Global Lead Project Manager (FSP)
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Thermo Fisher Scientific is hiring a Global Lead Project Manager (FSP) in Kenya on a remote basis. The role leads cross-functional clinical trial projects, manages sponsor relationships, oversees vendor performance, and ensures delivery on time, cost, and quality. Candidates need a bachelor's degree or equivalent, around 8+ years of relevant experience, and at least 5+ years as a Global Lead Project Manager in clinical trials.
- Remote role based in Kenya with global project ownership
- Lead cross-functional clinical trial projects end-to-end
- Requires 8+ years' experience and 5+ years as Global Lead PM in clinical trials
- Focus on vendor management, risk resolution, and financial stewardship
- Preferred therapeutic areas include Oncology, GI, or Neuroscience
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- RequiredAvailability to work in NairobiThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Original source description
Join Us as a Project Manager – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation
The Project Manager serves as the Project Lead and primary sponsor contact and is accountable for the overall delivery of the project (quality, time, cost) on behalf of the organization. Additionally, the Project Manager establishes and communicates customer expectations to the project team and ensures that escalation pathways are adhered to internally and externally. The role involves leading the cross functional project team to meet or exceed deliverables.
What You’ll Do:
Serve as the primary contact between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
Ensure escalation pathways adhered to internally and externally (Rules of Engagement – communication pathways).
On projects where the scope requires, ensure clear delineation in
Responsibilities
- and communication pathways for secondary project leads (such as lead in a specific region, lead for a specific vendor(s) or subset of delivery).
- Accountable for the overall delivery of the cross-functional project (time, cost, quality).
- Ensure financial stewardship at a project level by demonstrating an intimate understanding of the contract, resource alignment to budget, management of Out of Scope activity, drive the Con Mod process/negotiations and team execution to timelines.
- Establish, communicate and manage customer expectations to achieve optimal delivery during the project
- Drive Risk Identification and Issue Resolution at project level.
- Ensure project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH- GCP, regulatory and project specific requirements.
Education
&
Experience
- that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years’).
- Minimum of 5+ years’
- as a Global Lead Project Manager in the conduct of clinical trials
- Several years of demonstrated
- in end-to-end vendor management and oversight across a broad range of vendor types
- in one or more of the following therapeutic areas
- refers to typical years of related
- needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of
- are not to be used as the only determining factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Technical and systems competency, such as computer skills, to include effective use of systems and applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as organization systems
- Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize own and workload of project team members in a frequently changing environment
- Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Proactive, solutions oriented and adaptable to changing priorities and situations
- Advanced therapeutic area knowledge and clinical development guidelines and directives
- Strong understanding of the key principles of project management (time, quality, cost), including solid financial acumen
- Sound interpersonal and customer service skills, including the ability to lead, motivate and coordinate cross-functional project teams
- Good judgment and decision making skills and capable of applying critical and analytical strategic thinking skills to manage complex/ambiguous situations
- Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence others, including a cross cultural awareness.
- Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work is performed in an office environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous
Preferred Qualifications
- Oncology, Gastrointestinal (GI), or Neuroscience
- Years of