Vice President, Portfolio Management

Danaher Corporation•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$280,000 - $330,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Vice President, Portfolio Management leads, inspires, and develops Cepheid's global Portfolio and Program Management Office within Global R&D. The role is accountable for portfolio governance and the on-time, on-budget delivery of regulated new product development programs across assays and reagents, instrument systems, and software, ensuring programs meet business objectives and customer needs. The position leads Product Planning Group operating reviews and manages the Rationalized Roadmap and Growth Equation Team operating reviews as part of the Strategic Innovation Review process. It partners closely with Global Product Management, Finance, R&D leadership, and the Danaher Business System organization. The position reports to the Senior Vice President, Research & Development, is part of the Global R&D organization, and is based onsite in Sunnyvale, California. Travel between global development sites is expected at 25%.

Requirements

Executive leadership experience managing interrelated projects, programs, and global teams in a complex matrix environment.
Experience in a highly regulated industry, with demonstrated responsibility for new product development and commercialization; diagnostics or molecular diagnostics experience is strongly relevant.
Demonstrated success driving innovation-based growth for a business of at least $1 billion.
Experience leading portfolio governance, resource planning, budgeting, prioritization, and risk-benefit trade-off decisions across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons.
Experience establishing project and portfolio management processes, metrics, key performance indicators, and operating reviews that improve on-time and on-budget delivery.
Experience leading and developing a global workforce.
Fluent written and verbal English.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with teams in Europe.
Experience in the molecular diagnostics industry, including regulated assay, reagent, instrument system, or software product development.
Mergers and acquisitions due diligence or integration of companies or technologies within a large, matrixed business.
Swedish language proficiency.

Responsibilities

Lead the global Portfolio and Program Management Office across product development sites in Sunnyvale, California, and Solna, Sweden, building organizational capability and a high-performing culture.
Own executive portfolio governance for new product development and rationalized roadmaps across assays, reagents, instrument systems, and software, aligning priorities with market, customer, patient, and business needs.
Drive strategic recommendations and portfolio-level action plans that align the assay portfolio, Rationalized Roadmap, Master Project List, and Project Priority List with business expectations.
Ensure on-time, on-budget program delivery and lead continuous improvement in project execution, resource capability, risk management, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
Lead Product Planning Group and Strategic Innovation Review operating mechanisms, including resource planning, organizational development, and critical cross-functional workstreams.
Own cross-functional coordination of budgeting, resourcing, and prioritization across new product development, market expansion, and market protection programs.
Develop and deploy portfolio and program management metrics and key performance indicators for safety, quality, delivery, and productivity, using the Danaher Business System and other best-practice methodologies.