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Project Mgr - Site Payments

ThermoFisher Scientific

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Location
Wilmington, NC
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Job overview

The Project Manager - Site Payments manages studies to meet project deliverables and targets, liaises with internal teams on payment status, and resolves issues. The role supports functional leads and contract modifications, and may review and approve site payments, budgets, and reconciliations. It also involves coordinating study tasks, monitoring project finances, training study teams, reporting on performance, and mentoring junior team members.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Organizational Skills, nice to haveNegotiation, nice to haveAttention to Detail, nice to haveMultitasking, nice to haveWorkload Prioritization, nice to haveMicrosoft Word, nice to haveMicrosoft Excel, nice to haveCTMS, nice to haveEDC, nice to haveFinancial Systems, nice to haveProject Matrix Management, nice to haveMentoring, nice to haveCoaching, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveEnglish, nice to haveStudy Document Analysis, nice to haveData Entry, nice to haveData Review, nice to haveProject Data Analysis, nice to haveRegulatory Compliance, nice to haveTax Regulations, nice to haveStudy Activity Leadership, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent, nice to have2+ Years Relevant Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join Us as a Project Manager - Site Payments - Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation

The Project Manager - Site Payments provides management of studies to ensure project deliverables and targets are met according to the highest quality standards. The Project Manager - Site Payments liaises with internal teams to provide payment status updates and identifies and resolves issues. The role involves supporting functional leads and assisting in contract modification development. Additionally, the responsibilities may include reviewing and approving site payments, budgets and reconciliations.

What You'll Do:

  • Provide study management, ensuring that individual project targets are met and services are provided according to the highest quality standards, policies and procedures. Escalate project risks appropriately.

  • Plan and communicate to team members study specific tasks and project priorities.

  • Analyze and interpret various financial reports and monitors project finances.

  • Train study teams on site payment processes, including setting expectations around site payments' requirements and deliverables.

  • Generate reports for study-level KPIs and metrics; evaluate and interpret data. Escalate performance issues to management.

  • Attend internal team meetings and provide updates on payment statuses.

  • Manage escalations (project team, site and sponsor) regarding payment issues.

  • May generate payments in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts. May build and enter budgets and SVTs; work on transparency reporting; perform study reconciliations; manage and maintain investigator funds tracker for studies transitioned to site payments.

  • May review and approve payments, budgets, reconciliations, etc., in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts.

  • Mentor and train junior team members.

Education & Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

  • Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years’).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Good organizational and negotiation skills

  • Solid attention to detail

  • Capable of handling multiple time sensitive tasks efficiently and effectively

  • Flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs

  • Solid computer skills, proficient in MS Word and Excel and CTMS, EDC or financial systems

  • Experience of working in a project matrix structure

  • Capable of mentoring and coaching others

  • Effective communication skills, which includes English language (oral, written) and other languages would be an advantage (where applicable)

  • Capable of extracting pertinent information from study documentation such as protocol, contracts, budgets, etc. and performing data entry and review of such documents

  • Capable of effectively analyzing project specific data/systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency

  • Solid understanding of country regulatory and/or applicable tax regulations

  • Capable of leading study related activities with little to no interaction from management

Working Conditions and Environment:

  • Work is performed in an office and/or a laboratory and/or a clinical environment with exposure to electrical equipment.

  • Rarely travel within country/region or internationally.

  • Exposure to high pressure, intense concentration needed

  • Must pay constant attention to detail-visual, mental

  • Must be able to multi-task constantly

  • Frequent interaction with customers / associates required

  • Long, varied hours required occasionally.

Why Join Us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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 14,283 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • North Carolina median$100–165K/yr285 salary ranges
  • North Carolina median$47–55/hr21 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 511 open Project Management jobs in North Carolina and 14,283 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 11,769 postings).
Education
5,744 of the 14,283 open Project Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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