Hybrid Group Leader – Lab Staff Manager

at Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Job title: Group Leader – Lab Staff Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $120,000 - $130,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Remote, United States

About the role

• Group Leader managing remote laboratory staff for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Overseeing recruitment, client satisfaction, and operational metrics while ensuring pharmaceutical standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and direction to remote laboratory staff at client sites
• Provide administrative resources for employee activities and needs
• Assist in the recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding of new staff
• Ensure staff responsiveness and overall client satisfaction
• Meet regularly with client contacts to monitor the technical performance of staff and their project timeliness
• Track Key Performance Indicators and metrics

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 8+ years’) OR Masters degree and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 6+ years’)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Proven leadership skills with an ability to train and mentor junior staff
• Pharmaceutical experience required
• Ability to independently develop project proposals and plans
• Demonstrated understanding of the bid process and can apply expertise of others to develop programs to meet unique client needs
• Understanding of basic financial terms and definitions as it applies to the business
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative work environment with a team
• Effective written and oral communication skills as well as presentation skills

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Annual incentive plan bonus
• Healthcare
• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount