Senior Research Jobs

Updated hourly from a 20M+ job database, this list surfaces senior research roles across scientific discovery, bioinformatics, informatics, study leadership, R&D, and technical development.

Titles can include senior or principal research scientist, principal investigator, bioinformatics scientist, informaticist, study lead, human-factors researcher, laboratory scientist, technical-development leader, and R&D director. The work may involve defining research questions, designing experiments or studies, developing computational methods, directing laboratory programs, translating findings into products, managing grants or partnerships, and leading multidisciplinary teams. Employers span biotechnology, healthcare, aerospace, engineering, social science, universities, research organizations, and industrial R&D. Their expectations differ: academic-adjacent roles may emphasize publications and funding, product research may prioritize transfer and development decisions, and regulated work may require rigorous study documentation and quality systems. External collaboration can add partnership, grant, or scientific-representation duties. Evaluate seniority through intellectual ownership, independence, program or study scope, influence on technical direction, external representation, and responsibility for people, budgets, facilities, or collaborations.

Research output provides a clearer comparison than title: discovery, validation, publication, technical transfer, and product development each imply a different role. Identify whether the position owns a study, research platform, portfolio, or team, then check advanced-degree expectations, publication or patent record, laboratory and computational methods, domain knowledge, and regulatory experience. Look for access to collaborators, equipment, data, or operational teams needed to carry the program from question to result. The source may specify a seminar, writing sample, portfolio, or technical discussion; prepare only for the process it describes. Company, location, research-field, compensation, and sponsorship filters can refine the set. Consider funding horizon, disclosed equity, laboratory or field presence, travel, publication freedom, and available resources, and verify clearance, authorization, and research-compliance requirements directly.

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