Global Lead Project Manager (FSP), US (remote)

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Wilmington, NC

9d•Remote

About The Position

The Global Lead Project Manager serves as the project lead and primary sponsor contact, accountable for overall project delivery—including quality, time, and cost. The role establishes and communicates customer expectations, ensures internal and external escalation pathways are followed, and leads a cross-functional project team to meet or exceed deliverables. The Project Manager provides project-level financial stewardship, manages risks and issues, and ensures the project team follows organizational policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and project-specific requirements. The position is US remote, with work performed in an office environment and 0%–20% travel that may include international travel.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and a relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.
Comparable experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job, typically 8 or more years.
At least 5 years of experience as a Global Lead Project Manager conducting clinical trials end to end.
Several years of demonstrated experience in vendor management and oversight across a broad range of vendor types.
Technical and systems competency, including effective use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
Proactive, solutions-oriented, and adaptable approach to changing priorities and situations.
Advanced therapeutic-area knowledge and knowledge of clinical development guidelines and directives.
Strong understanding of project management principles, including time, quality, cost, and financial acumen.
Interpersonal and customer-service skills, including the ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional teams.
Good judgment and decision-making skills, with critical, analytical, and strategic thinking for complex or ambiguous situations.
Ability to negotiate, persuade, and influence others, including cross-cultural awareness.

Nice To Haves

Experience in at least two therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary project-level contact between the sponsor and the organization.
Ensure internal and external escalation pathways and communication rules are followed.
Where project scope requires, clarify responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads, such as regional, vendor-specific, or delivery-subset leads.
Account for overall cross-functional project delivery in terms of time, cost, and quality.
Provide project-level financial stewardship by understanding the contract, aligning resources with the budget, managing out-of-scope activity, driving change-order processes and negotiations, and keeping team execution on schedule.
Establish, communicate, and manage customer expectations to achieve optimal project delivery.
Drive project-level risk identification and issue resolution.
Ensure project team compliance with organizational policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and project-specific requirements.
Delegate and prioritize personal and project-team workloads in a frequently changing environment.
Lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional project teams.