Senior Director - Medical Affairs Strategy and Innovation

October 11

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Danaher Corporation

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Life Sciences • Diagnostics • Biotechnology

10,000+

Description

• Define and implement medical strategy for current and novel Beckman Coulter products that is aligned to business strategy. • Support critical innovation initiatives by gathering and providing medical input to support new product development, launch and post-launch success, such as conducting clinical and scientific advisory boards, building scientific and clinical leader strategic collaborations, and establishing research and other partnerships. • Provide medical expertise to support defining strategic needs for innovation and new product or services development in collaboration with the R&D and business unit teams. • Provide medical expertise within strategic disease areas as a key member of cross-functional teams during product development launch and post-launch to ensure medical readiness for new product introduction and adoption. • Provide assessments of current clinical practice, scientific publications and new technology, identify unmet needs within patient care pathways to support identifying and prioritizing new product opportunities. • Establish close, collaborative relationship with other Beckman Coulter functions with a focus on areas of synergy to improve innovation process, product development launch and post-launch success. • Communicate with Strategy and Business Development to share information on future trends in clinical medicine, medical diagnostics and new technology. • Leading the team of MSA associates by ensuring team’s capability and establishing processes to provide excellence of medical capabilities for all innovation and R&D activities, and internal training.

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience leading medical affairs strategy and product launches for innovative in vitro diagnostic, lab-developed or companion diagnostics products or medical devices. • Medical degree or PhD with 14+ years of combined work experience in Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology, Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Infectious disease, Neurology, or other medical specialty. • Demonstrated leadership and team building skills including the ability to scale, hire, motivate, develop, and retain top talent and to drive business outcomes through Medical and Scientific Affairs activities. • Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional partnerships with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Business Development, and other internal stakeholders. • Experience working with and supporting scientific and clinical leader relationships in both industry and academic settings. • Ability to define objectives, processes through continuous improvement, priorities, and milestones, and manage competing priorities to meet and exceed goals in a fast-paced environment. • Credible, approachable, and engaging communication style skilled at influencing outcomes by shaping dialogue across and outside the organization. • Demonstrated ability to effectively synthesize technical information and communicate appropriately to diverse audiences. • Willingness to travel frequently as needed (up to 40%) required.

Benefits

• Paid time off • Medical/dental/vision insurance • 401(k)