Lab Project Manager (Small Molecule, GMP)

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Position: Lab Project Manager/Program Manager II

Department: Small Molecule

This is a fully remote role supporting our GMP Lab in Middleton, Wisconsin. We welcome applicants from all locations within the US.  Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening. 

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:

As a Labs Project Manager you will provide tactical support for client-facing projects by managing and supporting project performance with specific emphasis on financial management of the program and progressive responsibility for client communications. You will provide internal consulting on project management issues and identify opportunities for process and efficiency improvement. Additionally, you will identify and escalates risks identified to project timelines and meeting financial objectives for both internal goals and client expectations.

A Day in the Life:

• Provides oversight and coordination of study initiation.

• Understands protocol language and translates to internal systems and processes.

• Prepares for and facilitates internal meetings; attends external meetings

• Coordinates stability launches

• Maintains project set-up and sample test scheduling

• Evaluates and manages project timelines and deliverables

• Understands and adheres to contract language, support contract management process

• Manages project setup and financials

• Responsible for projections, forecast and revenue recognition for fee for service, hourly or FTE programs, adhering to client budgets and utilization targets, adjusting forecasts or project priority weekly as necessary; communicate routine FTE utilization and spend.

• Progressive responsibility for internal and external communications, beginning with project financial coordination.

• Assists client relationship manager with meeting minutes and action items to support client projects

• Manages study documents and testing directives, shares data/reports

• Supports fee for service and hourly contract review processes

• Provides/Supports training of Program Manager I

• Involvement in cross-functional initiatives/process improvements

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Experience

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 3+ years) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of experience are not to be used as the only determining factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Demonstrated experience working in GMP or similarly regulated laboratory environment as a dedicated project manager preferred

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills

• Superior time management, planning, and organizational skills

• Competent with specific computers and enterprise applications, including office productivity