Work Schedule
Standard Office Hours (40/wk)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Seeking an experienced clinical operations personnel for Senior Clinical Bidding Strategist role to support financial and business objectives through the development of high-quality proposal budgets, while partnering with proposal, commercial, and operational teams across the organization to drive successful clinical project delivery
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with business development, proposals, contracts, and operations teams to align budget and proposal strategies with business needs.
- Evaluates RFPs and supports bid strategy development to ensure efficient and competitive proposals.
- Develops and reviews proposal budgets, assumptions, proposal text, and client grids to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Prepares and revises proposals for clinical studies across multiple phases and varying levels of complexity.
- Partners with internal subject matter experts to define labor requirements, processes, and client-specific standards.
- Participates in bid review meetings if needed and present budget strategies to senior management.
- Supports client interactions through BD to clarify study requirements and service expectations in this non-client facing role.
Education / Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Previous relevant experience comparable to 5+ years in clinical operational roles (PM, CL, Senior CTM, CTM amongst others) to support proposal budget development for Clinical service areas.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced knowledge of clinical trial proposal processes and budget management.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of drug development processes, FDA guidelines, and GCPs.
- Proficiency in budget calculations, unitized grids, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and organizational levels.
- Excellent command of English language and grammar.
- Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work well under pressure.
- No management responsibility
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years relevant experience
- Advanced knowledge of clinical trial proposal process
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
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 — The package includes a 401(k) with a strong company match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are viewed as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Starting paid time off around three weeks, along with paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and options to add more, is consistently highlighted as a strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus additional bonding time, together with adoption/fertility assistance and childcare benefits, provides robust family support.
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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