Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 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 complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work that helps make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You will have real impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

The Sr Manager of Program & Portfolio Management is part of the commercial organization supporting the Biosciences Division portfolio which includes reagents, instruments, and consumables from across the division’s six business units: Molecular Biology; Protein and Cell Analysis; Antibodies and Immunoassays; Synthetic Biology; Sample Preparation; and Cell Biology. This role will reside in Bothell, WA.
 
Bothell is home of the EVOS® line of fully integrated all-in-one digital inverted microscope and High Content Analysis imaging instrumentation. The site is concept-to-completion, designing, developing and manufacturing optical equipment for the life sciences market, including research and diagnostic laboratories.
 
How will you make an impact?
Sr. Manager’s responsibility is two-fold. The responsibilities will include the following:  Demonstrate the best practices of Program Management leading New-Product Introduction (NPI) programs for the Cell Analysis Instrument segment. Drive the process to develop strategy & annual plan for the R&D portfolio.
 
What will you do?
Portfolio Management:
 

• Partners with Business Unit (BU) product management, R&D, marketing & finance leadership to develop the BU strategy & annual plan, with respect to R&D utilization. Leads regular review of the portfolio with BU leadership team, drives prioritization, status updates and revenue reporting for all BU New-Product-Introduction (NPI) programs. Facilitates creation and implementation of an NPI portfolio roadmap, aligned with BU strategy.

• Leads regular review of NPI portfolio with BU leadership team, drives prioritization and reports on status & revenue of all BU NPI programs.

• Sits on BU leadership team and contributes to divisional monthly business reviews (MBR) to represent Portfolio & Program Management (PPM) organization.

• Represents PPM on BU NPI steering committee, also known as the Product Approval Committee (PAC).

Program Management:

• Leads critical BU NPI programs from initiation through commercial launch, with the goal of not only delivering products of high quality and value to the organization, but also of delivering them within agreed-upon schedule, resources, budget and scope.

• Acts as program champion and head of a cross-functional team; develops bottoms-up plans and proactively manages program risks, in order to successfully deliver all program deliverables. Solves problems and manages crises effectively and independently. Acts as information conduit between core team and leadership; prepares and presents program reviews to PAC as core team leader.

• Mentors others leading programs in the BU, providing them with high-level BU context & guidance.

• Provides feedback to drive NPI process improvements. Sponsors change initiatives & builds best practices regarding program management & product development in the BU.

How will you get here?
Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree or Master’s  degree in Engineering, Bioengineering, Life Sciences, or similar discipline.

• 10 or more years of combined product development and project management experience, of which a portion must be in the life sciences industry.

Preferable Skills and Attributes:

• Fluent English.

• Work is performed without significant direction and is able to recommend modifications to overall direction of portfolio or program in order to meet BU goals.

• Works on complex, multi-faceted problems where analysis may require in depth analysis, as well as imagination.

• Interacts and builds effective relationships with core and extended team members, functional managers, senior management, and customers.

• Preferred experience with program management of instrumentation and background in system engineering.

• Able to influence others, gain acceptance in sensitive situations and resolve conflict.

• Develops and delivers original persuasive presentations to larger groups.

• Gathers feedback on processes and drives practical improvements.

Behavioral Competencies:
This person must possess the following behavioral competencies and characteristics. Please note that these are regarded by Thermo Fisher Scientific as equally important to technical competencies and experiences. Someone who displays the right attitude and characteristics for the role will therefore be considered even if they lack technical expertise in one or two of the areas mentioned previously.

• Highly accountable.

• A strongly pro-active, helpful, ‘can-do’ attitude.

• Enjoys dealing with people and is able to communicate effectively and concisely at all levels.

• Self-managing and self-motivating, able to prioritize tasks effectively and meet deadlines and expectations.

• Willing to put in extra effort (and hours when required) to get the job done properly.

Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled 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 and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.