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Sr Manager, Program Management

remote type
Fully Onsite
locations
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 30+ Days Ago
job requisition id
R-01317501

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Company information

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will 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.

Job Summary

The Sr. Manager role at Thermo Fisher is a critical part of the Purification & Pharma Analytics business leadership team. You will lead innovation governance and new product initiatives with various teams and partners, ensuring flawless execution from concept to launch.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional, geographically distributed teams to ensure magnificent execution of innovation projects to achieve planned outcomes
  • Influence key partners to achieve results on time and within plan, developing relationships within the company and with external partners to complete program results
  • Work closely with project partners to implement reporting schedules that lead to unified and reliable program information
  • Prepare and maintain project plans and define results, employing the fit-for-purpose methodology for each project
  • Identify and lead potential risks, problems, tasks, and decisions – address important issues and develop strategies to minimize their impact. Document and communicate the status and results of projects
  • Lead the business operating mechanisms for Innovation including roadmap governance and quarterly innovation reviews with Division and Group LT
  • Lead and mentor direct reports as a people leader to ensure capability and career development

Keys to Success:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) preferred
  • PMP certification strongly preferred

Experience

  • 6+ years experience launching new products in a regulated environment preferred
  • Proven track record in people management
  • Prefer experience in Life Sciences tools, Biopharma, or Biotech segments in R&D / PMO / Portfolio management / Product development and launch

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Strong project management skills and abilities (using planning tools, defining goals, developing a rationale and baseline)
  • Ability to work independently, within a team, and collaboratively across teams with a track record of following through on commitments by leading with influence and building alignment
  • Consistent record in project management, showcasing adept problem-solving abilities to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a multifaceted setting
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills
  • Collaborative leader, capable of effectively leading and mentoring talent within the organization
  • Ability to assess situations and make/facilitate clear timely decisions, achieving results that support project/program objectives

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, every one of our over 100,000 outstanding minds has an outstanding story to share!

Welcome

Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell?

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About Us

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

COVID-19 Statement

COVID-19 Vaccination Update for U.S. & Canada Colleagues

  • All U.S. colleagues are required to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status. New hires will be asked to disclose their vaccination status upon the first day of employment.

  • U.S. new hires (including those in Field Sales, Field Services and Customer Support - Technical Applications) may be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including boosters, based on the customer or client sites they visit and support. Individuals may also be required to comply with other COVID-19 health and safety protocols, such as masking or testing.

  • U.S. and Canada new hires in Clinical Research who are in the following job categories must be fully vaccinated before their first day of employment or request an accommodation: executive director level and above, client-facing commercial, clinical research associates (CRAs), Assistant CRA (ACRAs), all CRA and ACRA line managers, clinic-based staff in early development services and accelerated enrollment solutions, and FSP within analytical services division roles.

  • Canada new hires (including those in Field Sales, Field Services, and Customer Support Technical Applications) may be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including boosters, based on the customer or client sites they visit and support. Individuals may also be required to comply with other COVID-19 health and safety protocols, such as masking or testing. New hires in Field Sales, Field Services, and Customer Support Technical Applications will be asked to disclose their vaccination status upon the first day of employment.

Accessibility/Disability Access

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

EEO

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

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