Sr Manager, PPI & PMO

Job Description

Job Title; Sr. Manager Project Management Office

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When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you'll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

• Will be part of the Life Sciences Group within the Global Services & Support Operations & Transformation Team. Within GSS you will work with a broad team, across multiple functions, and support our regional partners to contribute to the digital transformation PPI culture and Continuous Improvement.

• The Sr. Manager will lead the PMO and manage a staff of 8, including Projects, Software Projects, PPI, MBR, and QBR processes as well as STRAP. The cross-functional projects support a very large operations team that supports 2000 colleagues and 500M in revenue for our remote and field teams. Partnership with the GSS LT will be critical in the success of this role.

• Lead and coordinate ongoing and regular cadenced projects both standard, and digital
  • Act as project champion and "general manager," leading multiple projects to optimize our theme "Because Science Can't Wait" and improve team's success towards our key performance indicators.
  • Responsible for all day-to-day operational aspects of projects, applying best practices & standards of project management to deliver on commitments.
• Define and prioritize new projects to help accelerate success and efficiency of our business using the RICE methodology to prioritize every month and ensure pacing of projects to budget and post-delivery KPI's.
  • Identify business needs, manage sprint zero scope and convert program requirements to executable deliverables; develop and help maintain project plans and schedules.
• Work closely with regional business excellence managers to ensure that global projects and processes account for regional considerations and help drive regional success.
• Conduct bi-weekly PAC process to ensure LT is driving the objectives related to STRAP
• Conduct MBR, and QBR program to support regional leaders
• Conduct PPI program to ensure objectives are met to 10M PPI target

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, or related degree.

• 3+ years' experience leading multiple, cross-functional global projects
• Proven success with business partners in getting projects approved (business case)
• Experience or knowledge of common business systems, data analytics, PowerBI, Adobe Analytics, etc.

• Exceptional communication skills with an astute attention to detail & accuracy.
• Interpersonal savvy, including the ability to read a room and follow up on any outstanding items to ensure alignment and delivery of projects

• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Able to build effective relationships, influence people, drive accountability and resolve conflict.

• 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