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Thermo Fisher Scientific

IT Project Manager III

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us, 15289

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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.

Job Duties:

Coordinates and monitors multiple IT projects from initiation through delivery.

Serves as the liaison between IT and the business line customer to ensure that all targets and deliverables are met.

Develops project plans and cost estimates.

Handles cross-project interdependencies in order to avoid potential impacts and identify optimizations in regard to scope, schedule, budget, and resource utilization.

Reviews data on complex issues, makes good business decisions, and ensures solutions are implemented.

Ensures all project deliverables meet the customer's time/quality/cost expectations.

Manages and provides oversight and direction to allocated project team members to ensure quality and timely delivery of project requirements.

Keys to Success:

Education

2-5 years of related project management experience in systems development, application development and implementation or the equivalent experience

Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, engineering or an equivalent combination of education, training and professional experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Ideally IT experience supporting the scientific industry

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Understanding of the key principles of cross functional project management (ex: Time, Quality, Cost)

Agile Scrum experience highly desirable

Excellent financial competence.

Solid track record of excellent project management skills

Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organization and collaboratively. Critical thinker with solid judgment and strong initiative.

Proficiency in collaboration across multiple and diverse groups

Strong experience with managing projects through all aspects of a project life cycle

Ability to delegate, effectively prioritizes own and project team members workload

Ability to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications such as Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, JIRA, etc.

Excellent verbal and written communication, time management and organizational skills

Experience managing geographically distributed teams highly desired.

PMP and/or Agile Certification highly desired

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.