Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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 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:

Leads and manages the design, development and delivery of learning products and services that optimize organizational readiness, performance, quality and decision making in order to achieve departmental business goals and objectives. Contributes to the development and implementation of department strategy and operations.

A Day in the Life:

Provides subject matter expertise, direction and project leadership and oversight, and manages the development and deployment of learning solutions that achieve business needs and objectives.Assess employees' learning needs, track their progress, and measure the effectiveness of training.Identify gaps in training content and develop supporting materials for employees to reference during and after training.Continuously develop and evolve training materials and programs.Directs team, staff and work streams by overseeing work assignments, and resource planning and accountability.Executes operational leadership and empowerment to attain a high standard of performance and delivery for managers, team(s) and all participants.Directs the delivery of learning solutions in a collaborative cross-functional global environment.Acts as a liaison between the team and business leadership. Provides progressive updates and aligns the team with the overall business objectives of the department and company.Manages staff, which may include interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.

Education and Experience:

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

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years).  Training experience in a regulatory laboratory environment preferred.

5+ years of management responsibility

Proven leadership skills

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent leadership abilities and skills to include leading organizational change and project managementEffective organizational and analytical skills to routinely achieve effective resolution of complex issuesAdvanced ability to understand individual staff and manager capabilities and to assign work appropriatelyDemonstrated executive presence and ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholdersAdvanced expertise to lead, design, develop and deliver learning products and services to the businessProven ability to maintain client-focused, solutions-oriented approach to achieve mutually beneficial business resultsAdvanced judgment and decision making skillsComprehensive financial acumen including budgeting and resource managementExcellent oral presentation and written communication skills

Working Environment:

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.Able to work in non-traditional work environments.Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.