Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thermo Fisher Scientific is committed to making a positive impact on a global scale. They are seeking a Project Management Manager to lead project management activities across a portfolio of client programs, ensuring successful execution from early development through technology transfer and manufacturing readiness.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage project management activities for BIO BPS process development programs, including project planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, escalation, and delivery of key milestones
- Oversee a portfolio of biologics process development projects, ensuring alignment of scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, deliverables, and client commitments
- Partner closely with analytical development, upstream and downstream process development, quality, business management, supply chain, and manufacturing sites to drive integrated program execution
- Manage, coach, and develop project managers and/or project coordinators supporting BPS programs, including prioritization guidance, performance feedback, workload management, and professional development
- Establish and maintain clear project governance, meeting cadence, action tracking, escalation pathways, decision-making forums, and communication expectations across cross-functional teams
- Drive proactive identification, communication, and mitigation of project risks, issues, scope changes, timeline impacts, and resource constraints
- Support client-facing project teams by ensuring accurate, timely, and transparent updates related to process development progress, risks, mitigation plans, and deliverables
- Facilitate alignment across drug substance process development, analytical development, manufacturing, quality, and technology transfer teams to support successful program progression
- Ensure project plans are integrated with key development milestones, including process development, scale-up, material generation, process characterization, technology transfer, GMP readiness, and IND-enabling activities, as applicable
- Monitor project performance against timelines, deliverables, budget, and resource assumptions; identify gaps and escalate to appropriate leadership to support timely resolution
- Develop, maintain, and improve project management tools, dashboards, templates, reporting mechanisms, and best practices for the BIO BPS organization
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project execution, cross-functional communication, client experience, operational efficiency, and portfolio visibility
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, scientific excellence, and client-focused delivery across project teams
Skills
- Advanced degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience in project/program management, process development, manufacturing, or related industry settings
- Strong project management discipline
- People leadership skills
- Stakeholder management skills
- Technical understanding of biologics process development
- Ability to establish and continuously improve project management processes
- Support team prioritization
- Proactively identify and escalate risks
- Ensure project teams are equipped to deliver high-quality outcomes in a dynamic CDMO environment
- Lead and manage project management activities for BIO BPS process development programs, including project planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, escalation, and delivery of key milestones
- Oversee a portfolio of biologics process development projects, ensuring alignment of scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, deliverables, and client commitments
- Partner closely with analytical development, upstream and downstream process development, quality, business management, supply chain, and manufacturing sites to drive integrated program execution
- Manage, coach, and develop project managers and/or project coordinators supporting BPS programs, including prioritization guidance, performance feedback, workload management, and professional development
- Establish and maintain clear project governance, meeting cadence, action tracking, escalation pathways, decision-making forums, and communication expectations across cross-functional teams
- Drive proactive identification, communication, and mitigation of project risks, issues, scope changes, timeline impacts, and resource constraints
- Support client-facing project teams by ensuring accurate, timely, and transparent updates related to process development progress, risks, mitigation plans, and deliverables
- Facilitate alignment across drug substance process development, analytical development, manufacturing, quality, and technology transfer teams to support successful program progression
- Ensure project plans are integrated with key development milestones, including process development, scale-up, material generation, process characterization, technology transfer, GMP readiness, and IND-enabling activities, as applicable
- Monitor project performance against timelines, deliverables, budget, and resource assumptions; identify gaps and escalate to appropriate leadership to support timely resolution
- Develop, maintain, and improve project management tools, dashboards, templates, reporting mechanisms, and best practices for the BIO BPS organization
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project execution, cross-functional communication, client experience, operational efficiency, and portfolio visibility
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, scientific excellence, and client-focused delivery across project teams
- Strong understanding of biologics process development, including upstream and/or downstream development, analytical interfaces, scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing readiness
- Experience working in a CDMO, biopharmaceutical development, GMP/GxP, or regulated life sciences environment
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional development programs with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Strong project management expertise, including schedule development, critical path management, risk management, action tracking, resource planning, stakeholder communication, and governance
- Ability to manage multiple programs, competing priorities, and shifting business needs in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and guide project management professionals
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills across technical teams, business stakeholders, senior leadership, and client-facing teams
- Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability across cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to translate technical project details into clear business, operational, leadership, and client-facing communications
- Knowledge of project management tools and systems such as Smartsheet, MS Project, SharePoint, Power BI, JIRA, or similar platforms
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain project discipline while adapting to changing business and technical priorities
- Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to quality, partnership, transparency, and delivery excellence
- Preferred fields of study: Life Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business, or related field
- Professional certifications preferred, such as PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or other project/program management certifications
- Experience in biologics, bioprocess development, CDMO operations, GMP/GxP environments, or pharmaceutical development strongly preferred
- Understanding of regulatory expectations, quality systems, and documentation practices relevant to biologics development and GMP manufacturing preferred
Benefits
- A variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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