Director, Digital Portfolio Management

Be part of something altogether life-changing
Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us - working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity - so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term. Your health and wellbeing are important to us and together we will not compromise on safety in the workplace or the environment.

Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

What you’ll do

As Director, Digital Portfolio Management, you will be responsible for creating and continuously evolving Cytiva’s portfolio of advanced digital products and services. The portfolio will harness Cytiva’s internal technology platforms, proprietary data, and external partner technologies to deliver unique and differentiated value to our customers. Most critically, you will be responsible for capturing and curating Voice of Customer and mapping it to Cytiva solutions — continuously evolving the product portfolio and products themselves to meet customer needs. You will scout and identify critical technologies, build deep internal partnerships across Cytiva business units, develop external partnerships, construct business cases, advocate for project resources, build Go To Market strategies for products, and facilitate efficient and effective product lifecycle processes, and work closely with functional leadership to manage development and operating costs. You will work with Cytiva Business Development to identify and deliver inorganic growth opportunities. You directly will recruit and lead a team of product portfolio and product managers, and integrate the work contributions of closely-aligned digital and physical R&D and commercial functions.
Serve as a key stakeholder on the digital strategy governance board, taking a leading role in defining and evolving the strategy to deliver maximum value to customers and Cytiva
Accountable for the commercial and financial success of digital products
Translate the digital strategy into a portfolio of industry-leading products, and dynamically adjust the portfolio to push the edge of innovation, while identifying and mitigating necessary risks
Recruit and develop an extraordinary team of senior product portfolio leaders and product managers who will implement and execute the digital product strategy under your leadership
Ensure the continuous improvement of Cytiva digital products, including steering the identification and development of NPI opportunities.
Define and review product business cases, go to market strategies, and guide their development from idea to launch to ongoing customer success.
Represent Cytiva as a thought-leader and speaker in events and industry associations
Collaborate closely with supporting Cytiva business functions (software, hardware, consumables, data, marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, supply chain) and Cytiva business units to deliver complete solutions.
Develop and Share lean product development lifecycle best practices across the global footprint
Travel as needed (majority international) to support various programs and integration initiatives; ~ 30-75%

Who you are
Advanced degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 20 years relevant leadership experience in product development, entrepreneurship, and/or commercialization in the biopharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
Experience with due diligence, Mergers & Acquisition and integration of assets into organizations
Demonstrated strategic planning skills and experience
Exceptional communicator and public speaker. Able to convey the vision, path and impact of team activities to internal and external audiences at all career levels.
Demonstrated success in building and leading collaborative global and cross-functional teams and relationships
Demonstrated facilitation and negotiation skills in driving closure on product/program-related decisions/issues
Exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills - communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions, anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve, creates actionable strategies and operational plans
Proficient lean product development methodologies

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