Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Danaher is a leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology, committed to innovation that saves lives. The Senior Director, Program Management Maturation & Delivery will elevate program management practices within the Chief Innovation Office, ensuring effective delivery of complex programs through modern and AI-enabled methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior program management partner who flanks an assigned Chief Innovation Office leader — initially the Oncology & Neurodegenerative Disease leader — connecting the dots across complex programs, anticipating needs, and bringing gravitas and an integrative, whole-system perspective to the partnership
- Lead, coach, and develop the program management team — setting standards and ways of working, prioritizing across the portfolio, and exercising the judgment to know when to lean in closely and when to enable the team to run
- Mature and modernize the program management function by embedding AI-enabled tools, automation, and modern ways of working that move beyond traditional, linear program management to match the pace of innovation
- Own end-to-end delivery against defined strategic and financial targets, aligning priorities, resources, and execution across the assigned portfolio while operating as a peer to the senior leaders accountable for those areas. Surface inconsistencies and early indicators of shifting priorities or risk, while ensuring alignment of priorities, resources, and execution across the assigned portfolio
- Implement, sustain, and continuously improve the operating model in collaboration with Danaher Business System (DBS) and Operations Excellence partners — clarifying roles, decision rights, and ways of working across the ecosystem
- Translate scientific advances, clinical evidence, and technology roadmaps into clear business implications and execution priorities, toggling fluidly between science and business for senior stakeholders
- Lead cross-functional initiatives and change programs in ambiguous, upstream environments — building alignment and accountability across operating companies and external partners and vendors, firm where needed and bridge-building by default
Skills
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) in a life sciences field; or a bachelor's degree in a scientific field with commensurate additional experience
- 12+ years of progressive functional experience in program or portfolio management, operations, or delivery within diagnostics, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals
- 5+ years of people-leadership experience, including direct management of program managers or equivalent professionals
- Demonstrated experience implementing operating models, governance structures, or process-excellence frameworks at scale
- Demonstrated experience applying AI and/or automation tools to program management, operations, or knowledge-work processes
- Demonstrated experience translating scientific or clinical concepts into business, investment, or commercialization implications
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs across a matrixed organization, including operating companies and external partners
- Ability to travel up to approximately 20-30%, as needed, for key leadership, governance, and program forums
- Working within or alongside Danaher Business System (DBS) tools and methodologies
- Leading large-scale transformation or change initiatives in diagnostics or healthcare, particularly in innovation or upstream R&D environments
- Supporting both disease portfolios and enablement functions (e.g., data, value & access)
Benefits
- Bonus/incentive pay
- Paid time off
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k) to eligible employees
- Flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles
- Remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home
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