Senior Project Manager, Quality

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Washington, DC

2d • $103,100 - $140,675 • Onsite

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. As a Senior Project Manager, Quality, you will serve as the quality execution leader for strategic manufacturing, validation, and infrastructure programs. This role is embedded within the Project Management Organization (PMO) and is responsible for ensuring quality deliverables remain aligned to project milestones, customer commitments, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. Working at the intersection of Quality, Engineering, Validation, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, and Customer Management, you will drive execution of quality-related activities required to advance complex projects, including change controls, risk assessments, validation readiness, customer change notifications, quality approvals, and compliance initiatives. You will provide leadership across multiple functions to ensure quality requirements are integrated into project execution while maintaining compliance, protecting supply continuity, and supporting business growth. This role offers the opportunity to directly influence successful execution of large-scale manufacturing initiatives, product transfers, facility upgrades, and new business opportunities while protecting Thermo Fisher Scientific's commitment to delivering high-quality, compliant products to our customers.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in Quality, Validation, Engineering, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Project Management, or related experience within a regulated industry
• 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects, programs, or quality initiatives in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience managing change controls, risk assessments, deviations, investigations, and quality system processes
• Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and applicable regulations (FDA, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, cGMP)
• Experience supporting validation activities, including review and approval of User Requirements Specifications (URS), risk assessments, validation protocols, validation summary reports, and technical documentation
• Demonstrated ability to assess quality impact associated with equipment modifications, process changes, product transfers, facility upgrades, and manufacturing improvements
• Experience leading change control activities and facilitating cross-functional impact assessments
• Strong technical writing skills, including development of customer change notifications, quality memorandums, risk assessments, technical justifications, and regulatory documentation
• Experience serving as a customer-facing quality representative and effectively communicating quality-related changes, risks, and presenting project updates
• Ability to build strong working relationships across Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Quality Control, Engineering, Validation, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Site Leadership
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making and drive accountability without direct authority
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk-based decision-making capabilities
• Proficiency with electronic Quality Management Systems, MasterControl, TrackWise, SAP, Document Management Systems, and Microsoft Office applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels, including customers, site leadership, and executive stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Quality Systems, or related scientific/technical field
• PMP certification, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), or equivalent certification preferred
• Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or operational excellence experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the quality execution leader for strategic manufacturing, validation, and infrastructure programs.
• Ensure quality deliverables remain aligned to project milestones, customer commitments, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.
• Drive execution of quality-related activities required to advance complex projects, including change controls, risk assessments, validation readiness, customer change notifications, quality approvals, and compliance initiatives.
• Provide leadership across multiple functions to ensure quality requirements are integrated into project execution while maintaining compliance, protecting supply continuity, and supporting business growth.
• Directly influence successful execution of large-scale manufacturing initiatives, product transfers, facility upgrades, and new business opportunities.
• Protect Thermo Fisher Scientific's commitment to delivering high-quality, compliant products to our customers.
• Identify, escalate, and drive resolution of quality, compliance, and execution risks impacting project delivery.
• Partner with Documentation Control and Training organizations to ensure timely implementation of SOPs, controlled documents, training curricula, and quality system requirements.
• Support audit readiness, inspection preparedness, and proactive quality gap identification and remediation activities.
• Manage multiple priorities and deliver quality-related project milestones in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

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: Senior