Director, Open Innovation

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, 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.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today:  time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Director of Open Innovation is responsible for is a senior individual contributor responsible for originating, structuring, negotiating, and activating strategic partnerships that accelerate Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ growth and innovation agenda.  This role leads the end‑to‑end partnership lifecycle across Beckman Coulter Life Sciences—spanning opportunity identification, internal alignment, commercial negotiation, and execution. The role operates within a strategy‑deployment mindset, ensuring external partnerships are tightly aligned to enterprise priorities and translated into executable initiatives.

This position reports to the VP, Strategy and is part of the Strategy and Open Innovation organization and will be fully remote.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Drive internal and external partnerships aligned to strategic priorities

• Serve as primary deal lead for collaboration, licensing, and technology access agreements

• Evaluate opportunities for strategic fit, technical relevance, and commercial value

• Negotiate licensing, exclusivity, milestones, and financial terms

• Manage partnerships post‑execution against defined objectives and governance

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 10+ years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated experience negotiating complex partnerships and licensing agreements

• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional deal teams without direct authority

• Strong commercial and strategic judgment and executive‑level communication and relationship‑building skills

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environmental Requirements:

• Ability to travel – 25-30% domestic with occasional international travel

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or PhD)

• Experience with IP‑based partnerships or joint development models

• Experience working closely with R&D and product teams

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, 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.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $150-200K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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