Sr. Project Manager, FSP

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Durham, NC

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager serves as the project lead and primary sponsor contact, and is accountable for overall project delivery—quality, time, and cost—on behalf of the organization. With minimal direction, 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 position manages projects of increasing complexity, which may include multiple services, regions or countries, therapeutic complexity, and financial scope. The Senior Project Manager drives project delivery and financial stewardship, including understanding the contract, aligning resources to budget, managing out-of-scope activity, and driving contract modification processes and negotiations. The role also oversees risk identification and issue resolution, ensures project team compliance with organizational policies and applicable procedures and requirements, mentors others, and contributes to process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, supported by relevant academic or vocational qualifications.
Comparable to 8+ years of previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job.
Technical and systems competency, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and organizational systems such as CTMS, Preclarus, and Clarity.
Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize project team workload and resources in a frequently changing environment.
Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
Proactive, solutions-oriented, and adaptable when priorities and situations change.
In-depth therapeutic area knowledge and knowledge of clinical development guidelines and directives.
Advanced knowledge of key cross-functional project management principles, including time, quality, and cost.
Effective interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional project teams.
Strong customer service skills and ability to proactively address and prioritize expectations.
Good judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to apply critical, analytical, and strategic thinking to complex or ambiguous situations.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence others and achieve results, including cross-cultural awareness.
Strong financial acumen and ability to minimize risk by proactively managing and adjusting budgets, forecasts, and resources.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Background in biomedical or life sciences.

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 required by project scope, clarify responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads.
Drive and own overall cross-functional project delivery, including time, cost, and quality.
Provide project-level financial stewardship by understanding the contract, aligning resources to budget, managing out-of-scope activity, driving contract modifications and negotiations, and ensuring team execution to timelines.
Establish, communicate, and manage customer expectations to support optimal project delivery.
Drive project-level risk identification and issue resolution.
Ensure the project team complies with organizational policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and project-specific requirements.
Mentor others.
Develop or contribute to process improvement initiatives.