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Senior R&D Project Manager

Danaher Corporation
Portsmouth
1 day ago
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Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cytiva, 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.
Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.
At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Senior R&D Project Manager, FastTrak Process Design and Validation Services is responsible for managing R&D development or improvement projects for any service in the R&D strategic plan which may include services and/or products associated with our portfolio of process development, validation or training services. Working from early phase (definition of specs) through concept and design and then into testing and validation. Supervision of facility setup and documentation to support launch of the service to the market.
This position reports to the Senior R&D Manager and is part of the FastTrak Innovation Excellence team located in Harbourgate, Portsmouth (UK) and will be an on-site role.
What you will do:
Lead a cross-functional team to execute on innovation projects. Collaborate closely with other departments including product management, operations, marketing, sourcing and legal to ensure seamless execution of tasks.
Responsible for creating and owning project schedule. Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets effectively to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables.
Tracking / reporting of project risks and issues; making and delivering mitigation plans as required. Run regular project meetings ensuring all actions are assigned, tracked and completed on time.
Stakeholder identification and management; reporting to senior management and peers on project status regularly.
Work in accordance with the Project Management tools of the Danaher Business System.
Who you are:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in science, engineering, biotechnology or a related field.
Multiple years project management experience in a matrixed team environment, preferably in new product development (NPD) space.
Good track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Solution driven with strong sense of urgency.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Designing or delivering new technical services to market
A foundational understanding of bioprocess manufacturing
A foundational understanding of new and emergent therapeutic modalities
Cytiva, 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 .
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visitwww.danaher.com.
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. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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