Project Support Associate, Client Services- Onsite Rockville, MD
Requirements Summary
Candidates need 1-2 years of relevant experience, such as a project coordinator or lab technician, along with strong project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and attention to detail for multitasking across functional teams. Proficiency in MS Office Suite is required, and familiarity with software like Salesforce, Smartsheet, Jira, and TrackWise is advantageous.
Core Responsibilities
The Project Support Associate supports clinical trials by managing project documentation, coordinating supply chain activities, and ensuring consistent service delivery within a small project pod structure. This tactical role involves shepherding shared tasks to completion, resolving internal issues, and acting as the primary contact for low-complexity client accounts.
Key Skills
Company Information
- Industry: Biotechnology Research
- Company Size: 10,001+ employees
- Type: Public Company
- Specialties: Analytical Instruments, Laboratory Supply Chain Programs and eCommerce, Laboratory Equipment, Lab Services, Specialty Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Pharma Services, and CDMO
Full Job Description
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description 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 single 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, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific and contribute to advancing clinical research. As a Project Support Associate, you'll support clinical trials by managing project documentation, coordinating supply chain activities, and ensuring consistent delivery of services. Work closely with internal teams and clients to support study success while maintaining the highest quality standards. You'll handle project planning, documentation management, and cross-functional coordination to meet timelines and client expectations. Position Summary The Project Support Associate works with other project managers in a small pod, helping them manage a group of shared projects. The pod shares responsibility for projects and ensures tasks are completed by an appropriately leveled project manager. This position is tactical in nature and responsible for shepherding tasks to completion, resolving issues within internal procedures, and acting as the primary point of contact for low-complexity client accounts. The team works cross-functionally to ensure that client requirements and timelines are met. Focusing on building relationships with the client and delivering an excellent customer experience. Job Duties and Responsibilities: Provides context and drives consensus internally, serves as a customer advocate. Monitors and bills day to day project activity. Reports vital issues to team and management. Coordinates and assists in setting up and maintaining study filing system, accurately records and captures specifications for each project. Uses digital tools to visualize project landmarks and allow synchronized sharing of knowledge. Provides internal/external partners with updates regarding timelines, shipping issues and delays. Coordinates production schedules to work within team capacity and provides assistance in troubleshooting problems. Participates in creation of operations documentation Generates, checks and provides required reports to client. Timely initiation of all services in accordance to client timelines. Backs up the project management team. Carries out all tasks in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices. Education: High school diploma is required, a degree from an accredited college or university is preferred. Experience: Position requires 1-2 years of successful experience in project management as a project coordinator, lab technician or equivalent experience in a customer facing environment. Basic Minimum Qualifications: Successful candidates will have strong project management skills such as excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to present information and answer questions for clients and management. Will be expected to be able to multitask and coordinate tasks across functional teams while maintaining attention to detail and drive problem solving. In this team we must be adaptable and able to work in a variety of commercial and custom in-house software. Proficiency in MS Office Suite is required and knowledge of Salesforce, Smartsheet, Jira, and TrackWise are advantageous. Should be intellectually curious and results oriented. Working Conditions: Works in an office environment. May, on a continuous basis, sit at desk for a long period of time; intermittently answer telephone and write or use a keyboard to communicate through written means. Occasionally, walking and lifting up to 20 lbs. is required. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Must be flexible to work varying schedules and hours as needed. Hybrid work environment, working 40% on site and 60% remote. Occasional travel may be required. The physical demands described above are representative of what is needed to complete this work. However, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to be successful. Compensation and Benefits The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $23.04–$31.00. 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 Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.