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Sr Dir Ops Medical Communications


Job Location:

Cambridge - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join us as a Director Operations And lead our medical information operations team to develop and implement strategic initiatives ensure compliance with regulatory standards manage the dissemination of accurate medical information and collaborate with healthcare professionals to advance our organizational goals.

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 life-changing 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.

What Youll Do:
Lead the division and cultivate a supportive motivating and collaborative work environment and builds an effective and productive team focused on overall corporate objectives.
Ensure projects are properly resourced managed and executed and develop verifiable project goals for Associate Directors.
Oversee and/or coordinate new project implementation. Work closely with client contact(s) during project implementation and develops working rapport.
Maintain a working client relationship with open lines of communication for the life of the project.
Work closely with Business Development in the areas of proposals/contracts client presentations and maintains client relationships.
Oversee salary administration performance management conflict resolution recruiting and mentoring for Associate Directors and other direct reports.
Ensure quality objectives are met and oversees audit preparedness appropriate response to internal and external audits addressing and correcting audit
findings; responding to client feedback; and development of and compliance with SOPs.
Manage overall budget activity for divisional areas(s) to ensure profitability: review billable hour reports for divisional area(s) tracks projects success in
achieving financial targets; determine the resource needs and ensures correct revenue forecast.
Drive a culture of immediate action and proactive escalation

Education and Experience:
Previous experience in health care or pharmaceutical industry that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 12 years).
Strong leadership skills include 5 years of management responsibility.
Education may be substituted in lieu of some years of experience for advanced degrees such as Pharm.D Ph.D. MS and MD.

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.

Required Knowledge Skills Abilities:
Directs through lower management levels. Has responsibility for managing a function that includes multiple related some instances they may be responsible for a functional area (as determined by executive management) and not have subordinate supervisors or employees. May manage employees across multiple regions.
Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment
Constant interaction with clients/associates required
Must pay constant attention to detail-visual mental
Must be able to multi-task constantly
Long varied hours required occasionally
Daily exposure to high pressure intense concentration
Occasional drives to site locations frequent travels both domestic and international

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:
Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day
Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast simple repeated movements of the fingers hands and wrists
Moderate mobility required
Occasional crouching stooping bending and twisting of upper body and neck
Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf
Ability to communicate complex information and ideas so others will understand with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
Frequently interacts with others relates sensitive information to diverse groups both internally & externally
Ability to apply abstract principles to solve complex conceptual issues. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration
Performs a wide range of complex tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task
Regular and consistent attendance

Why Join Us
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.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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