Manager, Project Design - Global Central Labs

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global organization committed to enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As a Manager, Project Design within Global Central Labs, you will lead a team responsible for study startup and database design activities that support global clinical trials, ensuring operational excellence and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Direct line management for teams, including performance management and development
• Lead interviewing, selection, and onboarding activities
• Own goal setting, mid-year and end-of-year reviews, and employee counseling
• Lead focused coaching initiatives or PIPs where required
• Oversee Project Design study assignment and queues to ensure timely, prioritized delivery
• Own oversight of departmental quality events and CAPA implementation
• Lead deployment of procedural changes and ensure SOP/training compliance
• Manage internal and external escalations
• Review and approve time records, expenses, leave, and overtime
• Serve as back-up for Associate Director Study Design as required

Requirements:

• 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
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years)
• 1+ year of leadership responsibility
• Experience within a Central Lab, Bioanalytical Lab, or other regulated clinical/laboratory services environment strongly preferred
• Familiarity with study startup workflows, database configuration, or laboratory operations preferred
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
• Solid Microsoft Office skills for analysis and presentation of data
• Critical thinking skills to support quality decision making
• Advanced knowledge of project management theories, principles and best practices relating to lab operations
• Strong attention for detail orientation and compliance with procedures and policies
• Effective client relationship management skills
• Strong supervisory and management skills with ability to work effectively at all levels
• Proficient in problem solving and prioritizing
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Ability to multi-task and handle pressure
• Experience working with LIMS/QMS platforms and applying AI or automation-driven solutions to improve operational efficiency, workflow optimization, or quality processes is strongly preferred