Senior Scientific Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Danaher • New York, NY

7d • $265,000 - $300,000 • Remote

About The Position

This role is for a Senior Scientific Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases within Danaher Diagnostics, focusing on shaping the scientific and clinical agenda for the neurodegenerative disease franchise. The position contributes to franchise strategy, portfolio direction, and partnership decisions, leading scientific programs from concept to readout. It is ideal for a physician-scientist or senior clinical researcher seeking broad exposure across a diagnostics portfolio. The role reports to the Chief Scientific Officer, Neurodegenerative Diseases, and is part of the Chief Innovation Office. It is a global position, eligible for remote work, and leads through scientific authority and cross-functional influence, with access to resources across Danaher's diagnostics operating companies.

Requirements

• MD, MD/PhD or PhD in medicine, neuroscience or a related discipline.
• Extensive post-qualification experience in diagnostics, biopharma, biotechnology or academic medicine.
• Significant time in senior scientific, clinical or translational leadership roles engaging external expert networks and scientific advisory boards at global scale.
• Deep expertise in biomarker development for neurologic disease, spanning discovery through clinical deployment.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Medical degree with clinical experience in neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics or a related specialty is strongly preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree