Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob 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: On-site Pittsburgh, PA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
Discover Impactful Work
The Product Operations Specialist is a key member of the Corporate Data Science Center of Excellence (DS COE) Product Management team. In this role, you will enable the Product Management organization to operate efficiently by improving cross-team coordination, driving operational excellence, and supporting the execution of strategic initiatives across multiple Agile Scrum teams.
Working closely with the Director of Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum teams, and business stakeholders, you will help streamline product operations, improve organizational processes, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and ensure the Product Management team can focus on delivering innovative data science products that empower Sales and Marketing organizations across Thermo Fisher Scientific. This role provides a unique opportunity to build expertise across Product Management, Agile delivery, and business operations while helping shape how a growing Product Management organization operates at scale.
A Day in the Life
- Coordinate product management activities across multiple Agile Scrum teams, helping identify and manage cross-team dependencies and delivery risks.
- Support Scrum-of-Scrums planning, portfolio coordination, Agile tool administration and execution tracking to improve organizational visibility and alignment.
- Prepare and distribute stakeholder communications, including Sprint Review summaries, status reports, and leadership updates.
- Partner with Product Managers to improve planning processes and knowledge management, maintain documentation standards, and drive continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Assist with product discovery activities, user research, roadmap planning, and other Product Management initiatives as needed.
- Support operational management of the Product Management organization, including budget tracking, contractor timesheet reconciliation, Statements of Work (SOWs), purchase orders, invoices, and vendor coordination.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, documentation, and reporting that provide insight into portfolio health and team performance.
- Facilitate effective meetings by coordinating agendas, tracking decisions, documenting action items, and ensuring timely follow-through.
- Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, standardize practices, and improve the effectiveness and scalability of Product Management operations.
Keys to Success
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience
- 3+ years of experience supporting Product Management, Product Operations, Program Management, PMO, Business Operations, or a related function.
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Demonstrated success coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
- Experience with operational reporting, business process improvement, or organizational planning.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Excellent organizational, project coordination, and time management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and business teams.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and a continuous improvement mentality.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g. Jira) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Confluence, SharePoint) preferred.
- Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, or product analytics tools is a plus.
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company 401k, 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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years supporting Product Management, Product Operations, Program Management, PMO, Business Operations, or related function
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Demonstrated success coordinating cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders
- Experience with operational reporting, business process improvement, or organizational planning
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and continuous improvement mentality
- Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Confluence, SharePoint)
- Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, or product analytics tools
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Ability to pass a comprehensive background check including drug screening
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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