O pozici
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior Staff Program Manager and help drive global scientific advancement. In this strategic leadership role, you will lead complex, cross-functional programs from concept through commercialization while shaping the processes, governance, and capabilities that enable successful product development. You will partner across R&D, Product Management, Operations, Quality, and Commercial teams to deliver innovative solutions that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
Co budeš dělat
- New Product Development Process & Governance Own and continuously improve the division's product development and commercialization process, including phase definitions, deliverables, success criteria, and governance frameworks.
- Develop, implement, and train teams on cross-functional development processes that drive collaboration and execution excellence.
- Ensure consistent adoption of standard work across teams, including requirements management, design reviews, verification, and validation activities.
- Establish clear phase-gate expectations, including entry/exit criteria, deliverable quality standards, and decision-making accountability.
- Lead program governance through structured reviews, risk management practices, and escalation pathways.
- Align R&D, Product Management, Operations, Quality, and Commercial teams at key development milestones.
- Drive transparency through standardized reporting of program status, risks, resource needs, and performance metrics.
- Change Management & Continuous Improvement Lead change initiatives that improve development efficiency, product quality, and organizational effectiveness.
- Identify process gaps and implement scalable solutions that enhance execution across the organization.
- Champion a culture of accountability, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement.
- Digital & AI Enablement Drive adoption of digital tools and AI-enabled solutions to improve development efficiency, including requirements generation, test planning, and data analysis.
- Enable more automated, data-driven workflows that accelerate innovation and improve decision quality.
Koho hledáme
- Advanced degree with 6+ years of experience, or Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in program management within complex technical environments.
- Degree in Engineering, Physics, Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related technical field preferred.
- PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.
- Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-functional programs from concept through commercialization.
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand, communicate, and influence complex technical topics.
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies across multiple projects and stakeholders.
- Expertise in project management methodologies such as Agile, Critical Chain, and Stage-Gate.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, build consensus, and drive results within matrix organizations.
- Strong leadership skills, including experience mentoring and developing team members.
- Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with project management tools and reporting systems.
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and quality standards.
- Experience in life sciences, semiconductors, or a similarly regulated technology industry.
- Demonstrated history of delivering programs on schedule and within budget.
- Experience working with global, geographically dispersed teams.
- Willingness to travel up to 20%.
Benefity
- Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story wil
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.
