Program Manager Jobs in Washington, DC

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every day by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping take science a step beyond through solutions that address some of the world’s toughest challenges, including helping bring life-changing therapies to patients.

Description

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Project Management Manager supporting the process development organization within the BIO network. In this role, you will lead project management activities across a portfolio of client programs, partnering closely with technical, analytical, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, business, and client-facing teams to enable successful execution from early development through technology transfer and manufacturing readiness.

The Project Management Manager will provide leadership, structure, and oversight for BioProcess Sciences project execution, ensuring alignment of scope, timelines, resources, risks, dependencies, and deliverables. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional execution, strengthening communication across internal teams, supporting client commitments, and enabling timely progression of programs toward key development and clinical manufacturing milestones.

The successful candidate will bring strong project management discipline, people leadership, stakeholder management, and technical understanding of biologics process development. This individual will help establish and continuously improve project management processes, support team prioritization, proactively identify and escalate risks, and ensure project teams are equipped to deliver high-quality outcomes in a dynamic CDMO environment.

Education

• Advanced degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of relevant experience in project/program management, process development, manufacturing, or related industry settings
• Preferred fields of study: Life Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business, or related field
• Professional certifications preferred, such as PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or other project/program management certifications
• Experience in biologics, bioprocess development, CDMO operations, GMP/GxP environments, or pharmaceutical development strongly preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage project management activities for BIO BPS process development programs, including project planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, escalation, and delivery of key milestones
• Oversee a portfolio of biologics process development projects, ensuring alignment of scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, deliverables, and client commitments
• Partner closely with analytical development, upstream and downstream process development, quality, business management, supply chain, and manufacturing sites to drive integrated program execution
• Manage, coach, and develop project managers and/or project coordinators supporting BPS programs, including prioritization guidance, performance feedback, workload management, and professional development
• Establish and maintain clear project governance, meeting cadence, action tracking, escalation pathways, decision-making forums, and communication expectations across cross-functional teams
• Drive proactive identification, communication, and mitigation of project risks, issues, scope changes, timeline impacts, and resource constraints
• Support client-facing project teams by ensuring accurate, timely, and transparent updates related to process development progress, risks, mitigation plans, and deliverables
• Facilitate alignment across drug substance process development, analytical development, manufacturing, quality, and technology transfer teams to support successful program progression
• Ensure project plans are integrated with key development milestones, including process development, scale-up, material generation, process characterization, technology transfer, GMP readiness, and IND-enabling activities, as applicable
• Monitor project performance against timelines, deliverables, budget, and resource assumptions; identify gaps and escalate to appropriate leadership to support timely resolution
• Develop, maintain, and improve project management tools, dashboards, templates, reporting mechanisms, and best practices for the BIO BPS organization
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project execution, cross-functional communication, client experience, operational efficiency, and portfolio visibility
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, scientific excellence, and client-focused delivery across project teams

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong understanding of biologics process development, including upstream and/or downstream development, analytical interfaces, scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing readiness
• Experience working in a CDMO, biopharmaceutical development, GMP/GxP, or regulated life sciences environment
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional development programs with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Strong project management expertise, including schedule development, critical path management, risk management, action tracking, resource planning, stakeholder communication, and governance
• Ability to manage multiple programs, competing priorities, and shifting business needs in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and guide project management professionals
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills across technical teams, business stakeholders, senior leadership, and client-facing teams
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability across cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to translate technical project details into clear business, operational, leadership, and client-facing communications
• Knowledge of project management tools and systems such as Smartsheet, MS Project, SharePoint, Power BI, JIRA, or similar platforms
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain project discipline while adapting to changing business and technical priorities
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to quality, partnership, transparency, and delivery excellence
• Understanding of regulatory expectations, quality systems, and documentation practices relevant to biologics development and GMP manufacturing preferred

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Missouri is $103,100.00–$154,700.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards