About the role

  • Senior Project Manager leading project execution and strategic initiatives at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Managing complex programs and cross-functional teams for successful delivery within scope and budget.

Responsibilities

  • Own end to end success of the project/program, ensuring accountability, execution of timelines, and continuous change management to deliver on-time results
  • Ensure that all project/programs are delivered within scope and budget
  • Develop project/program scopes and objectives, involving all relevant cross-functional stakeholders and ensure resource availability and allocation
  • Identify key issues and risks, recommend options which are supported by a clear fact set and analysis, facilitate and negotiate individual and team decisions
  • Develop detailed project/program plans to track progress and action logs
  • Lead project/program execution to ensure standard Project Management best practices are deployed
  • Measure project/program performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
  • Create and maintain comprehensive project/program documentation and prepare reports for leadership
  • Experience with challenging the current thought process of staff and status quo of business processes
  • Effectively influence project/program team members and project/program sponsor

Requirements

  • Bachelors’ Degree in Science/Technical/Business discipline or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of project/program management and team leadership experience with proven track record in successfully leading project/programs from start to finish
  • Experience leading complex project/programs spanning over 6+ months
  • Experience managing project/program budgets (CAPEX & OPEX) over $500k
  • Experience managing project/programs that are scoped to return $2M + of benefit (NPV, Revenue Generation, Savings etc.) back to the business
  • Ability to interface with varied audiences including senior leadership, influence, and to work effectively in a matrix environment across different functional areas (product management, R&D, finance, commercial, operations, HR, etc.)
  • Ability to manage 2+ global project/programs and interface effectively with team members and across different departments and time zones
  • Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
  • Relevant experience with Lean / Six Sigma experience in an industrial environment is beneficial

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

Job title

Senior Project Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$93,800 - $140,675 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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