Senior R&D Director (Flow Cytometry)
Company: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Location: Michigan City
Posted on: May 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences mission is to empower those
seeking answers to life s most important scientific and healthcare
questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a
trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform
science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As
part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130
countries, you ll help drive our vision of accelerating answers and
our commitment to excellence.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is one of 10 Life Sciences companies
of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and
delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.
Position Summary:
Are you an accomplished R&D leader who would love to lead our
international development organization for Flow Cytometry serving
clinical and biopharma customers? Do you have a background in
system development comprising reagents, software and hardware and
bring a consistent track record of launching successful products?
Here s a great opportunity to join our team at a pivotal point in
our R&D evolution as we focus on our mission to empower those
seeking answers to life s most important scientific and healthcare
questions.
We are seeking an R&D Senior Director to take responsibility
for our flow cytometry products, which are developed globally at
five development centers in North America, Europe, India, and
China. Our Cytobank product is developed by a virtual team.
The team based on site leads, and owns product lines from
cradle-to-grave. They are the primary R&D partners to product
management, manufacturing, service, and quality and regulatory. The
team also includes a strategy implementation group comprising
individual technical leaders who curate our product and technology
roadmaps and drive functional excellence into the delivery teams
managed by the site leaders.
Performance is measured primarily on delivery and roadmap value.
Delivery is measured by meeting schedules committed at project
milestones for NPI programs but more broadly by meeting the
business cases committed at those milestones, which include
delivery schedule, program cost, product quality, revenue, and
gross margin. Roadmap value is measured in projected incremental
revenue. The director is responsible for balancing capability and
ambition in roadmaps and searching for technology and other
innovations to add value to the roadmaps.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Develop and improve processes. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (BEC
LS) develops medical devices, and our development process is
compliant with US FDA 820.30 (design controls) as well as ISO
13485. The same quality system is used for non-medical devices as
well. Some of the initiatives we have ongoing include:
We re looking for a director that integrates:
The Director should have experience with the complete product
lifecycle, from identification of the customer s problems; to
product concept; to delivery; to post-launch support and
maintenance; to end-of-life. The Director should have experience
with consequences, both good and bad, both to internal stakeholders
and customers, of tradeoff decisions made in development
programs.
The Director should have experience with research and advanced
technology development programs. This may include a combination of
organic projects and open innovation (OI). Experience managing
external collaborations is a plus.
Selected candidate will meet the following requirements:
Due to the critical nature of this role in support of the global
organizational platform and required ongoing collaboration with key
stakeholders and customersthe Director is eligible for a hybrid
work arrangement in which you can work part-time from your home
office located within a reasonable commuting distance to one of the
following Beckman Coulter locations:
We believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We
recognize the benefits of flexible, hybrid working arrangements for
eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no
matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a hybrid
work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company
location identified above and part-time remotely from your home.
Additional information about this hybrid work arrangement will be
provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and
challenge that working here can provide.
When you join us, you ll also be joining Danaher s global
organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to
help our customers win. As an associate, you ll try new things,
work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated
leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System
tools and the stability of a tested organization.
Given the essential job duties of this position, the employee is
required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of
employment, subject to reasonable accommodation and applicable
law.
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. We value diversity and the existence of
similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our
workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our
associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and
different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
The EEO posters are available here .
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided
reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or
interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive
other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at
to request accommodation.
If you ve ever wondered what s within you, there s no better time
to find out.
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