Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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 PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations

Discover Impactful Work:

The Senior Manager, Business Management will provide leadership and work closely with business managers within the GMP BU within the Analytical Services Division (ASD) to drive new business and work closely with lab operations to ensure successful transition into the laboratories.  The Senior Manager will be responsible to establish and maintain a training/onboarding process for new members of the team, establish standard ways of working, create and maintain tools, templates, and business processes to support the team, and drive maturity efforts to continue to evolve and meet the team and business needs.  As a part of this role, the Senior Manager will need to establish strong working relationships with other leaders across the GMP BU.

A Day in the Life:

• Build business management bench strength (locally and globally), attracting, engaging, and developing a high-performing team.
• Develop, maintain, and manage business management tools and templates and use automation where possible 
• Audit the team to ensure the standard ways of working, tools, and templates are consistently used

• Works closely with other leaders across the GMP BU (Commercial Finance, Operations, Sales Operations) to continue to improve our processes
• Experience with challenging the current thought process of staff and status quo of business processes
• Matrix Effectiveness:
  • Expertise in achieving planned results in a matrixed environment
  • Strong driver and influencer who can motivate and drive results through direct/indirect reports and through creation of strong networks across a highly matrixed global organization.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years).
• 5+ years of management responsibility
• Proven leadership skills

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work with and present at all levels of the organization, including Sr. VP/GM’s
• Effective oral and written communication and executive presentation skills
• Process oriented and structured working style and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously
• Well organized with the ability to work under pressure and deliver work to highest standard
• Results-oriented team player who can build strong professional relationships
• Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills, utilizing a disciplined approach to critical thought
• Strong interpersonal and organizational influence skills
• Strong attention to detail, time management
• Working knowledge of financial systems, reporting dashboards and applicable business systems related to Thermo Fisher Scientific

Policy and Strategy:

Establishes operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections of work units.  Interprets company-wide policies and procedures.  Develops budgets, schedules, and performance standards.

Management Role:

Directs through lower management levels and/or highly skilled specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independent judgement.  Often heads one or more departments or a large centralized staff function.  In some instances may be responsible for a functional area (as determined by executive management) and now have subordinate supervisors or employees.  May manage employees across multiple regions.

Work Environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.

• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.

• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.

• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

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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