Executive Operations Partner to VP CSR

Executive Operations Partner to VP, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that drives real impact on a global scale. Every day, our colleagues help advance our Mission to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Join us and be part of supporting the scientific breakthroughs that are solving some of society’s greatest challenges.

Location Details

This role is on-site at a Thermo Fisher Scientific location, preferably in Washington, DC or Waltham, MA. Austin, TX, Morrisville, NC, or Richmond, VA may also be considered. Relocation assistance is not provided. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and able to pass a comprehensive background check, including a drug screening.

Discover Impactful Work

As a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team, you will contribute to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s positive impact on people and the planet. You will serve as a strategic partner to the Vice President of CSR & Sustainability, ensuring priorities are advanced efficiently and effectively. This role involves direct executive support, enabling strong team operations, fostering an inclusive culture, and ensuring seamless delivery of CSR programs and events. You will gain visibility into enterprise CSR strategy and operations at scale, with direct exposure to senior leadership.

Keys to Success

The ideal candidate operates with exceptional precision, judgment, and follow-through in fast-paced environments. You will exercise discretion, anticipate needs, and produce polished, executive-ready work. A passion for using data, tools, and AI technologies to improve efficiency is essential. As a strong team player with a broad internal network, you will balance humility with ambition, demonstrating a willingness to learn and collaborate while independently driving outcomes and taking ownership of results.

Responsibilities

• Operate with exceptional precision and attention to detail in scheduling, travel, data, and materials.
• Serve as the primary support for the global CSR leader, managing their calendar, meetings, public events, travel, and priorities.
• Enable efficient CSR team operations by driving key business processes, drafting correspondence, overseeing budgets and financial activities, and coordinating special projects.
• Demonstrate high responsiveness across stakeholders, communicating promptly and reliably to maintain momentum and alignment.
• Lead and/or support planning and execution of events, including site visits, community engagements, media appearances, and internal meetings.
• Prepare high-quality documents and presentations by synthesizing various inputs into clear, polished materials.
• Support tracking, reporting, and overall effectiveness of CSR initiatives.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma required with a minimum of five (5) years of executive administrative experience, OR a Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of executive assistant experience supporting senior leadership, preferably in a global corporate environment.

Experience & Skills

• Demonstrated success supporting senior executives in a multinational company, leading law firm, or top-tier consulting firm.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel is required, along with strong capability in executive-ready PowerPoint.
• Ability to manage a high volume of inbound requests across channels, effectively filtering, prioritizing, and executing workload.
• Track record of proactively adopting and leveraging emerging AI tools to drive efficiency and improve work methods.
• Strong problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, and sound judgment.
• Proven ability to communicate proactively, escalate issues early, and follow through reliably to completion.

Additional Information

This is an office-based role, with potential for hybrid flexibility after onboarding. Infrequent domestic travel may be required. Ability to work outside regular business hours as needed.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. 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.

Compensation and Benefits

The estimated salary range for this position in the District of Columbia is $80,000.00–$110,000.00 annually. This position may also be eligible for a variable annual bonus. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including national medical and dental plans, vision plan, employee assistance programs, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, holidays, paid parental leave, accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

Key skills/competency

• Executive Administrative Support
• Calendar Management
• Travel Coordination
• Budget Management
• Presentation Preparation
• Stakeholder Communication
• Project Coordination
• Data Analysis
• AI Tools Proficiency
• Problem Solving