Executive Director of Operations and Innovation

2 weeks ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Danaher Corporation Full time
About the Role

The Danaher Corporation is seeking an experienced leader to fill the position of VP, Head of Operations, Center of Innovation. This role will be responsible for establishing, advancing, and accelerating translational medicine programs through the Center of Innovation (COI) that have the potential to advance to biomarker assays capable of scaling on Danaher Diagnostics Operating Company (OpCo) medical device install bases worldwide.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with biopharma, academic, government, and Open Innovation (OI) search and evaluation platform and OpCo leads to broker single OpCo and drive cross-OpCo COI portfolio and funnel intake opportunities.
  • Build stage-appropriate business cases for candidate COI use cases using common DBS frameworks and financial modeling equations.
  • Lead project evaluation, costing, and resourcing in collaboration with the technical and product management leads across COI.
  • Own COI P&L and manage COI KPIs to deliver on the work for each approved use case.
  • Partner with communications to lead internal and external communications related to the COI.
  • Define and implement operational plans at the COI.
  • Hold COI lab partner accountable for high-quality work and successful operationalization of sample tracking, data management, and compliance monitoring.
Requirements
  • PhD in a biological science and MBA.
  • 12+ years' Business Development and GM experience in BioPharma services.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex partnerships and P&L leadership.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Experience managing people and teams, including budget responsibility.
  • Domestic and international travel is required (approx 30%).
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with biopharma drug development and Companion Diagnostics (CDx).
  • Familiarity with Danaher Diagnostics Operating Companies.
What We Offer
  • A comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  • A competitive salary range of $300,000 - $350,000 annually.
  • Bonus/incentive pay eligibility.


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