Senior Director, Danaher Business System Leader - QARA

Cytiva; Little Chalfont; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus/incentive pay

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Job summary

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Senior Director, Danaher Business System Leader – QARA, to embed DBS into QARA and drive regulatory compliance and performance globally. The role reports to the Group VP QARA-Biotech and is an onsite position in Amersham, UK or Marlborough, MA.

You will lead DBS deployment within QMS, champion digital solutions, and collaborate with Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Operations to sustain improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related technical field.
• 7+ years applying DBS, Lean, or continuous improvement in quality/regulatory environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement in global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the QARA DBS roadmap and KPI management.
• Drive regular reviews, risk assessments, and continuous improvement planning.
• Build DBS capability across QARA via coaching, kaizen, and standard work.

Skills

DBS

Lean

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field

Job description

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

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

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 Senior Director, Danaher Business System Leader – QARA is a global role responsible for embedding DBS into how the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs (QARA) organization plans, operates, and continuously improves across Cytiva. Overall, role as a global DBS change leader for QARA, focused on embedding continuous improvement into quality and regulatory processes while strengthening compliance, performance, capability, and digital enablement.
Further this role will deploy and embed DBS across global QARA, ensuring DBS methods are integrated into the QMS and used to improve quality, regulatory, and operational performance. You will be responsible to lead the integration of DBS within the QMS by ensuring DBS methodologies are appropriately embedded in quality processes and that DBS-driven activities (e.g., Kaizens, PSPs, problem-solving initiatives) trigger the required quality records, risk assessments, and closed-loop actions whenever product, process, or compliance impacts are identified. Partner closely with global QARA leadership, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Supplier Quality, Operations, and DBS resources to drive regulatory-compliant execution, risk reduction, and sustained performance improvement through disciplined application of DBS. While you will contribute across the areas below, success is driven first by establishing a strong DBS operating system within QARA, then delivering measurable compliance and performance improvements, and finally scaling capability and digital enablement. This is a full-time, global role reporting into the Group VP QARA -Biotechnology and will be an onsite role in Amersham, UK or Marlborough, MA.

What Will You Do

• Lead the development and execution of the QARA DBS roadmap, including Policy Deployment, KPI management, Daily Management, visual management, and structured problem solving.
• Drive an effective operating cadence through leadership reviews, risk assessments, opportunity evaluations, and continuous improvement planning.
• Build DBS capability across the QARA organization through coaching, training, kaizen facilitation, standard work implementation, and disciplined follow-up.
• Advance quality, compliance, and operational excellence by applying DBS tools to address deviations, CAPAs, audit findings, inspections, regulatory commitments, and customer complaints.
• Manage the global QARA kaizen and problem-solving funnel, ensuring initiatives are strategically prioritized, rigorously executed, and sustainably embedded.
• Represent QARA within the DBS Community of Practice, sharing best practices and leveraging enterprise-wide learnings to strengthen organizational performance.
• Champion digital, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that enhance DBS execution, improve KPI visibility, streamline workflows, and accelerate problem solving.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience applying DBS, Lean, or continuous improvement methodologies within Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead improvement through influence, partnering across functions, cultures, and leadership levels in a global organization.
• Strong understanding of quality and regulatory processes and the ability to drive improvement while maintaining regulatory and compliance rigor.
• Proven experience driving sustained results through structured problem solving, kaizen leadership, and performance management.

It Would Be a Plus If You Also Possess

• DBS, Lean, or Continuous Improvement certification.
• Experience supporting global organizations and driving process harmonization across regions or sites.
• Experience applying digital or AI‑enabled solutions in regulated or compliance‑driven environments.
• Experience partnering with enterprise organizations (e.g., DBSO) and external experts.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers 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. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info

The annual salary range for this role is 150,000 - 160,000 GBP. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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.