Group Leader - Lab Staff Manager

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life enabling our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research development and delivery of lifechanging therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100 countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio our work spans laboratory digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on now and in the future.

Within our Analytical Services team we have a functional service provider solution which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to leverage the experience of our staff while allowing you the employee to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company all while maintaining fulltime benefits.

A Day in the Life:

As a Group Leader you will provide management and direction to remote laboratory staff at client sites and provide administrative resources for employee activities and needs. You will spend a significant amount of time assisting in the recruitment interviewing and onboarding of new staff to select the best possible candidates and achieve a fast seamless transition to efficiency.

The Group Leader will be responsible for ensuring staff responsiveness and overall client satisfaction. You will meet regularly with client contacts to monitor the technical performance of staff and their project timeliness as well as build close customer relationships. Considerable flexibility will be required to meet client expectations and management needs with employees working in different U.S time zones. You will track Key Performance Indicators and metrics.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry Biochemistry Material Science Immunology Biology Molecular Biology or similar
• Group Leader: Previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable 8years)
• OR Masters degree and previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable 6 years)

In some cases an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education training and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• ***Fully Remote position but will need to live in the San Diego CA area for onsite visits***
• Pharmaceutical experience required.
• Ability to establish develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships
• Demonstrated understanding of the bid process and can apply expertise of others to develop programs to meet unique client needs
• Be highly motivated and target driven with effective negotiating skills
• Understanding of proposal and project scope as it relates to pricing resource management and the impact on business
• Ability to independently develop project proposals and plans
• Demonstrated knowledge of QA metrics of program base; ability to write and recommend changes to PPD SOPs
• Proven leadership skills with an ability to train and mentor junior staff
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative work environment with a team
• Ability to travel to various site locations
• Understanding of basic financial terms and definitions as it applies to the business
• Project and time management skills
• Proven problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Effective written and oral communication skills as well as presentation skills
• Proven track record to cope with a dynamic work environment

Working Environment:

Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

Able to communicate receive and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.

Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.

Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds

Able to work in nontraditional work environments.

Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with

proficiency.

May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements including infectious agents typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.

Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus healthcare and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forwardthinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation!

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short and longterm disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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