Senior Director of DBS Growth, Global Marketing and Product Management Organization
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cepheid, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work 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.
At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you'll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world's most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
The Senior Director of DBS Growth, Global Marketing and Product Management Organization is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Danaher Business System (DBS) enabling our sites to meet their Policy Deployment (PD) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets as well as driving process excellence of marketing and product management teams, for achievement of business goals through development and implementation of relevant commercial tools, cross-functional initiatives, effective use of business analytics and agile performance monitoring.
This role will also support the improvement of the DBS organizational structure and the development of the DBS capabilities of the functional and regional leaders across Global Marketing and Product Management.This role will also partner with Medical Scientific Affairs, Value and Access, and the sales organization as part of Cepheid's "four-legged stool." This includes serving as a change facilitator, developing and collaborating with other DBSLs to influence and strengthen DBS in all sites.
This position reports to the VP - Global DBS and primarily partners with SVP Marketing and Product Management. We have a strong preference for the candidate to be based in Sunnyvale, CA; however, this is a USA-Remote role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead, develop and be accountable for the best-in-class implementation of DBS in Cepheid Marketing and Product Management; Partner across functions including, but not limited to, Medical Scientific Affairs, Value and Access and Sales to co create best-in-class cross functional go-to-market processes and standard work
- Develop the DBS Strategy and improve the Policy Deployment work; assist site / company leadership in the development of a DBS Roadmap (i.e., how to use the DBS tools to drive continuous improvement in results)
- Drive targeted, sustainable improvement in QDCI (Quality, Delivery, Cost and Innovation) objectives that are tied to Policy Deployment (PD) and Daily Management (DM) by using DBS tools, consulting skills, and the change management process
- Spearhead yearly strategic planning exercises by collaborating with L3, L2, and L1 leaders to develop strategic goals for the organization that contribute to profitable growth
- Contribute to strategic decisions and play a critical role in translating strategic plans into operational plans
- Contribute to growth initiatives, pilot programs, and regional rollouts; based on results, makes, recommends, and implements adjustments and modifications. i.e. Growth rooms, Launch Excellence, and Growth Marketing
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in field with 20+ years of experience OR Master's degree with 18+ years of experience
- 6+ years managing people
- Prior commercial experience leading sizeable commercial organization and direct application of lean/continuous improvement experience in functional areas supporting commercial organizations
- Mastery of DBS or TPS Fundamentals preferred; proficiency using lean tools and applying lean principles is required
- Ability to influence and persuade by influence, even without formal authority, yet able to challenge respectfully and constructively colleagues at different level
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Up to 50% travel required
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Healthcare industry
- Processes and selling/purchasing within the public and private clinical environment
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.
Senior Director of DBS Growth, Global Marketing and Product Management Organization
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cepheid, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work 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.
At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you'll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world's most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
The Senior Director of DBS Growth, Global Marketing and Product Management Organization is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Danaher Business System (DBS) enabling our sites to meet their Policy Deployment (PD) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets as well as driving process excellence of marketing and product management teams, for achievement of business goals through development and implementation of relevant commercial tools, cross-functional initiatives, effective use of business analytics and agile performance monitoring.
This role will also support the improvement of the DBS organizational structure and the development of the DBS capabilities of the functional and regional leaders across Global Marketing and Product Management.This role will also partner with Medical Scientific Affairs, Value and Access, and the sales organization as part of Cepheid's "four-legged stool." This includes serving as a change facilitator, developing and collaborating with other DBSLs to influence and strengthen DBS in all sites.
This position reports to the VP - Global DBS and primarily partners with SVP Marketing and Product Management. We have a strong preference for the candidate to be based in Sunnyvale, CA; however, this is a USA-Remote role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead, develop and be accountable for the best-in-class implementation of DBS in Cepheid Marketing and Product Management; Partner across functions including, but not limited to, Medical Scientific Affairs, Value and Access and Sales to co create best-in-class cross functional go-to-market processes and standard work
- Develop the DBS Strategy and improve the Policy Deployment work; assist site / company leadership in the development of a DBS Roadmap (i.e., how to use the DBS tools to drive continuous improvement in results)
- Drive targeted, sustainable improvement in QDCI (Quality, Delivery, Cost and Innovation) objectives that are tied to Policy Deployment (PD) and Daily Management (DM) by using DBS tools, consulting skills, and the change management process
- Spearhead yearly strategic planning exercises by collaborating with L3, L2, and L1 leaders to develop strategic goals for the organization that contribute to profitable growth
- Contribute to strategic decisions and play a critical role in translating strategic plans into operational plans
- Contribute to growth initiatives, pilot programs, and regional rollouts; based on results, makes, recommends, and implements adjustments and modifications. i.e. Growth rooms, Launch Excellence, and Growth Marketing
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in field with 20+ years of experience OR Master's degree with 18+ years of experience
- 6+ years managing people
- Prior commercial experience leading sizeable commercial organization and direct application of lean/continuous improvement experience in functional areas supporting commercial organizations
- Mastery of DBS or TPS Fundamentals preferred; proficiency using lean tools and applying lean principles is required
- Ability to influence and persuade by influence, even without formal authority, yet able to challenge respectfully and constructively colleagues at different level
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Up to 50% travel required
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Healthcare industry
- Processes and selling/purchasing within the public and private clinical environment
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.
