Staff Program Manager

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With annual revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the world.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferred in the Life Sciences
• PMP certification preferred but not required
• 6+ years of program/project management

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Intrinsically motivated, accountable, and committed to professional development.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator; exceptional relationship builder.
• Effective at influencing and leading without direct authority.
• Strong attention to detail with a passion to drive timely results and improvements.
• Excellent presentation ability particularly to help stakeholders in decision making.
• Ability to lead and drive complex decisions and solve problems.
• Experience with new product development and phase gate framework.

• You’ll lead programs and projects, driving problem solving activities, determining and committing to the right scope, schedule, and budget to deliver strategic business results.
• You’ll manage all day-to-day project work, making sure that problems are rapidly identified and resolved, applying project management standard processes to deliver on commitments
• You’ll lead project communications and phase approval reviews, providing clear and concise written and verbal communication to all levels of the project team and partners, and tailoring style to a broad range of audiences and situations.