Senior Scientific Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Danaher Diagnostics; New York (NY); À distance; USD 265 000 - 300 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Résumé du poste

Danaher Diagnostics seeks a senior scientific leader to shape strategy for the neurodegenerative portfolio, guiding evidence plans and product development decisions. You will own end-to-end programs including partnerships and a multimodal patient registry and lead advisory boards to inform strategy.

The role involves representing expert networks, evaluating external collaborations, and embedding DBS practices with AI-enabled analysis across the scientific agenda. Travel is required.

Qualifications

• MD, MD/PhD or PhD in medicine, neuroscience or related discipline with extensive post-qualification leadership.
• Deep biomarker development expertise for neurologic disease.
• Experience leading clinical strategy and evidence generation in neurodegenerative disease.
• Knowledge of in vitro diagnostic product development and regulatory pathways including FDA clearance.
• Scientific writing and communication strength to author and review protocols and manuscripts.

Responsabilités

• Shape scientific strategy for the neurodegenerative disease franchise and translate into evidence plans.
• Lead flagship research programs end-to-end with academic partnerships and patient registries.
• Drive external scientific insight by chairing advisory boards and forums.
• Build networks with academia, consortia, and societies and partner on research and publications.
• Evaluate external opportunities in neurodegeneration and shape investment recommendations.

Connaissances

Scientific leadership

Scientific writing

External collaboration

Biomarker development

Formation

MD/PhD or PhD in medicine/neuroscience

Outils

DBS familiarity

Description du poste

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? Within Danaher the work our diagnostic businesses do 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. We’re accelerating the development of cutting-edge diagnostics to solve some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Across our diagnostics operating companies we are driving innovation through partnerships with top academic institutions and leading players in biopharma and translational research. We’re bringing the best minds together to accelerate innovation and unlock the full potential of the latest scientific advances. Together, we’re expanding access to precision diagnostics for millions of people worldwide - and we’re using our unmatched global scale and proven playbook to make it happen, from hospital labs to mobile clinics. By helping providers, patients, and families get faster, more precise diagnostic results, we’re improving treatment options and saving lives. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Shape scientific strategy for the neurodegenerative disease franchise, translating it into integrated evidence plans that guide portfolio, technology roadmap, and product development decisions.
• Lead flagship research programs end‑to‑end—including academic partnerships and a multimodal patient registry—owning scientific design, execution, milestones, and readouts.
• Drive external scientific insight by designing and chairing advisory boards and leadership forums to inform internal strategy and decision‑making.
• Build and represent expert networks across academia, consortia, and societies while partnering with diagnostics, biopharma, and academic collaborators on research, validation studies, and publications.
• Evaluate external innovation and partnership opportunities in neurodegeneration, shaping investment recommendations with the CSO and embedding DBS standard work, metrics, and AI‑enabled practices across the scientific agenda.

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• MD, MD/PhD or PhD in medicine, neuroscience or a related discipline, with extensive post-qualification experience in diagnostics, biopharma, biotechnology or academic medicine, including significant time in senior scientific, clinical or translational leadership roles engaging external expert networks and scientific advisory boards at global scale. A medical degree with clinical experience in neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics or a related specialty is strongly preferred.
• Deep expertise in biomarker development for neurologic disease, spanning discovery through clinical deployment, with working command of assay performance characteristics, pre-analytical variables and the distinction between analytical validation, clinical validation and clinical utility.
• Demonstrated experience leading clinical strategy and evidence generation programs in neurodegenerative disease or an adjacent specialty area, with personal accountability for study design, execution against committed timelines, readout and publication.
• Working knowledge of in vitro diagnostic product development, regulatory pathways such as United States Food and Drug Administration clearance and the European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation, and the evidence requirements supporting diagnostic claims.
• Scientific writing and communication strength sufficient to author and critically review protocols, study reports and peer-reviewed manuscripts, and to condense the same body of work into executive decision materials.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel approximately 30%, domestic and international, including overnight travel to congresses, advisory boards and partner sites.

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

• Clinical care provision for patients with neurologic and neurodegenerative disorders
• Biospecimen or clinical data repository creation and oversight, multimodal data platform programs, and generation of real-world evidence.
• Biopharma companion diagnostic collaborations or master research agreements in neurology.
• Danaher Business System (DBS) or an equivalent operational excellence framework.
• Recognized standing in the neurodegeneration field, such as society leadership, consortium participation, guideline authorship or invited congress presentations.

Within Danaher Diagnostics, we offer 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.

Within Danaher Diagnostics 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 within Danaher Diagnostics can provide.

The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $265K-$300K. 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.

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