Strategic Innovation Leader

Bring more to life.

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

At Cytiva, 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.

Working at Cytiva 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. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Strategic Operations Leader is responsible for Secure enablement of business unit's strategy by enabling informed, prioritized decisions about consequences and execution. Lead Strategic Operations Reviews, define operational requirements for strategic initiatives, and manage the prioritized project list to ensure alignment with value and priorities. Identify and assess conflicts or impacts across multiple projects, providing leadership with essential insights for decision-making. Oversee organizational information and ensure execution follows agreed decisions. Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the business unit's operations strategy.].

This position reports to the and is part of the located in and will be an on-site role

What you will do:

• Secure initial assessments of operational requirements for Strategic Initiatives
• Own the Master Priority List for operational runways, including gatekeeping and clear prioritization
• Collaborate closely with the Strategic Innovation Leader and Product Planning and Executional leaders to secure harmonized runway priority and execution
• Support the continuous evolution and continuous improvement of the BU strategy. When required lead workstreams or part assessments.
• Identify improvements and gaps in organizational executional processes and secure that these are executed on to their respective priority
• Collaborate closely with a wide network inside and adjacent to business unit, including but not limited to Runway leaders, Portfolio leaders, Business Unit leadership team, Finance team, Global Operations organization, Sourcing and Program management.

Who you are

• You hold an MSc in Engineering or possess equivalent qualifications.
• You bring at least 5 years of leadership experience within manufacturing environments.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in process leadership and process governance roles.
• You have led, or been a core team member of, at least two cross-functional projects over at least 2 years.
• You have at least 2 years' experience with capital expenditure (capex) investments in an operational setting, ideally within the chemical process or Life Science industries.
• You demonstrate strong business acumen with a solid understanding of financial principles and reporting.
• You have experience working with, and preferably leading, key LEAN or DBS (Danaher Business System) tools and methodologies.
• Proficiency in English with excellent communication skills.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Maximum 25% of travel in certain periods. Travel is likely to be international, also outside Europe.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Bioprocess industry
• Regulatory insight to GMP, ISO, REACh and SEVESO
• People leader experience
• Strategy work (planning, analysis, project leading, business development)
• Proficient in Swedish

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.

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