Sr Director, CMC Portfolio Management

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Job Description

Here at Thermo Fisher Scientific, our industry-leading scale means unparalleled commercial reach, outstanding customer access, and a global footprint. Our broad customer base, from research, clinical to commercial production means you can have a broad and significant impact. All while working in an environment where you will be supported, valued, and rewarded for your performance. Join our Sales & Marketing team with an unmatched depth of capabilities and help our customers tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges!

Lead team of Portfolio managers to drive growth and delivery with Biotech customers. The ideal candidate will have prior people management experience and bring extensive service industry expertise across the Pharma/Biotech/CDMO sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and oversight to CMC portfolio management team to secure, expand and retain multi-division business for PSG across governance models.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally to coordinate, influence, and lead efforts to ensure seamless execution of services.
• Partners with leadership in other groups to align strategy and enable portfolio leads to work together to optimally deliver for our clients.
• Provide program and project management leadership standards and support team to achieve key functional activities including leading sub-team and working group meetings.
• Design processes, methodologies, and tools to improve team efficiency and consistency.
• Mentors, trains, and coaches region leaders and staff assisting with resource prioritization, strategic proposals, operational and governance strategy, and negotiations.
• Uses executive enterprise relationships and knowledge of CMC portfolio offerings and ensures high-quality project delivery, client happiness, and an improved chance of repeat business.
• Support a unified customer experience globally and deliver differentiated services to meet customer needs and timelines.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in management/leadership and multi-disciplinary experience in the pharmaceuticals, biotech, CDMO or Clinical research industry.
• Strategic problem solver with consistent track record supporting a business through rapid growth and/or change.
• In-depth knowledge of biotechnology industry, concepts, and terminology.
• Ability to establish relationships with high-level business contacts and influence scientific/biotech leaders.
• Validated experience developing, coaching, mentoring and leading teams.
• Extensive customer relationship management experience.
• Ability to lead and fully integrate across the matrix business structure and follow-up to expand relationships and business opportunities.
• Strong commercial competence with experience with all phases of drug development and technology transfer.
• Experience operational delivery intelligence with the ability to convert strategies into profitability & business growth.