PSG Capital Governance & PMO Director

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Plainville, MA

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About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. DESCRIPTION: Job Description: PSG Capital Governance & PMO Director (Band 9) Position Summary The Capital Governance Director is responsible for providing enterprise-level oversight, strategic direction, and governance across Thermo Fisher’s PSG capital portfolio. This leader ensures that capital investments are aligned with business priorities, executed with discipline, and deliver intended value. The role partners closely with senior division, functional and site leaders to strengthen capital planning, budgeting, approval process, optimize portfolio performance, and elevate execution standards across the organization. This position will also lead and provide strategic direction to the Engineering capital PMO resources and play a key role in advancing capital project delivery capabilities globally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and experience in capital projects execution; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in capital governance, capital portfolio management, PMO leadership, capital controls, engineering, or capital project execution in a complex, global organization.
• Demonstrated track record leading large, cross-functional capital initiatives and developing governance frameworks.
• Deep expertise in capital portfolio management, capital planning processes, and project controls.
• Strong understanding of capital project execution methodologies (Agile, PMP, stage-gate, risk management, cost control, scheduling, etc.).
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive alignment across a matrixed global organization.
• Exceptional analytical, financial acumen, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and enhance organizational capabilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into executive-ready insights.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as needed (typically 15–25%).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in life sciences, manufacturing, or highly regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Experience leading the execution of a capital portfolio with a >800M annual spend is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the governance framework for capital planning, budgeting, portfolio management, and investment prioritization across the enterprise.
• Establish policies, standards, and controls to strengthen decision-making and risk management for capital projects.
• Establish and facilitate the PSG standard CAR approval process from inception through approval.
• Facilitate executive-level governance forums, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment with financial and operational goals.
• Drive continuous improvement and maturity in capital processes, tools, reporting, and performance metrics.
• Oversee the global capital portfolio, ensuring visibility into performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Finance and Business Leaders to support annual capital planning cycles, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
• Provide strategic insight to optimize resource deployment, reduce constraints, and accelerate high-priority projects.
• Owns Capital KPIs Dashboard for presentation to executive level stakeholders & approvers.
• Lead and oversee the Engineering capital PMO responsible for supporting capital planning, project controls, reporting, and standard execution methodologies.
• Build and maintain project management frameworks, ensuring consistency in scoping, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Mentor and develop PMO personnel to enhance project delivery capability across sites and businesses.
• Champion best-in-class practices for capital project execution, working closely with Engineering, Operations, MS&T, Supply Chain, and Site Leadership.
• Oversee implementation of standardized project controls, change management processes, and performance tracking.
• Provide strategic guidance and troubleshooting support for complex, high-value, or high-risk projects.
• Ensure lessons learned are captured, shared, and implemented across the capital project community.
• Build strong relationships with global business units, site leaders, Finance, and technical functions to drive alignment and operational excellence.
• Lead change management efforts associated with capital governance initiatives.
• Represent the capital governance function in strategic planning and long-range investment discussions.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees