Job Description

Wondering what\xe2\x80\x99s within Danaher? Take a closer look.

At first glance, you\xe2\x80\x99ll see Danaher\xe2\x80\x99s scale. Our 80,000 associates work across the globe at more than 20 unique operating companies within four platforms\xe2\x80\x94life sciences, diagnostics, water quality, and product identification. Look again and you\xe2\x80\x99ll see the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and take risks with the support you need to be successful. You\xe2\x80\x99ll find associates who are as certain about their impact as they are about where they\xe2\x80\x99re headed next. You\xe2\x80\x99ll find the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also see a company that investors trust\xe2\x80\x94our culture of continuous improvement has helped us outperform the S&P 500 by more than 5,000% over the past 25 years.

And no matter where you look at Danaher, at the heart of what we do, you\xe2\x80\x99ll witness our shared purpose\xe2\x80\x94helping realize life\xe2\x80\x99s potential\xe2\x80\x94in action. Whether we\xe2\x80\x99re enabling our customers to provide clean water, supporting a life-saving vaccine development, advancing a new instrument for cancer diagnosis, or ensuring product safety, our work helps improve millions of lives.

We hope you\xe2\x80\x99ll see yourself here, too. What you find at Danaher\xe2\x80\x94and within yourself\xe2\x80\x94 might just change the world.

The APAC S&T Director / Sr Director will take the leadership of building an innovation pipeline for S&T projects across Asia and lead the creation of an innovation portfolio via partnerships with academic institutions and other innovation hubs, with the goal of creating novels and advanced products for Danaher\xe2\x80\x99s growth franchises.

You will work collaboratively with multiple Business Strategy and R&D leaders across Danaher\xe2\x80\x99s Platforms and Operating Companies (OpCo\xe2\x80\x99s) to launch Danaher Ventures (equity investment), Pioneer (venture creation), Beacon (sponsored academic research) and/or Nexus (intrapreneurship) projects, and to ensure that IP created through these strategic partnerships is properly advanced to new products.

You will be part of our Corporate Science & Technology team, reporting to the Vice President, S&T Innovation & Head Equity Ventures, Asia, responsible for the APAC region, especially Singapore, India, and Japan. This role will be located in Singapore \xe2\x80\x93 Remote.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Take leadership in building an innovation pipeline across Asia in Genomic Medicine, Next-Generation Bioprocessing, Human Systems R&D, and Diagnosis. Managing the identification, evaluation, and cultivation of potential partners, which includes developing an engagement and partnership strategy with innovation hubs, including academic centers, consortiums, and incubators.

In collaboration with internal stakeholders like R&D leaders in OpCo\xe2\x80\x99s and Platform CTOs, act as a liaison, to ensure the business invests in technologies and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain/gain S&T leadership in areas of strategic importance, by developing a framework and standard work procedures to successfully identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement and innovation in our S&T and innovation portfolio.

Lead and coordinate strategic partnerships with key academic centers across Asia to improve S&T innovation pipeline success for Danaher; Cultivate a network of external academic KOLs/institutions/science parks to access strategic technology/innovative concepts.

Lead and coordinate the development of research plans in collaboration with our academic collaborators and define clear milestone-based execution and funding strategies that could lead to the creation of novel IP.

Work collaboratively with internal and external Legal counsels to develop IP strategies.

Develop Key Performance Indicators and novel metric models to evaluate the success of innovation strategies and return on investment.

Apply the Danaher Business System to develop and improve standard workaround intra- and entrepreneurship.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Post-advanced degree in Innovation Strategies/New Concept Creation and Prototyping/Investment/New Venture creation in academia and industry settings, with a minimum 8 years of relevant experience in venture capital, M&A, and strategy development.

Deep understanding and proven experience in leveraging and sourcing technologies in Genomic Medicine, Next-Generation Bioprocessing, Human Systems R&D, Diagnosis, and Digital/AI/ML across Asia.

Program Management and Alliance Management processes for internal and external R&D activities driving technological due diligence, valuation, and licensing deals, especially in leading, managing, and driving innovation initiatives for multiple technologies at various stages of development.

Outstanding conversational, presentation, and written communication skills. Ability to synthesize multiple data points to create a strategic point of view that can be communicated in a simple message; Ability to negotiate and execute in/out-licenses and service agreements.

Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and mobilize people across the organization while learning quickly and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Has established networks across scientific/biotech/pharma/academic communities and knows the leading innovation ecosystems.

Possess a process-orientated mindset with a deep enthusiasm for technology innovation. Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter and creative problem-solver.

When you join us, you\xe2\x80\x99ll also be joining Danaher\xe2\x80\x99s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you\xe2\x80\x99ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, 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.

If you\xe2\x80\x99ve ever wondered what\xe2\x80\x99s within you, there\xe2\x80\x99s no better time to find out.

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