Digital & Automation Project Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Warehouse

How Will You Make An Impact?

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, including protecting the environment, ensuring food safety, and helping find cures for cancer.

As a Digital and Automation manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will lead complex, cross-functional projects that advance our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

In this role, you will manage strategic initiatives from concept to completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality parameters. You will collaborate with teams across the organization to drive project execution while building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

This position requires someone who can navigate ambiguity, guide teams effectively, and succeed in a matrix environment. Your project management expertise and leadership will be critical in delivering impactful results that support business growth and operational excellence.

Responsibilities And Authorities

Lead site digitalization and automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency, productivity, compliance, and data visibility for Clinical Trial logistics operations.

Manage and develop a small team responsible for delivering automation scripts, dashboards, workflow applications, reporting tools, and digital solutions.

Work closely with Logistics, Warehouse Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Service, Engineering, IT, and other site functions to understand business processes and identify improvement opportunities.

Review current workflows, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and recommend practical digital or automation solutions that create measurable business impact.

Develop automation solutions using programming, RPA, Microsoft Power Platform, Excel automation, and other approved digital platforms.

Establish and maintain dashboards to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), operational performance, productivity, quality, service levels, and improvement progress. Support data collection, cleansing, analysis, transformation, and visualization to enable accurate and timely business decision-making.

Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, user-friendly, and sustainable digital solutions.

Monitor the effectiveness of implemented digital solutions and drive continuous improvement based on user feedback, business impact, compliance requirements, and operational needs.

Prepare and present project updates, automation impact, savings, risks, issues, and improvement opportunities to site leadership.

Support digital adoption across the site by identifying automation opportunities, promoting data-driven decision-making, and partnering with teams on practical digital solutions.

Evaluate and recommend relevant digital tools, technologies, and best practices to support continuous improvement of site automation and digitalization capabilities.

Support site-wide activities and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Automation, Logistics, Supply Chain, Science, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Experience in digitalization, automation, data analytics, logistics systems, warehouse operations, supply chain, quality systems, process improvement, or related functions.
• Experience supporting logistics, warehousing, distribution, inventory management, shipment processes, documentation workflows, or medical device operations is an advantage.
• Experience leading a small team, mentoring junior team members, or coordinating cross-functional project teams.
• Hands-on experience developing automation scripts, dashboards, workflow tools, applications, or digital solutions.
• Experience with programming, automation, dashboard development, workflow digitalization, or equivalent digital solution platforms.
• Experience automating workflows, data extraction, report generation, file processing, document handling, data entry, and repetitive business processes.
• Experience developing and sustaining dashboards or automated reports for operational, quality, logistics, or management review purposes.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as Medical Device, IVD, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare Logistics, or Quality-Controlled Operations is an advantage.

Competencies Preferred

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.
• Strong capability in programming, scripting, process automation, data visualization, and digital solution development.
• Good understanding of logistics, warehousing, inventory control, shipment processes, documentation flow, and operational workflows.
• Strong dashboard development, data visualization, data analysis, and reporting skills.
• Ability to understand business processes, eliminate unnecessary steps, and automate where sustainable value can be created.
• Ability to translate business needs into practical, scalable, compliant, and user-friendly digital solutions.
• Strong communication skills with a hands-on execution mindset.
• Ability to take ownership and work independently.
• Good leadership skills with the ability to coach, guide, and develop team members.
• Strong project management, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Good understanding of data integrity, documentation practices, compliance requirements, cybersecurity awareness, system governance, and change control processes.
• Experience in a regulated industry such as Pharmaceutical or Medical Device preferred.
• Knowledge of GMP, GDP, ISO standards, and other relevant quality requirements preferred.
• High energy level, positive attitude, and ability to work effectively under pressure.