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Packaging project Manager

ThermoFisher Scientific

Mount Prospect, ILJob$70–93K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$70–93K/yr
Location
Mount Prospect, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Client Services Project Manager III independently manages a portfolio of moderate to strategic client projects, leading technical and service delivery from initial discussions through completion. The role serves as a liaison between customers and internal stakeholders, develops solutions, shapes client strategy, improves processes, and supports team members. The posting prefers experience in clinical trials, pharmaceutical, or biotech industries and notes that travel may be required up to 25%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project Management MethodologiesProject Management ToolsBudget ManagementForecastingFinancial TrackingComplex Project ManagementCommunicationPresentationProblem SolvingSalesforceERPMS Office SuiteGMP/GxP RegulationsQuality Management SystemsStrategic Client RelationshipsOrganizationTime ManagementProject LeadershipForeign Language SkillsMatrix Collaboration

Qualifications

Advanced Degree+3 or Bachelor's Degree+5 YrsPMP or Equivalent CertificationClinical Trials, Pharmaceutical, or Biotech Expertise

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office, Warehouse

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.

DESCRIPTION:

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Client Services Project Manager III and make a meaningful impact on global healthcare. You'll independently manage a portfolio of moderate to strategic client projects, leading end-to-end delivery of technical and service aspects while developing effective solutions for optimal outcomes. As part of our collaborative team, you'll serve as the key liaison between customers and internal stakeholders, ensuring consistent project execution from initial discussions through completion. This role offers the opportunity to shape client strategy, improve processes, and support team members while contributing to our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Advanced Degree plus 3 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of experience in project management or client-facing roles

  • Preferred Fields of Study: Life Sciences, Engineering, or health-related field

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent preferred

  • Expertise in clinical trials, pharmaceutical, or biotech industry preferred

  • Strong proficiency in project management methodologies, tools and best practices

  • Advanced skills in budget management, forecasting, and financial tracking

  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects independently

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to work effectively at all levels

  • Strong problem-solving abilities and record of implementing effective solutions

  • Proficiency in relevant systems (Salesforce, ERP, MS Office Suite, project management tools)

  • Experience with GMP/GxP regulations and quality management systems

  • Proven ability to build and maintain strategic client relationships

  • Exceptional organizational and time management capabilities

  • Ability to support and guide team members and provide project leadership

  • May require up to 25% travel

  • Foreign language skills beneficial

  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative matrix organization

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Illinois is $69,800.00–$93,000.00.

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

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 22,803 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–93K/yr
  • Illinois median$105–160K/yr531 salary ranges
  • US median$108–172K/yr14,370 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $81K, is 39% below the Illinois median midpoint ($133K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 662 open Project Manager jobs in Illinois and 22,803 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 19,650 postings).
Education
11,832 of the 22,803 open Project Manager jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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