Job Description

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving healthcare through faster, more accurate diagnostic tests. With our GeneXpert System, weve taken the most sophisticated molecular technology and packaged it into an automated, easy-to-use format that has quickly become the platform of choice worldwide. From the largest laboratories to small physician offices, our game-changing solution delivers critical answers when clinicians and patients need them most. Through strong molecular biology capabilities and ongoing product innovation, we are focused on developing tests for healthcare-associated infections, sexual health, critical infectious disease, virology, and oncology applications. Come join our vision for a better way and help make life better for us all! For more details, visit us at www.cepheid.com or follow us on Twitter (@CepheidNews).

Are you a curious self-starter with the ability and motivation to explore and develop new technology and opportunities for the Oncology and Infectious disease space to drive internal growth for a leading global molecular diagnostic's company?

This is a phenomenal time to join our organization as we are growing at a rapid rate due to the companys success and being able to fulfill the ongoing needs of the market with innovative products. There will be opportunity for internals to grow in their careers as the company continues to grow!

Position summary:

Responsible for identifying and handling the Strategic Development for Oncology and Infectious Disease programs within the Strategic Development team with the objective to drive cross-functional communication and engagement so as to deliver prioritized projects/programs. This role is based out of Cepheids HQ in Sunnyvale, CA and will be onsite once it is safe to return to site.

Strategic Development Portfolio Management:

New process development and management:

Partner with team to build processes and standard work to be used.

Engage key partners on process development and implementation:

Engage with Bus Development, Legal, R&D, and innovation teams to define, implement, and innovate process

Drive implementation and review of action plans on a portfolio level (in ID and Oncology).

Management of individual Strategic development Projects:

Lead the cross-functional coordination of teams to ensure alignment and proper resourcing and prioritization of Strategic development projects.

Lead and execute on multiple Strategic development projects in parallel.

Lead analysis of opportunities, Including early conceptualization processes

Build frameworks for identification, evaluation and prioritization

Establish relationships and lead communications with external parties under evaluation through pilot projects

Define, measure and communicate project progress to leadership functions:

Identify, prevent and lead risks; Supervise and ensure on time delivery of project results; Lead communication with external and internal partners

Process & Organization development

Development and continuous improvement on standard methodologies for project execution and process development for Strategic Development roadmap.

Define, refine, and lead touch points to established business processes

Act as a resource and mentor to less experienced colleagues

The role is encouraged to provide strong leadership in a matrix environment to promote standard methodologies in leading interrelated projects and programs to ensure successful delivery.

Essential job responsibilities:

* Partnership & COLLABORATION: Develop and cultivate strong relations with internal and external partners; Maintain strong working relationships/partnerships with leadership team and resource managers.
* STRATEGY: Create, clarify and share vision of long-term objectives and strategies for Strategic development programs targeting on time, on budget to meet business and customer needs aligned with business objectives; Communicate priorities balancing trade-offs between short-term and long-term aspirations; Pro-actively identify potential roadblocks and barriers and to portfolio/program success and propose solutions.

TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES: (REQUIRED)

* Complete all assigned and required training on time
* Leadership Essentials

Minimum requirements:

Education and Experience (in years):

* Bachelors degree in field with 5+ years of related work experience OR
* Masters degree in field, as example in Science, Engineering and/or Business Administration; with 3+ years of related work experience OR
* Doctoral degree in field, as example in Science, Engineering and/or Business Administration; with 0-2 years of related work experience.

Knowledge and skills:

LEADERSHIP: Demonstrated leadership of projects and teams

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE: Possesses some knowledge and experience in biotech industry.

COLLABORATION: Ability to execute change initiatives in a dynamic environment efficiently collaborating within and across multiple organizations and with partners of various background and skill sets.

COMMUNICATION: Able to simplify a sophisticated set of components into a simple, effective message with professional maturity, confidence, and competence in all communications

INITIATIVE: Able to define priorities and focus on areas that add value

INFLUENCING: Validated skills in persuading leadership on strategy, initiatives implementation and decision making.

PROBLEM SOLVER: Works well with ambiguity and demonstrates abilities to learn and adapt quickly to the rapidly evolving business landscape.

Physical requirements/abilities:

* Should be able to accommodate flexible working hours due to the nature of the work in a global environment

Preferred requirements:

* Biotech or Biopharma experience
* MBA/Business development experience

Danaher is a global science & technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life worldwide. Our world class brands are leaders in some of the most demanding and attractive industries, including life sciences, medical diagnostics, dental, environmental and applied solutions. Our globally diverse team of 71,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, which serves as our competitive advantage. We generated $19.9B in revenue last year. We are ranked 162 on the Fortune 500 and our stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 5,200% over 25 years.

At Danaher, you can build a career in a way no other company can duplicate. Our brands allow us to offer dynamic careers across multiple industries. We're innovative, fast-paced, results-oriented, and we win. We need talented people to keep winning. Here you'll learn how DBS is used to shape strategy, focus execution, align our people, and create value for customers and shareholders. Come join our winning team.

Danaher is committed to competitive compensation that typically has key components including base salary, variable annual incentive compensation based on personal and company performance, and long-term incentive.



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