Staff Software Program Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Hillsboro, Oregon

Job Description:

Job Description



Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.



Location/Division Specific Information



Hillsboro, OR / Materials & Structural Analysis



How will you make an impact?



As part of the Agile Release Train (ART) leadership, you will coordinate inputs and outputs of the ART with other departments, including bridging the gap with the hardware development program operating with traditional waterfall methodologies. This mandates collaboration with adjacent departments which either directly contribute to the value stream or are connected to it. Program Management optimizes value delivery over time within existing budget boundaries. While doing so, also provides transparency inside and outside the ART by maintaining the forecast.



What will you do?

• Alignment on program priority and progress


• Work with ART leaders to build the roadmap and budget


• Coordinate software engineering efforts to ensure program milestones are met


• Collaborate across time zones with engineering leaders


• Manage ART proficiency and capacity


• Represent software engineering at Technical Stakeholder Meetings (TSM)


• Manage Non-Standard Request (NSR) quotation & time writing


• Handle cross-ART operational blocking issues


• Identify and mitigate risks

How will you get here?




Education



Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field



Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• 7+ years as a software project or program management


• Agile project management


• Independent and creative problem solver


• Strong leadership and teamwork skills


• Ability to influence people at all levels of the organization


• Proficiency in spoken and written English


• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with equipment manufacturing, electron microscopy or semiconductor


• SAFe certification


• PMP certification

Benefits


We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!


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 at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.


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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.


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