Senior Project Manager - Labs (Client-dedicated)

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting

Job Description

12-Month Fixed-Term Opportunity - Maternity Leave Cover

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our clients to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner. 

Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is an outstanding partnership that allows our customers to use the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

Join Us as a Senior Project Manager - Labs – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation

Key Responsibilities

Data & Document Migration

• Provide hands-on support for tracking, migrating and verifying data and documents between internal and external repositories.
• Perform migration verification following migration waves and at integration milestones, confirming completeness against source information and documenting outcomes.
• Support bulk migration planning and execution, including movement of information between Box, eArchive and other controlled repositories.
• Manage documentation through different stages of its lifecycle and assign or maintain appropriate metadata following migration activities.
• Identify missing documentation, duplicate records, multiple document versions and other data-quality issues.

Regulatory Documentation & Data Quality

• Map source documentation against existing regulatory submission structures, including IND/IMPD documentation where applicable.
• Perform source-document and regulatory gap analysis to identify missing or incomplete documentation and support SME review.
• Monitor metadata compliance throughout the knowledge-transfer process and complete required readiness checks before downstream upload or archiving.
• Review documentation for quality issues, including correct rendering, figures, metadata and completeness, and escalate gaps to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Provide initial metadata classification and categorisation in line with project direction and controlled processes.

Analytics, Reporting & Digital Tools

• Use Power BI or an equivalent business intelligence tool to analyse processes, identify trends and generate meaningful reporting.
• Identify key analytical themes and measures to establish baselines, assess level of control and highlight opportunities for improvement.
• Create and maintain Box tracking applications and project-specific applications as requirements evolve.
• Manage or configure Power Apps, Box Apps or similar digital tools and generate reports to support project tracking and decision-making.
• Use analytics and reporting to identify duplicates, missing information, metadata gaps and other process or data-quality issues.
• Support problem analysis and timely resolution of process and system issues, escalating where appropriate.

Project Co-ordination & Stakeholder Support

• Schedule and plan activities to meet key project priorities and timelines, setting clear daily and weekly priorities.
• Prioritise upload-readiness and document activities in line with upcoming milestones, priority dates and available capacity.
• Act as a first-line point of support for project teams on system access, knowledge-transfer processes and application queries.
• Coordinate activities across Workstream Leads, Data Stewards, Document Specialists, Knowledge Transfer Managers, Data Leads and other stakeholders.
• Communicate progress, risks, issues and outstanding actions clearly and support ad hoc data-verification activities when required.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant academic/vocational qualification, with approximately 2+ years of relevant professional experience or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Hands-on experience in data/document migration, lifecycle management, metadata or data-quality activities, ideally within a regulated environment.
• Experience with controlled document management systems such as Veeva, Box, eArchive or comparable platforms.
• Practical experience using Power BI (or equivalent) and working with Power Apps, Box Apps or similar digital tools.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent written/verbal communication and the ability to work across multiple stakeholders.

Advantageous

• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences or other highly regulated industry experience; knowledge of the R&D drug development process. Familiarity with CMC regulatory filing structures, supporting submission documentation, and IND/IMPD documentation structures.
• Experience supporting knowledge-transfer, integration or data-transfer programmes and working within controlled compliance processes.

Why join us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience - and where your contributions truly make a difference.

What we offer:

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD® clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

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.

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

If you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.