Staff Program Manager

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement solve cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

We are looking for a Staff Program Manager that will own the development and commercialization of RUO and regulated Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) instrument and assay solutions. The solutions you build will advance the Oncology and Reproductive Health technology roadmap within the Clinical Sequencing Division. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Program Management Office.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

BS in Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Engineering
Masters, MBA, and/or Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
7+ years program management experience including principles, tools and applications. (i.e., timeline management, prioritization, cost estimation, risks analysis, and core team leadership).
Led multiple product development programs to completion.
Experience with regulated medical devices developed under 21 CFR Part 820 Subpart C - Design Controls (or other regulated product development such as drugs or biologics).
Proficiency with Project Management software to lead intricate program timelines and resources.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Outstanding written and verbal presentation skills: Assertively and effectively articulates sophisticated concepts and ideas to broad audiences.
Confident communication: Interacts with all levels of management, stays focused and on-point, and able to raise problems or challenges in productive manner.
Financial competence: Leads all aspects of program budgets and reports into Profit & Loss (P&L) statements.
Outstanding influencing skills: Gets things done and drives decisions without formal authority.
Strong interpersonal skills: Nurture relationships across the matrixed organization to resolve discord thoughtfully.

Serve as Core Team Lead for multiple New Product Introductions and Sustaining programs.
Proactively identify risks and mitigations: Develop plans to address, facilitate tradeoff decisions at the portfolio level, raise issues to key partners, remove obstacles, and seek resolution.
Develop and control program timelines with internal functions and external partners.
Build, monitor, and control budgets with Finance and vendors.
Conduct internal and external team meetings: Ensure data driven decisions, supervise progress, identify & implement risk mitigations, and verify action items are completed to support successful program execution.
Present and communicate to senior leadership at Product Approval Committee (PAC) checkpoint meetings and additional PMO operating mechanisms.
Ensure compliance to company Product Commercialization Process (PCP) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) for developing RUO and regulated products.