Thermo Fisher Scientific

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

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