What attracts a talented individual to a global company?

Many would say it's the corporate culture and work environment that make all the difference. There is more to QIAGEN, than facts and figures, markets and customers, products and production. Team enthusiasm and a collaborative spirit are a strong part of our corporate culture and identity. In a congenial environment like ours, the exchange of ideas can take place anywhere – not just during a team meeting – but at lunch, over a coffee, or even waiting for the elevator. Surrounded by inspired and like-minded colleagues, inspiration could strike anytime. 

Stephany Foster, Senior Vice President and Head of Human Resources, describes the unique culture at QIAGEN: “Beyond our products and continued impact on innovation, what has kept me at QIAGEN for over 15 years are the people and the opportunities available to develop and grow. We have teams of passionate and skilled professionals from around the world, working together to make our company vision of making improvements in life a reality. We have a high level of respect for each other and a commitment to performance and personal integrity. We strive for a culture that values the diversity of thought and experience and offers an environment that encourages constant growth. I am a perfect example of the opportunities that QIAGEN has to offer: I joined QIAGEN 15 years ago in the field of finance and accounting. I was offered the chance to move into HR, and today, I head a global division of 100+ QIAGENers. I hope you, too, consider joining us here at QIAGEN and discover your potential.”

At QIAGEN we create Sample to Insight solutions that enable more than 500,000 customers worldwide to transform biological samples into valuable molecular insights. The work of unlocking these insights is quite a journey. We start off by offering the most reliable sample technologies, and continue by developing top-quality assays and test panels that enable our customers to accurately analyze and identify various diseases, genetic variations or other molecular targets.

For us, making improvements in life possible means enabling our customers to achieve outstanding success and breakthroughs in life sciences, applied testing, pharma and molecular diagnostics.

Our commitment to the markets, customers and patients we serve drives our innovation and leadership in all areas where our Sample to Insight solutions are required. But our excellence and success as a company is based on the exceptional talent, skill and passion of our employees. They are both driving our success and shaping a new wave of growth in the molecular biology revolution.

QIAGEN systematically develops talents, providing them with strategic skill sets and supporting their individual growth.

QIAGEN’s mission statement says it all: “The exceptional talent, skill and passion of our employees are key to QIAGEN’s excellence, success and value.” This is underlined by the company’s talent management Philosophy – our belief in our people and that all people are unique! 

QIAGEN develops individuals in many different ways because people are so different and their talents so diverse. The company’s training and development philosophy is a mix of competency-based training programs, blended learning architecture combining face-to-face training with e-learning, learning from role models, cross-departmental and intercultural peer learning, structured feedback from different perspectives and ongoing support. The training curriculum features over 60 different programs covering a huge variety of training options. 

Systematic guidance to develop individual talents

By the end of 2018, a total of 76 QIAGEN employees will have completed the MBA program – including Rosa Chun, Business Manager Service Solutions APAC, and Dominic O'Neil, Associate Director DNA Product Development.

Rosa is a Korean-American who moved to Singapore from the U.S. in 2006 and joined QIAGEN in 2008 from a previous job as a business consultant. Starting as a Technical Service Specialist, she was promoted first to Senior Technical Specialist and then to Business Manager, Service Solutions APAC. The talent management schemes Rosa has participated in include "Leading outside a management position" and "Fit for leadership", and she is currently attending the QIAGEN Executive MBA Program.

Dominic's German-American background gave him a taste of both countries' schooling before he graduated with a BSc in philosophy and an MSc in bioinformatics from U.S. universities. After various biotechnology and biomedical research posts, Dominic joined QIAGEN in 2007. All his QIAGEN work has been in R&D where he has risen from Research Scientist to Associate Director, DNA Product Development. As a QIAGEN Executive MBA graduate, he is particularly appreciative of the company's management training schemes.