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Danaher

Makes tools for drug research and medical testing

Director, Mass Spectrometry Product Management

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a scientific, technical, engineering, or business field is required; an advanced degree, MBA, or equivalent experience is preferred.
  • At least 10 years of product management, product development, or related experience, including people leadership in a matrixed environment.
  • Strong understanding of mass spectrometry and chromatography technologies, workflows, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and lifecycle requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply customer-focused thinking and translate complex market, technical, quality, service, and commercial inputs into product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, lifecycle decisions, launches, and executive recommendations.
  • Proven cross-functional leadership with R&D, Marketing, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Service, Finance, Legal/IP, Supply Chain, regional teams, and external partners.
  • Strong business acumen and experience owning portfolio or product-line financial accountability, including pricing, volume, product mix, margin, regional strategies, resource trade-offs, revenue growth, and profitability.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, influence without authority, and drive alignment from strategy through execution.
  • Ability to travel up to 25%, including domestic and international travel and occasional overnight stays, for customer, partner, R&D, commercial, validation, launch, and global stakeholder engagement.
  • A valid driver's license and acceptable driving record where business travel requires driving.
  • Ability to work in office, laboratory, customer, and manufacturing environments; use standard computer equipment for extended periods; and comply with applicable site safety and personal protective equipment requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Set a clear product vision and roadmap based on customer needs, market opportunities, competitive insight, and SCIEX's technology strategy.
  • Lead and develop the product management team with clear priorities, decision rights, operating rhythm, accountability, and disciplined problem solving.
  • Translate customer feedback, market insight, workflow needs, and technical inputs into product requirements, value propositions, business cases, and launch plans.
  • Use Danaher Business System tools to drive roadmap reviews, product development milestones, launch execution, risk management, visual management, and continuous improvement.
  • Make portfolio and lifecycle decisions across customer value, differentiation, feasibility, quality, serviceability, pricing, product mix, margin, supply chain, upgrades, phase-outs, and end-of-life planning.
  • Evaluate build, partner, or buy options and collaborate directly with R&D on product development and new product introduction, supported by customer, financial, operational, and strategic rationale.
  • Partner across Marketing, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Service, Finance, Legal/IP, Supply Chain, regional teams, and external partners to remove barriers and drive revenue growth, profitability, and execution.

About the Company

Danaher

Makes tools for drug research and medical testing

Danaher makes instruments, tests and laboratory supplies for drug developers, researchers and clinicians, spanning the path from biological research to clinical patient diagnosis. Its businesses include Cytiva for drug manufacturing, SCIEX for chemical analysis and Beckman Coulter for laboratory testing, linking specialized tools across healthcare workflows. Customers use its equipment to study cells, produce biological medicines and analyze patient samples; the group earns money by selling instruments, reagents, software and support services through its operating companies. Danaher was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Washington, DC
Founded
1984

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