Director, Strategic Growth & Commercial

Danaher Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Director to accelerate growth by integrating Fast Trak and GoSilico into the Clinical Workflow Management model. You will align regional commercial routines, engage customers, and drive cross-functional governance across Cytiva’s ecosystem from Marlborough, MA on-site.

You will partner with Product Management to translate portfolio priorities into market strategies, launch plans, and performance metrics, ensuring scalable, measurable commercial impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in process development services, global program leadership, or commercial operations.
• Experience leading global cross-functional transformation with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial integration of Fast Trak and GoSilico into the Clinical Workflow Management model.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Cytiva's commercial ecosystem, embedding Fast Trak and GoSilico into regional commercial routines and customer engagement models, with a focus on China as a strategic growth market.
• Partner with regional commercial leaders to translate strategic priorities into demand-generation plans and growth targets for Fast Trak services.
• Develop tools, messaging, training, and field enablement materials to strengthen commercial teams.
• Serve as the primary global connection point across Fast Trak, GoSilico, CWM, regional teams, and stakeholders, communicating strategy and progress to executives.
• Establish governance, business reviews, performance tracking, and strategic planning processes to improve funnel visibility and forecast accuracy.
• Lead the strategic growth and commercialization agenda for Clinical Programs with Product Management, translating priorities into market assessments and launch roadmaps.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Global transformation

Go-to-market

Customer engagement

Governance models

Business metrics

Clinical workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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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.

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The Director, Strategic Growth & Commercial (f/m/d) Integration is responsible for accelerating the growth and commercial impact of Clinical Programs by connecting portfolio strategy, commercialization, and business execution across Cytiva. This leader drives the integration of Clinical Programs capabilities, including Fast Trak and GoSilico, into Cytiva's commercial ecosystem, enabling stronger customer engagement, market adoption, and scalable growth. Through cross-functional leadership, stakeholder alignment, governance, and commercial transformation initiatives, the role ensures that strategic priorities are translated into measurable business outcomes and positions Clinical Programs for continued expansion and future commercial leadership opportunities.

This position reports to the Sr. Director, Clinical Programs Portfolio & Commercial Ops and is located in Marlborough, MA and will be an on-site role.

What you will do:

• Own the commercial integration of Fast Trak and GoSilico into the Clinical Workflow Management model, defining engagement frameworks, qualification criteria, handoffs, governance, and standard work for the CWM team.
• Lead cross-functional alignment of Clinical Programs across Cytiva's commercial ecosystem, embedding Fast Trak and GoSilico into regional commercial routines, customer engagement models, GenMed positioning, and growth conversations, with a specific focus on China as a strategic growth market.
• Partner with regional commercial leaders to translate strategic priorities into demand-generation plans, opportunity development actions, and growth targets for Fast Trak services.
• Develop tools, messaging, training, and field enablement materials that strengthen the ability of commercial teams to position Clinical Programs offerings and advance customer opportunities.
• Serve as the primary global connection point across Fast Trak, GoSilico, CWM, regional commercial teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, communicating strategy, performance, launch progress, and operational risks to executive audiences with clear recommendations and accountability for follow-through.
• Establish governance, business reviews, performance tracking, and strategic planning processes that improve funnel visibility, commercial conversion, capacity utilization, and launch execution, while identifying bottlenecks, regional gaps, and scalability barriers and driving countermeasures that strengthen forecast accuracy, resource allocation, and customer responsiveness.
• Lead the strategic growth and commercialization agenda for Clinical Programs together with Product Management, translating portfolio priorities into market assessments, business cases, value propositions, launch plans, adoption tracking, and commercial execution roadmaps.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in process development services, global program leadership, or commercial operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading global cross-functional transformation, commercialization, integration, or operating model initiatives with measurable business outcomes.
• Experience developing go-to-market approaches, commercial playbooks, customer engagement frameworks, field enablement materials, governance models, and business performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of clinical workflows, customer-facing program governance, and process development or related services.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, influence without authority, and drive alignment across complex global organizations.
• Experience working across global regions and strategic growth markets, including China, and supporting commercial execution across multiple geographies.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 30%, including overnight travel, to support regional commercial alignment, business reviews, internal workshops, and customer-facing engagement as required.

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.

At Cytiva we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cytiva can provide.

The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $230,000. 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. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted