About the role
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description 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. How will you make an impact? The Project Manager III (PM) will provide end-to-end project management leadership (concept to completion) on the ASD Strategic Commercial Operations team. The Project Manager will lead Commercial projects with diverse internal teams to meet business objectives and metrics. In this role, the PM will partner with Project Sponsors to drive the execution of critical Commercial initiatives that span across the Analytical Services Division and business units. The successful PM will set-up and govern the overall schedule, communicate decision needs, control the budget, and report the progress of phases and major achievements. What will you do?
Be accountable for the success of the project, ensuring execution of timelines and continuous organizational change to deliver timely results
Ensure that all projects are delivered within scope and budget
Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant cross-functional teams and ensure resource availability and allocation
Identify key issues and risks, recommend options which are supported by a clear fact set and analysis, facilitate and broker individual and team decisions. Requires an understanding of team member motivations, impacts to the organization, and when to highlight issues to higher levels of management
Develop detailed project plans to measure progress and celebrate achievements
Lead project execution to ensure Project Management standards are deployed
Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
Build and maintain comprehensive project documentation and prepare reports for leadership
Experience with challenging the current thought process of staff and current state of business processes
Influence project team members & project sponsor
How will you get here?
Minimum of 5 years of project management experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and an advanced degree or equivalent work experience.
This level requires applying knowledge of business practices, methodologies, and/or principles in the execution of short-term (1-2 years) functional deliverables or results.
Preferred Fields of Study: Science, Engineering, Business Administration or related field
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent preferred; Six Sigma/Lean certification a plus
Demonstrated expertise in project management methodologies, tools and best practices
Ability to present to varied audiences including senior leadership and work efficiently in a matrix environment
Ability to lead 2+ projects and partner with team members across different departments and domestic time zones
Solid understanding of formal project management methodologies
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Ability to collaborate with peers at similar levels of the organization and report project status to Sponsors and team members
Strong familiarity with project management practices and methodologies including PMI Body of Knowledge
Effective oral and written communication and executive presentation skills
Process oriented and structured working style and capable of balancing multiple projects simultaneously
Well organized with the ability to deliver work to the highest standard
Productive and collaborative contributor who can build strong professional relationships
Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills, applying a focused approach to critical thought
Strong interpersonal and organizational influence skills
Strong attention to detail, time management