Assoc Director, Clinical Project Manager & Drug Development– FSP

ThermoFisher Scientific; Cambridge (MA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotech company is looking for an Associate Director/Senior Project Manager for drug development. This remote role involves overseeing project delivery while ensuring quality, cost, and timelines. Ideal candidates will have extensive project management and drug development experience, preferably in cross-cultural environments. Strong communication and leadership skills are a must. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of Program or Project Management experience in Pharma or Biotech.
• 10+ years of drug development experience across distinct phases.
• Familiarity with Sponsor or Biotech environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project's overall delivery ensuring quality, cost, and time.
• Manage customer expectations for optimal delivery.
• Drive Risk Identification and Issue Resolution.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions: Office (Fully Remote, US for this role)

Job Description

AD Project Management/Senior Project Manager, Drug Development

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while advancing science 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, your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes for people and communities now and in the future.

Position: Associate Director/Senior Project Manager, Drug Development, FSP

Location: Fully Remote, US

Our client is a global mid-sized biotech company focusing on developing innovative treatments for patients with autoimmune diseases. This fast-growing organization has a strong scientific foundation. If you are looking for a place where your work, in partnership with others, can have real impact—and where you’re encouraged to challenge yourself and contribute to breakthrough solutions, this role could be a great fit.

Discover Impactful Work

This individual will lead the project's overall delivery, collaborating closely with their project team and ensuring that results are met (quality, cost, and time). Leads the cross-functional project team to meet or exceed deliverables. Responsible for projects of increasing complexity, including multi-service, multi-region/country, and therapeutic complexity, with financial scope. In this role, the candidate will be responsible for high-level plans and progress from pre-clinical into commercial, as well as indicating overarching activities and milestones with downstream impact and justification of changes, including project budget and resourcing. They will partner with the Asset Strategy Lead and function Leads constituting the EDST or AST, and will compile and own the integrated cross-functional project plan translating the corporate strategy.

A day in the Life

• Serves as the lead between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
• On projects with broader scope, ensures clear delineation of responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads (such as regional leads or vendor teams).
• Drives and leads the overall delivery of the cross-functional project (time, cost, quality).
• Ensures financial stewardship at a project level by understanding the contract, aligning resources to budget, managing Out of Scope activity, guiding the Con Mod process/negotiations, and ensuring delivery to timelines.
• Establishes, communicates and manages customer expectations to achieve optimal delivery.
• Drives Risk Identification and Issue Resolution at the project level (RBQM/RESOLVE).
• Ensures project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and project-specific needs.

Experience & Education

• At least 5-8 years of Program or Project Management experience in a Pharmaceutical or Biotech environment, preferably cross-cultural.
• At least 10 years of drug development experience across distinct phases and disease areas, with a broader view on drug development (POST Clinical / commercial / scientific background).
• Experience with Sponsor or Biotech environments.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.

Expectations

• Strong Project Management skills.
• Understanding of pre-clinical drug development activities, CMC, regulatory, and commercial activities.
• Ability to translate strategic plans into operational plans, control timelines and finances.
• Strong communication skills; able to work cross-functionally with internal and external business partners.

Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Years of experience are not the sole determining factor in job classification or hiring decisions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.