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Senior Project Manager- Portfolio Management
Senior Project Manager- Portfolio Management-December 2024
Flexible / Remote
Dec 15, 2025
ABOUT THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
As the world’s leader in serving science, at Thermo Fisher Scientific, our professionals develop critical solutions—and build rewarding careers.
10,000+ employees
Biotechnology, Manufacturing
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About Senior Project Manager- Portfolio Management

  Job Description

  Senior Project Manager- Portfolio Management

  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.

  Summarized purpose

  Leads, administers and monitors multiple complex projects from initiation through delivery. Works crossfunctionally to deliver project solutions within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost. Builds

  effective relationships as the liaison between the department and the business line customer to provide

  consultation, guidance and support to business requirements and ensure that all targets and deliverables

  are met.

  Main Responsibilities

  • Manages allocated projects according to timelines, budget and quality standards.

  Manages activities of multiple cross-functional systems/application teams and

  collaborates with technology and business unit staff to ensure project

  dependencies are identified and communicated.

  • Produces and reviews project plans; assesses Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),

  resource loading, dependencies, and milestones.

  • Develops and manages project budgets. Evaluates percentage complete, tracks

  actuals to budget and mitigates overspend, tunes resource model to adhere to

  budget guidelines.

  • Ensures risks/issues are surfaced and mitigated, escalating thorough information

  as appropriate, and provides tracking to budget and timeline.

  • Manages cross-project interdependencies in order to avoid potential impacts and

  identify optimizations in regards to scope, schedule, budget, and resource

  utilization.

  • Mentors less experienced peers to identify and evaluate fundamental issues on

  the project.

  • Reviews data on challenging issues, makes good business decisions, and ensures

  solutions are implemented.

  • Ensures all project deliverables meet the customer's time, quality, and cost

  expectations

  Qualifications:

  Education and Experience:

  Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualificationPrevious experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to8+ years, including experience managing projects through all aspects of a project life cycle andexperience in Six Sigma, COBIT, ITIL, or other QMS frameworks).Project management certification

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Highly skilled level of proficiency in the key principles of cross-functional project management (ex:

  time, quality, cost)

  • Excellent financial acumen

  • Proven track record of demonstrated project management skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organization and

  interact/influence/negotiate effectively at all levels

  • Critical thinking skills with solid judgment and strong initiative

  • Provides outstanding leadership/influence and collaboration across multiple and diverse groups

  • Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize own and project team members workload

  • Ability to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications such as Microsoft Project,

  PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication, time management and organizational skills

  • Seasoned in managing geographically distributed teams

  • Familiar with formal change management processes and methods (Prosci or similar approach)

  Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

  Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

  Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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