Director, Strategic Marketing & Product Management

Danaher • Port Washington, WA

35d • $200,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Pall Corporation, 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. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Director of Marketing & Product Management is responsible for the strategic leadership, product management and new product development of the global F&B product portfolio. They play a leading role in developing the long-term strategy of the organization (where we will target, what would be the strategic initiatives, action plans to enable successful achievement of strategic targets). In direct coordination with Sales, R&D and Operations, this individual will focus on driving growth and profitability of the Global F&B Product Portfolio. This position reports to the Vice President/General Manager of our Food & Beverage business, is located in Port Washington, NY, USA and is an onsite role. In this role you will have the opportunity to lead the development of the technical and product road map as well as lead / manage the development / launch new products; lead a team of ~10+ associates comprising of strategy formulators, market managers, program managers and product / application managers; conduct interviews and research to understand industry and end-user trends among the customer base and to d evelop strategic initiatives and action plans as a result; lead the new product development process (forecasts, specs, customer validation, commercialization) and ensure the new product development revenue achievement targets are achieved; work with Engineering and Operations to build the funnel, drive and support initiatives to reduce costs of existing products through Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE), location changes and / or supplier changes; forecast annual demand and work with Ops to ensure inventory and material / capacity planning processes are in place to meet customers’ demand, lead-time and OTD requirements; develop annual price strategy and manage the timely and accurate implementation of annual price increase.

Requirements

• A demonstrable successful track record in a commercial environment, including a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a strategy / marketing or product management leadership role.
• strong ability to lead, influence and shape opinions among a peer group of senior managers
• ability to communicate effectively with internal/external groups (customers, senior business leaders and employees at all levels) including creating a vision/plan and presenting in a compelling manner to enlist support
• ability to work cross functionally to deliver strong product line performance and growth
• successfully deliver results while quickly adapting to changing priorities and unforeseen challenges
• hold the highest levels of personal and professional integrity and ethics
• You will also need to be able to travel up to 35% of the time, including international travel, with overnight stays.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with food and beverage processing equipment and filtration
• A d egree (or equivalent) in an Engineering / Science discipline

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the technical and product road map
• Lead / manage the development / launch new products
• Lead a team of ~10+ associates comprising of strategy formulators, market managers, program managers and product / application managers
• Conduct interviews and research to understand industry and end-user trends among the customer base and to d evelop strategic initiatives and action plans as a result
• Lead the new product development process (forecasts, specs, customer validation, commercialization) and ensure the new product development revenue achievement targets are achieved
• Work with Engineering and Operations to build the funnel, drive and support initiatives to reduce costs of existing products through Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE), location changes and / or supplier changes
• Forecast annual demand and work with Ops to ensure inventory and material / capacity planning processes are in place to meet customers’ demand, lead-time and OTD requirements
• Develop annual price strategy and manage the timely and accurate implementation of annual price increase

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees