Director, Mass Spectrometry Product Management
Danaher Corporation
Summary
The Director, Mass Spectrometry Product Management will lead SCIEX's Mass Spectrometry product management team and own the product roadmap for mass spectrometry platforms, LC and front-end technologies, and connected workflow solutions. This leader will translate customer needs, market trends, technical feasibility, product quality inputs, and commercial priorities into clear product requirements, lifecycle decisions, launch plans, and portfolio choices that support growth, margin expansion, customer value, and competitive differentiation.
Job description
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- 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 disciplined portfolio and lifecycle decisions across customer value, differentiation, feasibility, quality, serviceability, pricing, product mix, margin, supply chain, upgrades, phase-outs, and EOL planning.
- Evaluate build, partner, or buy options and collaborate directly with R&D on product development and new product introduction, supported by clear 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.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, technical, engineering, or business field; advanced degree, MBA, or equivalent experience preferred.
- 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, drive alignment from strategy through execution, and travel for customer, partner, R&D, commercial, validation, launch, and global stakeholder engagement.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 25%, including domestic and international travel and occasional overnight stays, for customer visits, partner meetings, R&D collaboration, and business events.
- Must have a valid driver's licence and an 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, technical, engineering, or business field
- 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, drive alignment from strategy through execution, and travel for customer, partner, R&D, commercial, validation, launch, and global stakeholder engagement
- Ability to travel up to 25%, including domestic and international travel and occasional overnight stays
- Must have a valid driver's licence and an acceptable driving record where business travel requires driving
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k)
- Bonus/Incentive Pay
Company overview
Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializing in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. Founded in 1984 by brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales, the company has evolved from its origins as a manufacturing conglomerate into a premier healthcare technology organization with approximately 63,000 employees worldwide. Danaher operates through three core divisions: biotechnology (28% of revenues), which develops products for therapeutic development; life sciences (31% of revenues), focused on disease identification, new therapies, and drug testing/manufacturing; and diagnostics (41% of revenues), providing instruments, consumables, and software for disease diagnosis. The company's portfolio includes renowned brands such as Beckman Coulter, Cytiva, Pall Corporation, Cepheid, Leica Microsystems, and Abcam, serving pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, healthcare providers, and research institutions globally. Danaher is distinguished by its Danaher Business System (DBS), a continuous improvement methodology that drives innovation and operational excellence. With 2024 revenues of $23.9 billion, the company ranks 180th on the Fortune 500 and plays a critical role in advancing scientific research, improving diagnostic capabilities, and accelerating the development of life-saving therapies.