Sr. Project Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Waltham, MA

12d

About The Position

Make an Impact – From Within Thermo Fisher Scientific At Thermo Fisher Scientific, your work already contributes to our mission: to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Now, you have an opportunity to expand your influence even further. As part of our Single-Use Technologies Division (SUD), you'll play a key role in delivering strategic projects that shape the future of this fast-growing, innovative business. The Sr. Project Manager position offers a chance to lead high-visibility initiatives, partner directly with senior leadership, and help accelerate solutions that drive scientific progress across the globe. Why This Role Matters In this role, you'll act as a go-to project leader for division-critical strategy projects, overseeing initiatives from concept to completion. Your ability to coordinate across functions, influence stakeholders, and deliver measurable results will directly support our growth and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project management professional within Thermo Fisher who's looking to: Take on larger, global programs with cross-functional visibility. Deepen leadership exposure within a dynamic and innovative division. Strengthen project management expertise while shaping the future of SUD. What You'll Do Own the end-to-end success of complex projects, ensuring alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes. Lead cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope and budget. Partner with stakeholders across R&D, Operations, Finance, Commercial, HR, and other areas to align priorities and secure resources. Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and interconnections that could impact project success. Drive a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability. Provide transparent progress tracking, reporting, and documentation to leadership. Bring a thoughtful challenge to existing processes and champion creative, data-driven solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required (Life Science or Business preferred)
• 6+ years of project or program management experience with a strong record of success from initiation through completion required.
• Experience managing large-scale projects ($500K+ CAPEX/OPEX budgets) and leading initiatives lasting 6+ months.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Project.
• Skilled at influencing across matrixed, global environments.
• Strategic thinker with a calm, solution-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communicator with strong presentation and storytelling skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail.
• Comfortable balancing multiple priorities under pressure while maintaining high standards.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration, resolve conflicts, and inspire teams toward shared goals.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management certification (PMP, Agile) preferred; PPI/Lean/Six Sigma certification a major plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end success of complex projects, ensuring alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope and budget.
• Partner with stakeholders across R&D, Operations, Finance, Commercial, HR, and other areas to align priorities and secure resources.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and interconnections that could impact project success.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.
• Provide transparent progress tracking, reporting, and documentation to leadership.
• Bring a thoughtful challenge to existing processes and champion creative, data-driven solutions.

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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees