Business Operations Manager Jobs at Thermo Fisher Scientific with Visa Sponsorship
Thermo Fisher Scientific hires Business Operations Managers across its global life sciences, diagnostics, and laboratory supply divisions, and the company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for operational roles. If you're targeting this function in the Science and Research sector, Thermo Fisher is an employer worth pursuing.
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Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Digital Catalog Operations Manager leads the operational lifecycle of a complex portfolio of life sciences products that spans multiple internal and external suppliers. This role is responsible for optimizing product presentation, ensuring accurate and compliant scientific content, and driving measurable improvements in digital performance across technical product categories.
This leader will also advance the organization’s readiness for AI-driven discovery by ensuring product content is structured, authoritative, and optimized for visibility in generative AI search environments, while leveraging AI-enabled workflows to enhance quality, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
Catalog & Data Management
- Own end-to-end product catalog lifecycle: SKU setup, enrichment, updates, and retirement
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of product attributes, specifications, pricing, and digital assets
- Optimize content standards at a taxonomy level, to better support navigation and product discoverability
- Drive data quality standards, validation rules, and governance processes
- Leverage analytics to improve conversion, engagement, and revenue performance
AI-Ready Content Strategy & Discoverability
- Ensure product content is structured, semantically rich, and technically authoritative to support discoverability by generative AI engines and AI-powered search platforms
- Partner with SEO and digital teams to implement schema markup, metadata standards, and structured data models that improve machine interpretability
- Establish content standards that prioritize clarity, specificity, and citation-ready scientific information
- Monitor emerging AI search trends and adjust content strategy to maintain visibility in AI-driven discovery channels
AI-Enabled Operational Excellence
- Lead adoption of generative AI tools to enhance New Product Introduction quality, speed, and scalability while maintaining regulatory standards
- Implement AI-assisted workflows for content QA, metadata enrichment, taxonomy validation, and content gap identification
- Establish governance frameworks for responsible AI usage, including review checkpoints, validation protocols, and compliance safeguards
- Measure and improve operational efficiency through automation and AI-supported content audits
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead and develop a global team of digital content specialists
- Build AI fluency within the team through training and best-practice frameworks
- Foster a culture of innovation balanced with scientific rigor and compliance
- Maintain documentation of processes, data standards, and workflows
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a key digital partner to external Suppliers, Portfolio, Product Management, Regulatory, Marketing and Operations teams
- Align merchandising execution with go-to-market strategies and commercialization timelines
- Influence stakeholders to balance speed-to-market with quality, compliance, and AI-readiness
Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Define and track operational KPIs (e.g., data accuracy, performance, time-to-publish, defect rates, completeness scores)
- Identify process gaps and drive improvements in catalog operations
- Lead initiatives to improve digital revenue through product portfolio enhancements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Digital Media, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of experience in digital merchandising, e-commerce, or content strategy
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience managing complex technical product catalogs
Preferred:
- Experience in life sciences, diagnostics, healthcare, or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with structured data, schema markup, and SEO best practices
- Experience implementing generative AI tools within digital content operations
- Proficiency with enterprise PIM and DAM platforms
What Success Looks Like
- Improved discoverability in both traditional and AI-driven search environments
- Measurable gains in conversion and engagement across scientific product categories
- High standards of product content accuracy and regulatory compliance
- Reduced content errors and improved operational efficiency through AI-enabled workflows
- A digitally mature, forward-thinking merchandising team
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Digital Catalog Operations Manager leads the operational lifecycle of a complex portfolio of life sciences products that spans multiple internal and external suppliers. This role is responsible for optimizing product presentation, ensuring accurate and compliant scientific content, and driving measurable improvements in digital performance across technical product categories.
This leader will also advance the organization’s readiness for AI-driven discovery by ensuring product content is structured, authoritative, and optimized for visibility in generative AI search environments, while leveraging AI-enabled workflows to enhance quality, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
Catalog & Data Management
- Own end-to-end product catalog lifecycle: SKU setup, enrichment, updates, and retirement
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of product attributes, specifications, pricing, and digital assets
- Optimize content standards at a taxonomy level, to better support navigation and product discoverability
- Drive data quality standards, validation rules, and governance processes
- Leverage analytics to improve conversion, engagement, and revenue performance
AI-Ready Content Strategy & Discoverability
- Ensure product content is structured, semantically rich, and technically authoritative to support discoverability by generative AI engines and AI-powered search platforms
- Partner with SEO and digital teams to implement schema markup, metadata standards, and structured data models that improve machine interpretability
- Establish content standards that prioritize clarity, specificity, and citation-ready scientific information
- Monitor emerging AI search trends and adjust content strategy to maintain visibility in AI-driven discovery channels
AI-Enabled Operational Excellence
- Lead adoption of generative AI tools to enhance New Product Introduction quality, speed, and scalability while maintaining regulatory standards
- Implement AI-assisted workflows for content QA, metadata enrichment, taxonomy validation, and content gap identification
- Establish governance frameworks for responsible AI usage, including review checkpoints, validation protocols, and compliance safeguards
- Measure and improve operational efficiency through automation and AI-supported content audits
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead and develop a global team of digital content specialists
- Build AI fluency within the team through training and best-practice frameworks
- Foster a culture of innovation balanced with scientific rigor and compliance
- Maintain documentation of processes, data standards, and workflows
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a key digital partner to external Suppliers, Portfolio, Product Management, Regulatory, Marketing and Operations teams
- Align merchandising execution with go-to-market strategies and commercialization timelines
- Influence stakeholders to balance speed-to-market with quality, compliance, and AI-readiness
Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Define and track operational KPIs (e.g., data accuracy, performance, time-to-publish, defect rates, completeness scores)
- Identify process gaps and drive improvements in catalog operations
- Lead initiatives to improve digital revenue through product portfolio enhancements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Digital Media, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of experience in digital merchandising, e-commerce, or content strategy
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience managing complex technical product catalogs
Preferred:
- Experience in life sciences, diagnostics, healthcare, or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with structured data, schema markup, and SEO best practices
- Experience implementing generative AI tools within digital content operations
- Proficiency with enterprise PIM and DAM platforms
What Success Looks Like
- Improved discoverability in both traditional and AI-driven search environments
- Measurable gains in conversion and engagement across scientific product categories
- High standards of product content accuracy and regulatory compliance
- Reduced content errors and improved operational efficiency through AI-enabled workflows
- A digitally mature, forward-thinking merchandising team
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Align your credentials to specialty occupation standards
H-1B eligibility for Business Operations Manager roles requires a directly related bachelor's degree, not just general business experience. USCIS scrutinizes operational titles closely, so frame your degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, or life sciences management when applying.
Target Thermo Fisher divisions with recurring operational openings
Roles in laboratory operations, clinical supply chain, and bioproduction consistently appear across Thermo Fisher's business units. Focusing your applications on these divisions improves your chances of landing a role with an established sponsorship workflow already in place.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Business Operations Manager openings
Searching across Thermo Fisher's full job board manually is time-consuming. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for Business Operations Manager roles that list visa sponsorship, so you spend time on applications that are already open to sponsored candidates.
Clarify CPT or OPT authorization before your start date
If you're transitioning from F-1 status, confirm your authorized start date aligns with your CPT or OPT period. Thermo Fisher's HR teams work within USCIS-defined authorization windows, and a gap between your offer letter date and valid work authorization can delay onboarding significantly.
Understand the PERM process for long-term sponsorship
If permanent residency is your goal, ask about EB-2 or EB-3 PERM sponsorship during the offer stage. Thermo Fisher has sponsored Green Cards for operational roles, and the DOL's PERM labor certification process typically begins after you've established tenure in your position.
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Does Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor H-1B visas for Business Operations Managers?
Yes, Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsors H-1B visas for Business Operations Manager roles. The company has an internal immigration team that manages petitions across its divisions. Because H-1B is a specialty occupation visa, your degree field needs to directly relate to the operational responsibilities of the role, so generic business degrees without relevant technical coursework can create complications during USCIS review.
How do I apply for Business Operations Manager jobs at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Applications go through Thermo Fisher's careers portal, where you can filter by job function and location. To find roles that explicitly offer visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which surfaces Business Operations Manager openings at Thermo Fisher filtered by sponsorship eligibility. Tailor your resume to highlight cross-functional project leadership and experience in regulated or laboratory environments, which align with the company's core operational needs.
Which visa types does Thermo Fisher Scientific commonly use for Business Operations Manager roles?
Thermo Fisher sponsors H-1B visas for most Business Operations Manager hires requiring work authorization. For candidates already in the U.S. on F-1 status, the company also works with F-1 OPT and CPT arrangements while an H-1B is pending. TN visas are an option for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying business operations roles. For longer-term employees, EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship through the PERM process is available.
What qualifications does Thermo Fisher Scientific expect for Business Operations Manager roles?
Thermo Fisher typically looks for candidates with a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, life sciences, or a related technical field, along with demonstrated experience managing cross-functional operations in a regulated industry. Familiarity with GMP environments, ERP systems like SAP, and process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma is frequently referenced in job postings across the company's laboratory and bioproduction divisions.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Timelines depend on the visa type. H-1B cap filings have a fixed annual window, with petitions submitted in March and employment starting October 1 at the earliest. USCIS standard processing runs three to six months, though premium processing can reduce that to 15 business days. PERM labor certification for Green Card sponsorship typically takes one to two years before an I-140 petition is filed, so planning well ahead of any status expiration is essential.
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