Sr. R&D Project Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Maplewood, MN

6d • 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 Sr. Project Manager, R&D at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will lead strategic product development, cost optimization, and technology transfer initiatives. This role combines technical expertise with strong project management capabilities to drive innovation and operational excellence. You will manage complex, cross-functional projects while partnering closely with the laboratory, business, operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain, and commercial teams to ensure successful project execution aligned with our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The successful candidate will excel at coordinating diverse stakeholders, driving project execution, managing competing priorities, and communicating effectively across all levels of the organization.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in technical project management.
• Demonstrated expertise in product development and cost optimization.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional projects in a matrixed environment.
• Strong experience coordinating and influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong technical knowledge of product development lifecycle, gate review processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with project management methodologies and tools (SDLC, Agile, MS Project, Jira).
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Effective collaboration skills across engineering, operations, quality, and commercial functions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including executive-level updates.
• Experience with GMP/cGMP compliance and quality management systems.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering or related scientific field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic product development, cost optimization, and technology transfer initiatives.
• Manage complex, cross-functional projects.
• Partner closely with laboratory, business, operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain, and commercial teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Coordinate diverse stakeholders.
• Drive project execution.
• Manage competing priorities.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Deliver significant cost savings through VAVE initiatives and process improvements.
• Develop and implement technical documentation, including DVPs, FMEAs, and technical specifications.
• Communicate project status, risks, and priorities effectively.
• Manage multiple priorities and complex project portfolios in a fast-paced 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
• Short- and long-term disability
• 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