IT Manager - Remote, US

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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. 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

Manages a team within information technology specific to Software Development across multiple locations. Delivers technology solutions in a collaborative cross-functional environment. Responsible for technical leadership, project planning, and management duties necessary to develop staff and deploy technical solutions meeting the needs of the business.

Essential Functions

• Manages staff including work assignment, development of staff and performance
• management.
• Acts as a liaison between IT and business leadership.
• Provides progress updates and aligns IT with business.
• Assists IT and business leadership in understanding large technical projects and
• solutions.
• Assists in process improvement and develops procedures.
• Assists in budgeting.
  
  

Policy & Strategy

• Interprets and administers policies, processes, and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units. Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility.
  
  

Freedom to Act

• Assignments are defined in terms of activities and objectives. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives. A portion of the time may be spent performing individual tasks.
  
  

Liaison

• Interacts frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels. Participates and presents at meetings with internal and external representatives. Interaction typically concerns resolution of operational and scheduling issues.
  
  

Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
• 1+ year of leadership responsibility

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, Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Client focused approach with strong interpersonal skills
• Must be able to multitask and pay close attention to detail
• Excellent people management skills
• Experience in a validated software environment
• Experience in a central lab is a plus
  
  

Management Role

• Directs through lower management levels and / or highly skilled specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independent judgment. Often heads one or more departments or a large centralized staff function. In some instances may be responsible for a functional area (as determined by Executive Management) and not have subordinate supervisors or employees. May manage employees across multiple regions.
  
  

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Requirements

PPD values the health and well-being 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.
• Ability to travel, 25-35%.