Business Manager in Remote, Ireland

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Business Manager – Laboratories

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.

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.

Discover Impactful Work:

As a Business Manager for our GMP analytical testing facility you will act as a Point of contact for timely response of technical inquiries from business development and contracts & proposal development personnel and liaise with the Labs operations team to understand priorities and capacity.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for developing work scopes with technical detail and associated costs for RFPs in a specific business area.

• Business manager is the process owner for operational proposal review prior to issuance including tracking and driving assurance of timeline, specifically, where multiple departments are involved.

• This position ensures consistency in presentation, evaluation, and pricing of contracted work scopes.

• Knowledgeable in both lab capabilities and lab experience

• Working knowledge to address asset specific questions and to be able to scope new work requests, with direction

• Leads/co-leads new client meetings covering capabilities, best practice, and supplemental services based on client needs/program types-at client or CRG site

• Leads internal teams for proposal completion, budget, and review

• Participates in RFI completion for operations

• Liaison between BD and Management on new work scopes

• Provides updates to departmental, site, and (corporate/Thermo) management on business metrics, customer and technology trends, etc.

• Involved/aware of all service offering changes, expansion, or additions-may be involved/lead CapEx

• Participates in collecting and developing slide content for department and technology specific slides

Education and Experience:

• BA/BS degree (preferably in Science related discipline. Alternatively statistics or business could be considered)

• 6+ years’ experience in applicable discipline including strong science background

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of financial systems, reporting dashboards and applicable business systems related to Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Strong working knowledge of LIMs and any other analytics tools and applications used by the business

• Experience working with business accounting practices and current industry norms

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers and subject matter experts

• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work, multi-task across many assignments, and create deliverables with minimal direction.

Working Conditions and Environment:

How much travel is required: some, 10-20% travel with potential of regional, domestic and international.

Any other specific working conditions you would like to specify: Remote working option, with on-site presence when warranted by client visit

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.

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.