Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $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, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.
How will you make an impact?
Successfully manage key customer programs to facilitate the organization delivering on commitments. Requires successfully leading a cross functional team in all matters related to the development, characterization, technical transfer and commercialization of the biologic manufacturing processes. The position requires a highly motivated and tenacious, self-starter who is able to assimilate new information quickly and enjoys working closely with others within a fast-paced environment. This role interacts significantly with the customer as the primary point of contact, representing both the interests of the business and the customer. The individual must have technical knowledge, as well as traditional program management and leadership skills.
What will you do?
Education/Experience:
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.
How will you make an impact?
Successfully manage key customer programs to facilitate the organization delivering on commitments. Requires successfully leading a cross functional team in all matters related to the development, characterization, technical transfer and commercialization of the biologic manufacturing processes. The position requires a highly motivated and tenacious, self-starter who is able to assimilate new information quickly and enjoys working closely with others within a fast-paced environment. This role interacts significantly with the customer as the primary point of contact, representing both the interests of the business and the customer. The individual must have technical knowledge, as well as traditional program management and leadership skills.
What will you do?
- Plan and deliver all stages of the project within a matrix organization, including, but not limited to; the introduction of new products into the facilities, process development, analytical method development and qualification, equipment purchase and for overseeing the preparation for, execution of and close out of development and GMP batches.
- Resolve project team issues and facilitate decision making within the team. Drive progress to completion to the required standard (both internally and with the customer). Communicate regularly with the business team, Patheon technical team, and customer team. Report on the initially agreed upon customer and internal milestones and share progress, issues, and risks.
- Communicate regularly with the business, technical and customer teams. Track and report on critical program milestones. Manage progress, issues, and risks.
- Track and manage the financial aspects of the project including milestone payments, pass through costs and FTE estimates to ensure that we are on time and on budget.
- Develop, improve, and implement program and project management tools and templates for use by the program teams. Demonstrate role model leadership in the execution of PM standard work and customer-centric behavior.
- Responsible for maturing program and project management tools and templates on an annual basis.
Education/Experience:
- BSc in a relevant scientific discipline with at least 5 years related experience in the CDMO or pharmaceutical industry. Advanced degree is highly desired.
- Certification strongly preferred (PMP, Six Sigma, or equivalent).
- Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.
- 3 years’ experience in a project or program management role responsible for customer programs (ideally in a contract manufacturing organization) with significant business impact highly desired. Typically, the successful candidate will have greater than 5 years industry experience and a strong understanding of CMC and CDMO processes.
- Should possess working knowledge of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical product lifecycles with experience managing process development and/or commercial manufacturing programs.
- Significant experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver on-time and on-quality.
- Experience in biopharmaceutical manufacturing is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success leveraging excellent technical, organizational and time management skills to deliver projects to meet all stakeholder expectations.
- Demonstrated expertise in project management including timeline & budget management, communication plans, proactive risk prevention, action tracking and project plans. Experience implementing new tools and business processes to support department efficiency.
- Understands causal links between the Company's integrity policies and its value to the customer.
- Open to challenge and to be challenged on ideas and opinions as part of a collaborative decision-making process.
- Able to comprehend and interpret technical and business documents and apply to appropriate actions.
- Expert understanding of financial analysis, forecasting, tracking, and reporting for projects vs. the allocated budgets.
- Able to communicate with all levels in small and large group settings and influence actions and drive results within a matrix environment.
- Able to lead teams in a high paced, rapidly changing environment while maintaining order and a larger picture perspective.
- Able to interact and communicate with internal and external senior management and explain topics/decisions in the appropriate context.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Expert with MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word.