How much should we ask for senior scientist role in a public biotech company?
Dec 16, 2021
12 Comments
The job tittle is senior research scientist & tech lead. It’s a series E startup with about 1000 employees.
They are asking my wife about salary expectation. She hasn’t been on market for years and so doesn’t really know how much she should ask. She’s making 150K right now.
Another offer-to-be is from a public company and the role is similar. They are also asking about salary expectations.
Pls advise. Any info is useful!!
thanks!!
Finalized: 165K base 15% bonus and 30K stock over 4 years. Bay Area.
#health #healthcare #salary
comments
Wet 150k + 12% bonus + 30k/4
Dry 180k + 12% bonus + 300k/4
Recruiters and hiring managers from biotech/pharma usually start conversation saying that their salaries are comparable with tech.
Flagged by the community.
Also, she should contact her friends in a similar role (eg friends from grad school) if they mind sharing “a range for this type of position”. Asking them for a range rather than an exact # is super important and she may even want to ask them in person or with a phone call rather than via email.