Project Manager II

About Company: 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 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 sophisticated analytical challenges, improving efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our distributed team delivers an outstanding 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, Patheon and PPD. 

Role & Responsibilities:  

• Lead, design and qualify products for Laboratory products which are globally manufactured and help to reduce the cost, drive design standardization across site. 

• As part of a multi-functional team, major responsibility will include leading high sophisticated projects in the capacity of a Program manager. 

• Strong design knowledge and exposure towards global qualification standards 

• Ensures that assigned projects are delivered timely, to specification, and at or below targeted cost through solid engineering plans, including quality, cost, schedule, and risk assessment. Reports on project progress. 

• Approaches problems in a rational manner and with outstanding tools to ensure comprehensive understanding and effective resolution. 

• Build knowledge & proficiency across product lines. 

• Promotes an environment of learning, coordinates technical training, addresses, and fills technical gaps, and helps to buildup technical pipeline. 

• Efficiently interfaces to sourcing, operations, quality, service, and global R&D team, as well as external suppliers, vendors and customers. 

• Perform cost benefit analysis and finalize annualized savings for given project. 

• Work with Regulatory Affairs team members to acquire the required product approvals. 

• Perform VAVE study and identify cost out opportunities which are quality neutral. 

• Had to have clear track record of delivering more than $1M cost savings in a calendar year. 

Skills and Proficiencies:  

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with 8+ years of experience in product cost and VAVE project execution. 

• VAVE certified & PMP certified (Good to have). 

• Minimum 5 end-to-end high sophisticated project execution experience in the role of project leader. 

• Proficient with phase gate / technical review process. 

• Awareness on regulatory requirements, certification, and engineering standards 

• Problem solving, critical thinking, attention to detail, responsibility and out of box thinking.