Arbetsbeskrivning

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.

Location/Division Specific Information

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic guides. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

This position will be based at our new bioanalytical laboratory in GoCo Health Innovation City which is due to open later this year. This lab will serve pharmaceutical and biotech customers with advanced laboratory services and leading-edge instrumentation across all phases of pharmaceutical development to help deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide and will provide comprehensive and full-service solutions, encompassing both small and large molecules, biomarkers and novel modalities.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Senior Group Leader will provide oversight and supervision of staff and resources providing immunochemistry and chromatography R&D services to clients. They will manage the work activities of group, resource planning and allocation, client communication, technical document generation and review, mentoring technical staff and troubleshooting method and product-related issues. They ensure the compliance of work performed within the laboratory as well as working with manager to meet the financial goals of the organization

A day in the Life:

• Reviews and approves study protocols, project status reports, final study reports and other project related technical documents.
• Allocates, schedules and manages laboratory resources for group's project activities and updates project status and revenue projections. Reviews timesheet reports for billing accuracy.
• Reviews data for technical quality and compliance to protocols, methods and SOPs. Approves laboratory investigations, deviations, QA facility and data audits. Leads client and FDA audits.
• Responds to clients questions and needs; leads client technical meetings.
• Prepares and approves proposals, project definition and pricing. Participates in project definition and negotiations with client on timelines and budget.
• Identifies new opportunities within client base and ability to work with business development to pursue opportunities.
• Prepares and implements PPD SOPs and company operational policies. Ensures adherence and makes recommendations to quality system improvements.
• Accountable for group's knowledge and application of good practices pertaining to GMP/GLP and / or other laboratory / client requirements.
• Participates in bi-annual SOP review & change. Ownership of changes needed to comply with SOPs.
• Regularly communicates to staff quality related issues and items for staff

Keys to Success

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in lab sciences such as biology, biochemistry, immunology, chemistry, molecular biology or similar
• 2 + years management experience
• 8 + years previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Experience within bioanalytics, immunochemistry, chromatography services
• Technical capabilities with LCMS, ligand binding techniques
• Ability to train and mentor junior staff
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative work environment with a team and across business areas
• Effective written and oral communication skills as well as presentation skills
• Proven problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Understanding of basic financial terms and definitions as it applies to the business
• Ability to independently develop project proposals/plans
• Project and time management skills
• Proven ability to identify and implement common efficiencies across multiple programs/projects
• Demonstrated understanding of the bid process and can utilize expertise of others to develop programs to meet unique client needs
• Proven ability to cope with a dynamic work environment

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Physical Requirements / Work 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.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.