Associate IT Project Manager-- fully remote at Thermo Fisher Scientific

North Carolina, United States

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Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
  • 2+ years of experience in IT project management
  • Hands-on experience handling validated systems
  • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements in the IT and business transformation space
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • Change control (CR) processes in a regulated environment (21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, GxP)
  • REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) experience
  • Validated experience in successfully leading and running complex IT and/or business transformation projects
  • Experience using Planview or other Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools
  • Relevant certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)
  • IT data migrations experience
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator or Project Manager certification (PMP, PMI-ACP)
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, TestRail, and CI/CD understanding
  • Familiarity with REMS processes, FDA interactions, and life sciences program operations
  • Knowledge of cloud integration patterns, data governance, and compliance reporting

Responsibilities

  • Handle end-to-end delivery of REMS IT projects (Salesforce Health Cloud, Life Sciences Cloud, integrations, data migrations, and reporting solutions)
  • Oversee planning, scope, timelines, and budgets using Agile/Waterfall hybrid methodologies
  • Coordinate with Business Analysts, Developers, QA/Validation, Data Migration, and Release Management teams
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration between business, compliance, validation, and IT teams
  • Handle requirements through Jira/Confluence and ensure full traceability to validation artifacts (URS, FRS, PQ)
  • Define and run change requests (CRs) following established validation and audit processes
  • Ensure data migration strategy, mapping, and validation align with system and program requirements
  • Partner with external vendors and internal team members to ensure successful integrations (MuleSoft, SFTP, AWS, etc.)
  • Track project risks, issues, and dependencies; maintain RAID logs and communicate status to leadership
  • Support release planning, environment strategy (Dev, SIT, Validation, UAT, Production), and post-deployment validation

Skills

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Provides life sciences products and services

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a variety of products and services that support scientific research and healthcare, including laboratory equipment, reagents, and software solutions. Their products are used in applications like protein biology, real-time PCR, and sequencing, serving clients such as academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Unlike competitors, Thermo Fisher emphasizes customer support and education, helping clients optimize their experiments. The company's goal is to be a leading provider of life sciences solutions that contribute to a healthier and safer world.

Waltham, MassachusettsHeadquarters
1956Year Founded
$17MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Increased competition in single-use bioprocessing may impact market share.
Sale of anatomical pathology business could create a temporary product gap.
Investment in miDiagnostics may face regulatory challenges affecting returns.

Differentiation

Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive range of life sciences products and services.
Their well-known brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, and Invitrogen.
They provide strong customer support and educational resources to optimize client workflows.

Upsides

Expansion of biologics production facility enhances capacity for precision biologics monitoring.
Investment in miDiagnostics aligns with demand for rapid diagnostic solutions in BioPharma.
Collaboration with Mainz Biomed positions them in the growing cancer detection market.

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