Manager, Project Management

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll 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.

Location/Division Specific Information

US-California- Pleasanton: Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Project Management Office GSD Operations, this role is a key enabler for the continued growth for the global GSD businesses, dPCR, and global GSD projects. Leading the way from the Pleasanton, CA site, you'll be part of the Technical Operations PMO leadership team implementing key business initiatives, managing critical projects, and lead a team of project managers to deliver new products to market and process improvements for the existing manufacturing infrastructure.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Manager role is key influencer in technical operations across assays, consumables, reagents, and instruments. In this role you'll lead the Pleasanton Project Management Office (PMO). As part of the global Technical Operations leadership team, you will support global technical operations by running critical projects in addition to leading a team of project managers to implement key business initiatives, such as driving new product introductions (NPIs) to market and process improvements for the existing manufacturing infrastructure.

• Maintain the Pleasanton portfolio roadmap and ensure alignment with BU strategies
• Lead critical New-Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining, and productivity projects
• Functionally manage a team of project managers who lead NPI’s, sustaining, and productivity projects
• Assign project manager resources to serve as operations representatives on core teams and who plan, and lead operations transfer activities
• Track and report critical metrics on project and portfolio health, development plans and lead activities to improve project outcomes
• Implement proven methods for project management and standardization across the site
• Continuously improve organizational project management capabilities through training and mentoring

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, molecular biology, or equivalent.
• PPI training and/or PMP certification are highly desirable.

• 10+ years of experience in Biotech or a related industry with a focus on project management and/or product development
• 3+ years of experience managing direct reports preferred
• Experience leading new product introduction and productivity projects in an IVD or reagent, liquid handling and consumable manufacturing environment? 
• Experienced in portfolio and stakeholder management
• Experience with Continuous improvement

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills (verbal, written, and listening)
• Strong communication skills and ability to multitask
• Solid analytical abilities with detail orientation
• Ability to collaborate with others in a highly matrixed environment, as well as work independently
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Adaptable with a willingness to learn
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and Microsoft Project
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance Systems and Quality Standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 9001.
• Experience with FDA/regulated products, preferred

BENEFITS:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking 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 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards