Sr. Project Manager, BCD

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Job Description

How will you make an impact

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll 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 worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. This role is part of Thermo Fisher Scientifics Biologics and Chemicals Division (BCD. The Sr. Project Manager will support members of the BCD leadership team to provide project management leadership (concept to completion) by fully leading the mechanisms which ensure successful project outcomes. The successful PM is encouraged to provide thought leadership to project workstream leaders & executive sponsors while demonstrating an eye for the tactical elements of projects. The PM is required to drive projects that may span multiple businesses functions or regions within Thermo Fisher Scientific. The role supports enterprise projects that require innovative solutioning to addressing business challenges & achieving organizational goals & objectives.

What will you do

• Own end to end success of the project/program ensuring accountability execution of timelines and continuous change management to deliver on-time quantitative and qualitative results
• Ensure that all project/programsare deliveredwithin scope and budget
• Develop project/program scopes and objectives involving all relevant cross-functional leadership and ensure resource availability and allocation
• Establish relationships within the company to successfully complete projects through effective communication with collaborators
• Identify and handle interdependencies risks issues and actions facilitating decision-making related to complexities through effective risk management strategies
• Develop detailed project/program plans to track progress and action logs
• Create and maintain comprehensive project/program documentation and prepare reports for leadership
• Experience with challenging the current thought process of staff and status quo of business processes
• Establish an environment where accountability and continuous improvement are fundamental to the culture

Keys to success:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required preferably in a life science or business-related field
• Project Management certification highly desirable (PMP Agile etc.)
• PPI/Lean/Six Sigma Certification a major plus
• Showed strength in Microsoft Excel PowerPoint & Word
• 8 years of project/program management and team leadership experience with proven track record in successfully leading project/programs from start to finish
• Experience leading complex project/programs spanning over 6 months
• Experience leading project/program budgets (CAPEX & OPEX) over $500k

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Ability to collaborate with varied audiences including senior leadership influence and to work effectively in a matrix environment across different functional areas (product management R&D finance commercial operations HR etc.)
• Solution-orientated mentality complemented with a calm voice of reason
• Ability to manage 2 global project/programs and interface effectively with team members and across different departments and time zones
• Lead project status & alignment reviews while monitoring interdependencies through operating mechanisms
• Strong familiarity with project management standards and methodologies including PMI Body of Knowledge
• Effective oral and written communication and executive presentation skills
• Process oriented and structured working style and capable of handling multiple project/programs simultaneously
• Well organized with the ability to work under pressure and deliver work to the highest standards
• Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills utilizing a disciplined approach to critical though
• Strong interpersonal and organizational influence skills
• Proven organization analytical critical thinking & creative problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail time management

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. Comprehensive Total Rewards package includes:

• National medical and dental plans national vision plan health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave accident and life insurance short- and long-term disability
• Retirement and savings programs Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

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 long-term 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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