Senior Project Manager - Pharma Labs

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Sr Project Manager – Pharma Labs  

Remote opportunity

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.  

Location/Division Specific Information 

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic guides. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.  

As a Senior Project Manager you will work for our GMP Labs in Athlone where we provide analytical services to our clients. You would have responsibility for managing and direct oversight for a portfolio of projects for a specific client and be accountable for overall project/portfolio performance. 

A day in the Life: 

• Proactively identifies resources and budgets projects 

• Prioritizes client's portfolio in line with site-wide portfolio of projects and is the primary operational interface between the business and the client.  

• Negotiates and makes real-time decisions with the client.  

• Provides internal consulting on project management issues and identifies opportunities for process and efficiency improvement.  

• Acts as chief liaison to the operational personnel of major clients and is responsible for large study programs. 

• Provides oversight and coordination of client portfolio. Provides oversight to internal departments and external clients to ensure the project requirements are understood, agreed and followed at all times, this requires negotiating and real time decision making with the client.  

• Facilitates the flow of technical and clinical laboratory information to all stakeholders 

• Consults and utilizes, where appropriate, the scientific input of laboratory management and technical staff to assist the client with management of the project 

• Prepares the project specifications documents and follows the preparation according to budgets and contracts. Maintains at all times an updated project master file with version controls for specs, budgets and contracts.

 

Keys to Success:  

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's in a scientific discipline 

•  8+ years experience in (pharmaceutical) project management 

•  Executive level presentation experience

  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities 

• Strong science and/or business acumen 

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills 

• Superior time management, planning, and organizational skills 

• Proven analytical skills 

• Demonstrated compliance with procedures and policies 

• Ability to perform multiple tasks effectively in a stressful environment 

• Extensive knowledge and experience in Project Management 

• Strong client relationship management skills 

• Ability to work effectively with multi-level teams 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced undefined environment 

• Strong negotiation skills

 

Benefits 

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation! 

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.