development & Regulatory Licensing , you will lead a team of talented scientists through the development and regulatory licensing of newly developed diagnostic products, partnering closely with Regulatory Affairs to bring those products to market in the US and around the world.
- You will be joining an innovative, fast-paced environment with a strong focus on employee culture and development, where your leadership directly shapes how our newest diagnostics reach the veterinarians and customers who rely on them.
- Why this role matters: You will lead and develop a team of scientists whose work brings new diagnostic products to market—directly shaping the careers of your people, the capabilities of our R&D organization, and the success of IDEXX.
- You will own the technical strategy that turns scientific innovation into licensed products, partnering with Regulatory Affairs to navigate registration in the US and around the globe.
- You will be the trusted expert who bridges science and regulation—educating internal stakeholders and helping regulatory reviewers understand the rationale behind our designs—so that breakthrough diagnostics reach the customers, pets, people, and livestock who depend on them.
- In this role: You will lead and develop a team of scientific employees , including managers and individual contributors across a multi-level organization.
- You will assign work, establish performance metrics, monitor activities, and evaluate performance.
- You will foster a high-performing, collaborative, and accountable team environment, define best practices and standardization for technical licensing activities and documentation, and lead the development of your group's procedures while contributing to the strategy and direction of the function.
- You will collaborate with Regulatory Affairs to lead the technical strategy for the registration of newly developed diagnostic products in the US and internationally.