Senior Director Project Mgmt – Oversight

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions: Office Location: Remote, North America Region

Position Overview

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Senior Director, Project Management to join our Non-Interventional Oversight Team. This role requires expertise in the management and oversight of Non-Interventional Clinical Trials within a CRO/Pharma setting. You will provide real-world expertise to ensure efficient project delivery, responding swiftly and effectively to escalations. This position encourages critical thinking in Project Leads, particularly regarding operational execution, financial negotiations, and risk management. Additionally, you will lead the development of strategies for proposals and pre-proposal opportunities, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.

Responsibilities

• May manage staff, including interviewing, selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching, mentoring, employee counseling, and separations.
• Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations.
• Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.
• Accountable for strategic indication or client-specific portfolio management within a Therapeutic Unit.
• Serves as a senior-level or executive contact.
• May review financial forecasting of Therapeutic Areas.
• Acts as a champion for organizational changes, offerings, and developments, leading workstreams.
• Expertly navigates the need to dive in/dive out of situations while ensuring the Project Lead remains empowered.
• Provokes critical thinking and drives innovation in Project Leads related to execution of delivery, financial negotiations, and prioritization.
• Provides insight into proposal strategy in preparation for bid defense.
• Initiates collaboration with Therapeutic Unit Heads in the development and implementation of business growth strategies.
• Maintains awareness and engages as appropriate in the Con Mod process.
• Communicates with People Manager(s) to support employee development, providing expertise and perspective related to client needs, indication, and therapeutic knowledge.

Company Information

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. Our Project Delivery colleagues within our PPD® clinical research services direct, coordinate, and manage the technical and operational aspects of projects, securing the successful completion of clinical trials. This includes collaborating with functional area leads to identify and evaluate fundamental issues on the project and to ensure that solutions are implemented. Project Delivery is vital to helping our customers deliver life-changing therapies. Through our global team, you may engage in diverse initiatives and projects, or be part of a virtual international project team gaining cross-cultural experience.

Therapeutic scopes include: infectious and respiratory diseases, oncology/hematology, neurosciences, cardiovascular and metabolic, general medicine, and vaccines.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Experience: Expertise in management and oversight of Non-Interventional Clinical Trials in a CRO/Pharma setting.

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