Director, Integrated Solutions Asia Program Management

Danaher Corporation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Director of Integrated Solutions Asia Program Management to lead the APAC PM organization and ensure successful execution of complex customer projects. The role emphasizes delivery excellence, governance, and customer satisfaction across the region, reporting to the Senior Director of Operations.

Based in Singapore on-site, you will recruit and develop PM talent, drive risk management, and promote Danaher values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in life sciences with GMP manufacturing, scale-up, validation, and global project execution.
• 7+ years leading complex capital, bioprocessing, manufacturing, or engineered-system projects from order to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership – set regional strategy, governance, and continuous improvement culture.
• Program & Project Execution – ensure safe, on-time, on-budget delivery across APAC.
• Stakeholder Management – partner with functions and customers to align execution and risks.
• Organizational leadership – recruit, develop, and retain PM talent, model DBS leadership behavior.
• Continuous Improvement – identify and improve PM processes, tools, and KPIs.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Program & Project Execution

Stakeholder Management

Organizational Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or related technical discipline

Job description

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 (https://danaher.com/our-businesses) 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 (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) which makes everything possible.

The Director, Integrated Solutions Asia Program Management, is responsible for leading the Asia Program/Project Management organization within Integrated Solutions. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for the successful execution of complex customer projects across the APAC region, ensuring delivery excellence, customer satisfaction, operational rigor, and business performance.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Operations, Integrated Solutions and is part of the Integrated Solutions Business Unit located in Singapore and will be an on-site role.

What you will do:

• Strategic Leadership – Lead regional strategy, standard work, and governance while building an accountable, customer-focused, continuous improvement culture.
• Program & Project Execution – Lead APAC project execution to ensure safe, on-time, on-budget delivery while managing risks, resources, governance, and customer commitments.
• Stakeholder Management – Partner across functions and with customers to align execution, manage risks, and enable successful project delivery.
• Organizational leadership – Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing project management talent while setting clear expectations, coaching teams, and promoting Danaher values and DBS leadership behavior
• Continuous Improvement – Identify and improve project management processes, tools, reporting, and governance while establishing & maintaining KPIs that drive operational excellence.

Who you are:

Required

• Bachelor’s and/or Advanced degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or related technical discipline.
• More than 10 years of life sciences industry experience including extensive experience in process engineering, GMP manufacturing, scale-up, commissioning, validation, and global project execution. 7+ years of significant experience leading complex capital, bioprocessing, manufacturing, or engineered-system projects from order execution through delivery, commissioning, qualification, and customer handover.
• Progressive leadership experience in regional operations, program management, or project execution with accountability for customer delivery, financial performance, and cross-functional alignment.
• Extensive experience in program and project management leadership roles managing regional program/project management teams across multiple APAC countries, cultures, and customer environments. Demonstrated capability to drive project governance, resource prioritization, risk management, and escalation processes across a regional portfolio
• Strong customer-facing leadership skills with the ability to manage executive-level expectations, resolve complex issues, and protect business outcomes

Preferred

• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution support for high-risk, high-visibility customer projects.
• Hands on manufacturing or operational experience within biopharmaceutical, life sciences, biotechnology, or healthcare industries.
• Familiarity with Danaher Business System, continuous improvement, standard work, daily management, problem solving, or Kaizen methods.
• Experience developing project management talent, building succession plans, and improving team capability across different maturity levels.

Travel Requirements: Ability to travel globally up to 40-50% as required (Majority of travel within Asia region)

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 (https://leplb1040.upoint.alight.com/ah-angular-afirst-web/#/web/danaher/cp/preauth-home) .

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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 .