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Job Description

The Senior Strategic Solutions Manager will serve as the primary contact and key strategic partner. You will drive growth and profitability through deep client relationships, support group-level governance, monitor relationship health, and expand existing business. By building and delivering client-specific value propositions, they will focus on enabling growth, resolve issues, reduce costs, and improve performance. This position will bring a consistent record in high-value account management within a matrix environment, leading to business growth, strategic project management and unsurpassed customer satisfaction.

How you will make an impact:

You will lead strategic partnerships and drive business growth through exceptional account management.

What you will do:

• Lead all aspects of customer partnerships, including targets, results, and business continuity.
• Leverage insights into customer needs, capabilities, and financial considerations to develop strategic offerings.
• Manage a comprehensive governance program for client portfolios across multiple service lines, including Unity Lab Services operations and asset management support.
• Report on and facilitate actions based on key performance indicators measuring relationship health and operational performance.
• Proactively resolve issues by cascading communications and engaging with internal and client executives.
• Deliver maximum value through improvement initiatives and ensure contract compliance.
• Promote harmonization across sites and continuous improvement using a PPI approach.
• Accurately forecast, communicate, and report on program status during business reviews.
• Build influential relationships with a broad network to lead effectively through influence.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with internal and external customers.
• Create presentations that translate complex data into compelling narratives that drive action.

How you will get here:

Skills:

• Self-motivated with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to run Profit and Loss (P&L), as well as financial forecasts.
• Leadership and supervisory skills to lead, coach, influence, and motivate a large group of employees, along with excellent interpersonal skills to relate well to employees, various levels of the customer business, and peers.
• Experience working with complex initiatives in a matrix environment with broad, high-value impact.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, committed, and strong customer advocacy.
• Effective change management and ability to adjust as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a scientific field (e.g., chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering) or a business-related field. MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or comparable industry preferred.

Work Environment:

• Works in a remote office setting.
• Work the hours required to get the job done, with travel required.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards