Portfolio Manager, Central Labs

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Job Description

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.

Join our collaborative team as a Portfolio Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific where youll advance critical initiatives that enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and this role youll manage complex projects across multiple functions overseeing technical implementations and process improvements. Youll coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery across an assigned Strategic account. Working with stakeholders at all levels youll facilitate communications monitor progress and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

What Youll Do:

• Accountable for overall portfolio management deliverables and client relationship and satisfaction

• Provides oversight and coordination of client portfolio for high value or pivotal client account studies. Provides oversight to internal departments and external clients to ensure the project requirements are understood agreed and followed at all times this requires negotiating and real-time decision making with the client.

• Facilitates the flow of technical information to all stakeholders.

• Consults and utilizes the scientific input of laboratory management and technical staff to manage portfolio deliverables

• Facilitate portfolio-wide meetings and attend program meetings for visibility and escalation.

• Collaborates with Business Development and Finance to develop and capitalize on new opportunities to expand client portfolios.

• Ownership of strategic governance meetings: prepare lead and drive actions

• Participate in Tiered Accountability to support portfolio risk mitigation

• Ownership of large or complex portfolio contracts contract renewals and supports securing new opportunities for growth and expansion of the portfolio

• Oversight of revenue recognition for the portfolio

• Provide training and mentorship for Program Manager I Program Manager II and Program Manager III.

• Drive consistency with program management processes and tools across program managers and team support harmonization efforts across departments and sites

• Communicate and escalate priorities and risks to manage the portfolio timelines and relationship

Key Requirements:

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10 years) or equivalent combination of education training & experience.

Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge skills and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of experience are not to be used as the only determining factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience providing portfolio-level oversight for central laboratory studies

• Strong client relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills

• Advanced project and portfolio coordination capabilities including risk and financial oversight

• In-depth knowledge of clinical trial and central laboratory operations

• Strong analytical judgment and problem-solving skills

• Effective written verbal and presentation skills

• Demonstrated discretion in handling confidential and sensitive clinical and business information

• Proven ability to mentor and support project management staff in a matrixed environment

• Ability to influence outcomes across cross-functional teams without direct authority

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex and fast-paced environment

Work Environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. 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 for typical working hours.

• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.

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

• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

Why Join Us

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100000 colleagues we share a common set of values - Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research solve complex scientific challenges drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD part of Thermo Fisher Scientific where diverse experiences backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific you become part of a global team that values passion innovation and a commitment to scientific excellence. Youll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrows breakthrough!

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