Operations Strategy Consultant-FSP

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. 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. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Discover Impactful Work:

Our Project Delivery colleagues within our PPD® clinical research services direct, coordinate and manage the technical and operational aspects of projects, securing the successful completion of clinical trials. This includes collaborating with functional area leads to identify and evaluate fundamental issues on the project and to ensure that solutions are implemented. Project Delivery is vital to helping our customers deliver life-changing therapies.

Through our global team, you may engage in diverse initiatives and projects, or be part of a virtual international project team gaining cross-cultural experience. Therapeutic scopes include: infectious and respiratory diseases, oncology/hematology, neurosciences, cardiovascular and metabolic, general medicine and vaccines.

Contributes to the overall success of the proposal development process from receipt through client decision, in order to increase the RFP hit rate and positively impact business growth; through recommendation and implementation of operational strategy for proposal, bid defense, accountability for all related deliverables and successful management of the process. Leverages all opportunities to achieve targets while enhancing customer relations. Primarily responsible for RFPs and supplemental documents for single or multi service/region clinical development protocols or programs and simple to moderate RFIs.

A day in the Life:

• Identifies and recommends operational proposal strategic plans for assigned area (TA or Segment) that align with commercial win strategy; determines the level of proposal deliverable and key operations messages, and manages the triage process within clinical operations to meet proposal deliverables.
• Ensures budget reflects operational strategy and oversees achievement of profitability targets.
• Partners with Clinical operations, Commercial organization and GPD to enhance proposal efficiency management in order to decrease COS.
• Drives the development of the operations segment of the proposal deliverable within prescribed timelines, disseminates operational strategy to proposal team and develops KPI's, ensuring a successful operations segment of the deliverable.
• Collaborates with the cross functional team in matrix environment to establish an efficient and aligned process within clinical operations.
• Manages operations escalation process and advises commercial strategy team.
• Assesses cross functional satisfaction and recommends future strategy and actions to ensure the overall success of the process and outcomes.
• Recommends and implements revisions for Clinical Operations post-award to successfully execute proposal.

Keys to Success:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• And previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 12+ years’).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Has ability to persuade, convince and influence/impress others, demonstrating leadership capability
• Working knowledge and understanding of clinical project management, the business organization and functional areas
• Possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity, sound interpersonal skills, is flexible and able to adapt to changing situation, customer relationship management skills. Demonstrates strong commercial awareness
• Organized, proficient at multi tasking, with excellent attention to detail. Ability to work in a high pressure/time sensitive environment, capability to handle multiple issues on multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrates solid experience/proficiency in proposal development, demonstrated project management and planning skills
• Experience of leading, liaising and coordinating with cross functional teams. Able to aply range of negotiation skills and techniques to achieve results
• Collaborates and builds peer and effective team relationships, able to motivate, evidene of coaching and mentoring skills
• Demonstrates analytical skills, effective oral and written communication skills. Strong attention to detail, prioritization and time management skills
• Has sound understanding of sponsor/CRO business practices. Working knowledge of operational/financial practices, SOPs, GCPs, and FDA/ICH guidelines

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 for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, 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!

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.

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