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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.
Description:
As a Project Mgr-Portfolio Mgmt, you will lead complex, enterprise-wide IT projects and programs, fostering continuous improvement and innovation. You'll independently manage the full lifecycle of IT projects. Builds integrated plans, manage scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, quality expectations, and drives delivery to committed outcomes.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or Master's Degree with 5+ years of IT project management experience, including large-scale enterprise implementations.
- Preferred Fields of Study: Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred
Major Job Responsibilities:
- Lead initiation through closure for projects using integrated scope, schedule, resource, dependency, and quality plans.
- Manage business, IT, vendor, and functional stakeholders to secure decisions and maintain alignment.
- Own RAID management, issue resolution, change control, governance approvals, and project health reporting.
- Manage project budget, forecast, actuals, accruals, CapEx/OpEx categorization, vendor deliverables, SOW obligations, and invoice validation.
- Coordinate requirements, design, testing, release, adoption, operational/BAU transition, and benefit-tracking activities, ensuring accountable business owners are identified for post-project benefit realization.
- Manage risks and trade-offs with fact-based options and recommended recovery actions, with applicable escalations.
- Capture lessons learned and improve PMO delivery practices.
Must Have skills:
- Expert in project management methodologies including Agile, Scrum, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), and Waterfall
- Proficiency with project management tools (Planview, JIRA, Microsoft Project)
- Strong financial acumen and budget management capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to guide and collaborate across multiple teams and organizational levels
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal with the ability to influence across levels and functions.
- Proficiency with MS Office suite and project management software
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; sound judgement in complex or ambiguous situations.
- Demonstrated ownership and commitment to achieving project and organizational goals.
- Motivates, empowers, and develops teams through trust and collaboration.
- Strong business acumen — connects project outcomes to broader business strategy and customer value.
- Knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
- Adaptable and learning-oriented; embraces change and continually seeks improvement.
Good to have skills:
- Demonstrated success managing complex technical projects in regulated environments (GxP, SOX, HIPAA, etc.)
- Life sciences or pharmaceutical industry experience
Working Hours:
India: 05:30 PM to 02:30 AM IST
Philippines: 08:00 PM to 05:00 AM PHT
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or master's degree
- 5+ years of IT project management experience
- Experience managing large-scale enterprise implementations
- Expertise in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and Waterfall project management methodologies
- Proficiency with Planview, JIRA, Microsoft Project, and project management software
- Strong financial acumen and budget management capabilities
- Ability to guide and collaborate across multiple teams and organizational levels
- Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect project outcomes to business strategy and customer value
- PMP certification
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience managing complex technical projects in regulated environments such as GxP, SOX, or HIPAA
- Life sciences or pharmaceutical industry experience
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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