Hybrid Staff Program Manager

at Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Job title: Staff Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $113,500 - $150,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Rochester, United States

About the role

• Staff Program Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific ensuring alignment across functions and driving impactful initiatives in Laboratory Plastics Essentials business.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, coordinate, synchronize, and be accountable for the execution of programs from Customer engagement through to Product Delivery / Launch & Program Closure.
• Manage multiple projects/programs simultaneously, ranging in complexity and scope
• Act as information bridge between the Core Team and Senior Management.
• Influence stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization.
• Communicate regularly with divisional leadership to monitor progress, address obstacles, and support timely decision-making.
• Lead teams to define and prioritize scope, objectives, and requirements.
• Develop accurate, actionable, and cross-functionally integrated program plans based on business goals, constraints, and risk tolerance.
• Drive risk assessment, communication, proactive mitigation planning, and contingency response planning.
• Regularly track, monitor, and communicate team progress against requirements and plans to all Stakeholders; resolve deviations; schedule and lead core team meetings.
• Collaborate and coordinate across all the functional areas (R&D, Operations, Product Management, QA/QC, Regulatory, Legal, Manufacturing, and others) to ensure successful program completion.
• Lead, document, and communicate constructive lessons-learned analysis of completed programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, or Life Sciences required; advanced degree (MS, MBA, or PhD or equivalent experience) and/or PMP certification preferred.
• 5+ years of program management experience with demonstrated ability to manage global teams, driving multi-year, business level impact projects
• Experience with demonstrated success in delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Experience with project management methodologies, tools and best practices
• Experience managing external partner/vendor relationships
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency with MS Project Management software and MS Office suite
• Self-directed with ability to work independently

Benefits

• 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