Director, Global Biopharma Strategic Partnerships

Job Description – Director, Global Biopharma Strategic Partnerships

Bring more to life. 

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?  

Within Danaher the work our life sciences businesses do saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.   

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. 

We have over 21,000 associates across more than 10 life sciences businesses. These businesses empower our customers to develop diverse and impactful innovations — from investigating the causes of disease, creating therapies and vaccines, protecting fluid filtration on airplanes, testing food and water, to advancing pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Director of Global Strategic Partnerships will drive high-level collaborations and partnerships with BioPharma customers Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Roche (incl. Genentech), through a strong knowledge of the customer, and the Danaher Life Sciences product portfolio. This position will manage cross-platform commercial penetration for Danaher LS at said accounts globally through revenue growth and incremental opportunity generation.  This Director will elevate Danaher LS's position in the account by influencing C-suite and other essential decision makers and will have responsibility of owning the account strategy.

You will be a part of the Danaher LS Commercial team and report to the BioPharma Leader. This is a solutions-oriented role, requiring collaborative and innovative leadership to drive growth for the business. This is a remote role with a preference for the Associate to be located in Switzerland.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Customer Engagement: Build and develop strong customer partnerships through articulating Danaher LS's value proposition.  Orchestrate C-Suite, Senior Leadership meetings, on-site strategy visits and technical seminars promoting Danaher’s mission, workflows and innovations. 
• Sales Performance: Build and own account strategy from the ground up. Work in collaboration with Commercial Marketing, BU, Sales and Distribution partners.   Ability to develop and implement strategic and tactical plans to achieve defined goals.
• Leadership: Articulate Danaher LS’s value proposition to OpCo senior leaders seeking partners in the Biologics space
• Funnel Management: Understand, build and manage funnel on a routine basis.  Adopt as standard work and use this tool to communicate to leadership during report outs and operating companies to discuss current and future state.  Manage leads in a timely and efficient fashion.
• Growth: Provide complete and appropriate solutions for every customer to boost top-line revenue growth.  Develop a strong understanding of the Danaher LS portfolio, the workflows where Danaher LS has robust solutions, and synergies between Danaher LS and the customer.  Learn and understand local consortium purchasing to support your strategy. 

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in a science related field
• 5 years selling into large BioPharma
• 7+ years of commercial experience at a Life Sciences company, or closely related industry
• 2 years success selling to VP and C-Suite Account Leaders

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 30-50%
• Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record

Within Danaher Life Sciences, we offer a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

Within Danaher Life Sciences we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working within Danaher Life Sciences can provide.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll 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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll 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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.