R&D Manager - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Leica Biosystems

Description

Leica Biosystems Position:
Senior R&D Director ASR
Leica Biosystems' mission of "Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives" is at the heart of our corporate culture. Our easy-to-use and consistently reliable offerings help improve workflow efficiency and diagnostic confidence. When you come to work, you're helping develop solutions that enable accurate diagnoses to turn anxiety into answers. Leica Biosystems is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher.

Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges.

The Senior Research and Development Director Advanced Staining Reagents is responsible for leading a strategically important global strategy, for the development, growth and successful execution of complex, advanced staining assays, reagents, and companion diagnostics, positioning LBS as a leading-edge cancer diagnostics partner with a vision to advance cancer diagnostics and improve lives.

This position is part of the Research and Development (R&D) team located in Newcastle, UK, and will be an on-site, position.

You will be a part of the Advanced Staining Reagents (ASR) Leadership team and report to the Vice President Advanced Staining Reagents, in this role you are responsible for developing strategies and tactics aimed at realizing the commercial potential of the full Advanced Assays and Reagents portfolio against the highest EHS standards.

Drive execution of these strategies through a team of highly experienced individuals, who successfully deliver, complex high classification projects from ideation stage to commercially viable products across detection and reagent portfolios.

Lead the development of technology, establishment of partnerships and the execution of project roadmaps – including covering IHC RNA, ISH and DNA ISH assays, reagents, and companion diagnostics for Leica Biosystems.

Work with business units (Melbourne, Amsterdam, and Danvers) as well as Innovation, Business Development and Companion Diagnostics (CDX) teams to assess potential opportunities in the marketplace through building relationships with key opinion leaders at the highest level.

Significant experience Leading complex R&D Strategy, development, growth, and successful execution of complex high classification programs
Experience working within the FDA and BSI regulatory environment
Troubleshooting complex scientific/technical problems
Building strong external alliances, leveraging relationships and market visibility channels in adjacent industries

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.