Senior Manager, PMO

Company Information
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer! Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 80,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
Group/Division Summary
The Drug Product Division is one of the five divisions that make up the Pharma Services Group. We are made up of approximately 10 000 colleagues across several sites who specialize in taking sterile injectable and oral solid dose drug products from development to commercialization.
Position Summary
The Senior Manager Project Manager Office directs and leads all aspects of the PMO Office to ensure programs and projects meet organization goals and requirements, provide leadership access to project portfolio health, and implements processes for outstanding project execution. Serves as a Trusted Advisor to leadership at strategic and operational levels. Coordinates teams to resolve project issues as the need arises and ensures continuity throughout the full project lifecycle. The role reports directly to the site Vice President and General Manager and is accountable for the creation and maintenance of project management governance and standards as it directly relates to the PMO.
Key Responsibilities:

• Defines, maintains, and implements project management methodology, including processes, tools, metrics and polices to ensure efficiency, quality and business success
• Build the organization to provide PM services, is accountable to make certain projects are delivered on time, meeting commercial steady state criteria
• Lead the organization with a customer-first demeanor and effective communications
• Design and implement the operating cadence, including running coordination meetings, project updates, and overall oversight of projects
• Drives cross-functional planning and effective execution through the development and monitoring of fully integrated, project specific timelines and budgets
• Ensure projects are staffed with the right personnel with vital skills, experience, knowledge, and abilities
• Forge tight partnerships with cross-functional leaders and complete activities in a productive and collaborative setting
• Define and analyze metrics that form the foundation of world-class execution and ensure the success of project delivery
• Implement process to pro-actively identify and resolve risks and dependencies that would prevent successful program execution
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• 10+ years experience in business transformation, integration responsibilities
• Capability to function in a matrixed environment with the team and customers
• Strong talent management and people development skills
• Executive presence and the talent to communicate efficiently at all levels
  

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