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Danaher Corporation

VP Head of Operations Center of Innovation

Danaher Corporation, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079


Danaher Corporation VP Head of Operations Center of Innovation in Los Angeles, California

The family of Diagnostics companies at Danaher work with conviction that every moment matters and realize that behind every test is a patient, waiting for an answer that could change their life. Our 23,000 team members, across 6 operating companies globally, proudly push the boundaries of what’s possible in safeguarding patient health and improving diagnostic confidence. We develop tools and technologies that set the standard for innovation and impact wherever health care happens—from a family physician’s office to leading trauma hospitals and laboratories. Our teams collaborate in an inclusive environment as we connect our people, processes, and expertise, focused on the world’s biggest health challenges such as cardiac disease, infectious disease, and cancer. At the Diagnostics platform at Danaher, you’ll thrive and quickly see the impact of your contribution.Join us in working at the pace of change to improve patient lives!The VP, Head of Operations, Center of Innovation, Danaher Diagnostics, will lead the newly announced Danaher Diagnostics’ Center of Innovation (COI) organization. This seasoned leader will establish, advance, and accelerate translational medicine programs through the COI that have the potential to advance to biomarker assays capable of scaling on Danaher Diagnostics Operating Company (OpCo) medical device install bases worldwide. This role will initially focus on standing up a COI in western United States but may expand to opening additional COIs for Danaher Diagnostics in various regions worldwide, inclusive of China.This position is part of the Danaher Diagnostics Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Office and will be located onsite in California at a Danaher or Danaher Diagnostics OpCo office near the US COI or biopharma hubs (site options to include: Vista/San Diego, San Francisco, or Los Angeles/Orange County).Specific duties include but are not limited to:Partnering closely with biopharma, academic (Beacon), government, and Open Innovation (OI) search and evaluation platform and OpCo leads as well as internal OpCO R&D and business leads, to broker single OpCo and drive cross-OpCo COI portfolio and funnel intake opportunities.Building stage-appropriate business cases for candidate COI use cases using common DBS frameworks and financial modeling equations.Leading project evaluation, costing and resourcing in collaboration with the technical and product management leads across COI.Owning COI P&L and managing COI KPIs to deliver on the work for each approved use case.Partnering with communications to lead internal and external communications related to the COI.Defining and implementing operational plans at the COI.Holding COI lab partner accountable for high quality work and successful operationalization of sample tracking, data management, and compliance monitoring.The essential requirements of the job include: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%).It would be a plus if you also possess / have previous experience in:Experience with biopharma drug development and Companion Diagnostics (CDx).Familiarity with Danaher Diagnostics Operating Companies.The salary range for this role is $300,000 - $350,000 annually. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

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