Sr. Manager, Strategy and Business Development, APMEA

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.

POSITION SUMMARY:
This role is responsible for supporting regional strategy formulation and structured deployment of strategic priorities across the six Asia Pacific and Middle East & Africa (APMEA) geographies/countries (Geos). The six Geos include: Japan, Korea & Taiwan, India & South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, and Middle East & Africa. 
 
The role serves as a key contributor of mid to long-range growth strategy, portfolio prioritization, and cross-divisional strategic programs and initiatives. It supports the translation of enterprise priorities into clear investment choices, transformation roadmaps, and execution blueprints. Working closely with the teams based in Geos including commercial, marketing, finance, operations, and global business leaders, the role drives alignment, clarity, and disciplined deployment across geo markets. This individual will partner closely with the Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development, to support APMEA strategic direction and ensure disciplined execution of regional priorities. 

 
This role requires strong strategic judgment, business development, enterprise thinking, financial acumen, and the ability to influence global and regional stakeholders in a highly matrixed environment. 

Key Responsibilities: 
 
Strategic & Annual Planning: 

• Support the end-to-end APMEA strategic planning cycle (STRAP, long-range planning, enterprise portfolio prioritization, AOP) in partnership with the Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development and regional leadership

• Contribute to the development of multi-year APMEA growth strategy and transformation initiatives that reflect unique market opportunities and challenges across the six Geos. 

• Support the development of APMEA – relevant growth frameworks that translate global enterprise priorities into regionally and locally relevant growth 

• Lead APMEA market intelligence for market and key end-segments including market trends, competitive dynamics, growth drivers, and performance analytics to inform leadership decisions & next best actions

• Conducts structured opportunity sizing, industry analysis, competitor benchmarking, and portfolio trade-off evaluation

• Identify and recommend white spaces, adjacency plays, and cross-divisional growth platforms
   

Strategy Deployment & Project Management 

• Support the translation of strategic priorities into structured deployment roadmaps with clear milestones, ownership, and measurable outcomes across APMEA

• Manage regional Strategy PMO frameworks to drive governance, risk management, and executive visibility for priority initiatives

• Ensure cross-functional alignment and disciplined execution of enterprise programs across Geos and divisions

• Monitor delivery against defined success metrics, proactively identifying risks and driving course correction where required
   

Enterprise Programs: 

• Drive strategic initiatives that require global, regional and Geo coordination and deployment discipline

• Drive structured programs including operating model shifts, growth initiatives, and new business activation

• Ensure program governance, milestone tracking, and executive visibility. 

• Support integration of major regional initiatives, partnerships, and ecosystem plays
   

Investment Prioritization & Resource Deployment: 

• Support capital prioritization discussions and ROI frameworks

• Establish structured decision criteria for Must Invest / Optimize / Stop initiatives

• Partner with Finance and commercial leaders to align resource deployment to strategic priorities

• Drive accountability mechanisms for strategic investments

REQUIREMENTS:

• 6+ years of experience across Strategy, Corporate Development, Consulting, or Commercial Leadership.
• 3+ years leading large-scale strategic initiatives or regional and geo-wide programs.
• Strong financial acumen and capital allocation understanding.
• Demonstrated ability to influence for results in highly matrixed environments.
• Proven experience translating strategy into structured deployment frameworks.
• Exceptional communication and analytical capability