Senior Manager (ICF Project Manager Team)

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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 Medical Writing team is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Manager for an ICF Project Management team. This role is based in Eastern Europe.

Discover Impactful Work:

Lead ambitious initiatives that craft the future of clinical research. Your expertise will enable us to deliver flawless execution of the Informed Consent Form (ICF) development process, from Master ICF authoring through country and site adaptations.

A Day in the Life:

• Manages ICF project managers (PMs) including management of workload, allocation of staff to projects, recruitment, development, training, performance, and personnel issues
• Supports overall ICF PM resourcing process (ex, intake and triaging of requests, assignment management, and holiday/OOTO coverages)
• Identifies needs and promotes development of new departmental processes and standards. May lead departmental teams for process improvement and participates in cross-functional process development
• Provides advice and guidance to ICF PMs on technical and regulatory aspects of ICF management. Serves as first line of escalation for project risks. Develops and approves project budgets and advises direct reports on contract and budget issues for large complex projects. Duties could also include developing timelines, supporting kick-off or project launch meetings.
• Manages the business development and pricing of projects for one or more clients or alliance partners and participates in contract negotiations. Assists business development and senior management in securing new business by making presentations to clients.
• Participates in developing and reviewing proposal texts and budgets in collaboration with Proposal & Contracts Development. Assists with development of contract modifications and liaises with C&PD to follow through on all aspects of contract modification.

Keys to Success:

• Strong background in ICF management, notably in country customization process.
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including problem solving and negotiation
• Able to perform a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification; Advanced degree preferred

Experience

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years).
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred
• Strong experience in Clinical Operations is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills including problem solving, judgment, and decision-making skills
• Ability to manage people including performance management, training, mentoring, directing and supervising work, and motivating employees
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan and manage projects, create and modify project budgets, develop timelines, allocate resources, and forecast departmental workload
• Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills needed to represent the department in a range of situations including bid defenses, capabilities presentations, and audits
• In depth knowledge of departmental processes; ability to identify emerging needs and propose/develop/ implement new or improved processes

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

What We Offer:

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

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 at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.