50 New High Wage Target Industry Jobs Coming to Miami-Dade

EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, has relocated its Latin American headquarters from Sao Paulo to Miami. This move will add at least 50 new jobs, at an average annual salary of $200,000, and $1 million in new capital investment to the local economy within the next three years.

The above-average salaries, nearly four times the local average, are due to the highly skilled and specialized nature of researching and developing biopharmaceutical products. EMD Serono specializes in developing therapies with groundbreaking potential to mitigate illnesses including cancer and has a strong market position in neurology, endocrinology and reproductive health. 

“Life Sciences is one of the seven target industries in the One Community One Goal strategic economic plan because it provides excellent high paying jobs and career path for our residents,” The Miami-Dade Beacon Council President & CEO Larry K. Williams said.”Miami-Dade’s entrepreneurial climate has nurtured the life science industry with companies like Beckman Coulter, BD Biosciences, and Noven Pharmaceuticals.”

The Miami-Dade Beacon Council assisted the company with key data on local educational assets, workforce, cost-of-living, wages and information about other major pharmaceutical companies with Latin American headquarters in Miami-Dade. 

“When we were considering where to move our Latin American Headquarters, we were very impressed with the diversity, tax friendly atmosphere and the active life sciences community in Miami-Dade County,” said Fernando Nino Andrade, Director LatAm Controlling, EMD Serono. “This was a positive move for our company and it will allow us to operate in a new environment that has easy access to all markets in Latin America.”

“With the diversity of our area and local universities educating future resources in these fields, we are preparing for substantial growth in this sector,” Williams said. 
 

Florida Memorial University is working to prepare students to graduate with the skills needed to be successful in current and future jobs. Using the One Community One Goal strategic plan as a road map, FMU has been enhancing its course offerings in many of the target industries. For example, FMU has grown its aviation program. The program currently offer rigorous programs designed to educate future aviators, airport managers and air traffic controllers of the aerospace industry. They stress critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, human resource management and written and oral communications. 

On August 4, Jaap Donath, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research & Strategic Planning for The Beacon Council, spoke to the academic leadership of the university located in the City of Miami Gardens about business growth opportunities in Miami-Dade County. The discussion focused on the target industries identified by the One Community One Goal strategic plan. The university is an active member of the Academic Leaders Council, which is made up of the presidents of the major universities and college and the superintendent of schools in Miami-Dade County. 

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) students and teachers will begin the 2016-2017 school year with a host of new, bold programs that build on the District’s goal of providing classroom innovation, academic rigor, and increased student access, as well as increased efficiencies in operations. Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho unveiled the District’s new programs during a recent School Board Committee meeting.

Fifty-nine new choice/magnet programs were created for 2016-2017, the most ever in one year. These new courses bring the total of choice programs to nearly 600. The new programs are in the areas of STEM (robotics, coding, biomedical), music, entertainment technology, business studies, visual and performing arts, Advanced Placement, legal studies, and sports medicine and management

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