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OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond.
DESCRIPTION:
Lead and deliver IT services and solutions supporting manufacturing and operations sites across the EMEA region. This role is responsible for ensuring stable, secure, and compliant IT operations at our Operations sites.
Partner closely with site leadership, quality, engineering and global IT teams to align technology capabilities with operational priorities. Drive initiatives that enhance manufacturing performance, operational resilience, and digital plant transformation.
Key responsibilities include:
Partnering with our IT Shared services teams, Provide end-to-end IT support for EMEA manufacturing and operations sites, ensuring high availability of critical systems.
Oversee IT infrastructure and operational technology (OT) integration, including networks, end-user computing, shop floor systems, manufacturing execution systems (MES), laboratory systems, and site-based applications.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and quality standards (e.g., GMP, GxP, data integrity, cybersecurity requirements) across all supported sites.
Lead and coordinate site IT teams and regional resources, fostering a strong service culture aligned with business needs.
Partner with global IT to deploy enterprise systems and digital manufacturing initiatives, including automation, data analytics, cloud-enabled platforms, and cybersecurity controls.
Drive digital adoption for our IT teams and businesses partners supporting our AI and automation strategies.
Drive operational excellence through incident management, problem resolution, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Support site expansions, technology upgrades, system validations, and integration activities across EMEA.
Manage third-party vendors and service providers supporting site IT operations.
Serve as a key escalation point for critical manufacturing-impacting incidents.
Enable digital transformation initiatives that improve manufacturing efficiency, visibility, and data-driven decision making.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven experience in IT management roles, preferably in a large-scale, global organization.
Strong leadership skills with a track record of successfully managing and developing high-performing teams.
Extensive knowledge of IT applications, infrastructure, systems, and operations, including Manufacturing systems, automation.
Experience in strategic planning, aligning IT initiatives with business objectives, and driving digital transformation.
Excellent project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong understanding of IT governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Demonstrated experience managing regional or multi-site IT operations.
Proven ability to lead teams within a matrixed, global organization.
Willingness to travel up to 25% across EMEA sites as required.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Proven experience in IT management roles in a large-scale organization
- Strong leadership skills managing high-performing teams
- Extensive knowledge of IT applications, infrastructure and operations
- Experience in strategic planning and digital transformation
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong understanding of IT governance and compliance frameworks
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience managing regional or multi-site IT operations
- Proven ability to lead teams in a matrixed organization
- Willingness to travel up to 25% across EMEA sites
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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