Senior Director - Filtration Operations Device Plants

Cytiva; Ilfracombe; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus/incentive pay

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Senior Director for Device Plants to lead five device sites globally and drive DBS excellence across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost, and People. The role requires global leadership across diverse cultures, with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement and strategic manufacturing growth.

The position reports to the VP Manufacturing Operations and is an on-site role, with 60% travel domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, science or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Long-standing experience leading global, multi-site manufacturing (life sciences, pharma, med device, or highly regulated industries).
• Demonstrated success improving performance using lean/DBS, solving systemic issues, and leading transformation.
• Strong executive presence, strategic thinking, and ability to influence across a matrixed organization, excellent communication skills and proven ability to lead across diverse cultures and geographies.
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams across multiple geographies, creating unity, consistency, and shared culture across a broad global plant network.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational and strategic direction of five device sites across UK, Puerto Rico, Germany and South Korea.
• Establish a unified operating model, drive consistency, maturity, and performance discipline across all locations, and lead monthly/ quarterly business reviews.
• Own SQDIP results across the network, ensuring targets are met and drive improvements in throughput, capacity, OTD, yield, productivity, scrap and inventory turns.
• Together with the membrane leader, align production planning, inventory strategies, capacity load balancing, supply-chain continuity, dual-sourcing, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and execute long-range manufacturing strategies for device operations, including footprint optimization, automation, and technology upgrades.
• Lead organization using DBS processes across the network: daily management, VPM, PSP/DIVE, standard work, kaizen, and leader standard work, building DBS capability.
• Lead and develop a strong device leadership team and succession planning for a high-performance, inclusive culture.

Skills

Global multi-site

Lean DBS

Executive presence

Cross-cultural leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/operations/science

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?

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 for Device Plants leads Cytiva’s worldwide Device manufacturing network across five strategic production sites, delivering exceptional performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost, and People (SQDIP). This senior leader sets the operational vision, drives global execution excellence, and ensures the network’s capability to meet Cytiva’s fast-growing demand for filtration devices. A key aspect of this role is strategic, ongoing collaboration with the Senior Director for Membrane Plants, ensuring robust upstream membrane supply, aligned capacity strategies, synchronized execution, and seamless end-to-end product flow across Cytiva’s filtration value chain.

This position reports to the Vice President - Manufacturing Operations RFM-Filtration and is part of the manufacturing operations team and will be an on-site role. This role sits at the heart of Cytiva’s growth strategy and requires an experienced, global manufacturing executive capable of raising operational maturity across diverse sites, cultures, and product lines.

What You Will Do

• Lead the operational and strategic direction of five device manufacturing sites across Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Germany, and South Korea.
• Establish a unified operating model, driving consistency, maturity, and performance discipline across all locations and lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with plant leaders, presenting network-wide insights to the VP and senior leadership.
• Own SQDIP results across the network, ensuring plants consistently meet or exceed targets and drive improvements in throughput, capacity, OTD, yield, productivity, scrap, and inventory turns using DBS tools.
• Together with the membrane leader, ensure seamless end-to-end filtration operations by aligning production planning, inventory strategies, capacity load balancing, supply-chain continuity, dual-sourcing strategies, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and execute long-range manufacturing strategies for device operations, including footprint optimization, automation, technology upgrades, and investment sequencing.
• Lead organization using DBS processes across the network: daily management, VPM, PSP/DIVE, standard work, kaizen, and leader standard work as well as building strong DBS capability in site leadership teams, driving standardization, operational rigor and continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop a strong, capable device leadership team as well as leading workforce development, performance, talent and succession planning leading to a high performance and inclusive culture.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Long-standing experience leading global, multi-site manufacturing (life sciences, pharma, med device, or highly regulated industries preferred).
• Demonstrated success improving performance using lean/DBS, solving systemic issues, and leading transformation.
• Strong executive presence, strategic thinking, and ability to influence across a matrixed organization, excellent communication skills and proven ability to lead across diverse cultures and geographies.
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams across multiple geographies, creating unity, consistency, and shared culture across a broad global plant network.
• Highly collaborative cross-value-stream mindset, especially in navigating upstream/downstream dependencies and resolving issues rapidly with peers.
• Strong execution discipline, capable of driving standardisation and performance rigor in high-volume manufacturing environments.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel - 60% domestically and internationally per business needs

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

• Experience integrating acquisitions, standing up new manufacturing sites, or leading large-scale network optimization initiatives.
• Demonstrated capability partnering closely with R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial leaders.
• Track record of developing high-performing leadership teams and succession pipelines.

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 140,000 - 155,000 GBP.

This role 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.