KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of Diagnostics, Life Sciences and Biotechnology market dynamics and growth trajectories across both Chinese and global landscapes.
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of Danaher’s three core platforms, associated technologies, and developmental pathways, as well as potential areas for technological integration.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive open innovation strategy to identify, evaluate, and secure partnerships with Chinese companies, institutes, and startups excelling in precision hardware, software, AI, data analytics, and digital health solutions.
- Proactively scout the Chinese innovation ecosystem to source technologies that can enhance our product portfolio's functionality, connectivity, intelligence, and manufacturability.
- Lead the entire partnership lifecycle: from initial sourcing and technical due diligence to structuring collaboration agreements, joint development plans, and managing strategic alliances.
- Act as the key liaison between external Chinese innovation partners and our internal global R&D, engineering, and product management teams, ensuring seamless integration of co-developed technologies.
- Monitor the competitive and technology landscape in China, providing strategic intelligence on emerging trends and disruptive innovations.
- Establish and nurture deep relationships with leading Chinese KOLs, academic institutions, research hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, biotechs and manufacturing centers of excellence.
- Lead the activities of Danaher China Innovation Community, facilitating engagement with R&D and business leaders, and providing S&T and innovation training and education.
- Cultivate new technical and business talents within the market.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D degree in Life Science, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related field.
- Extensive experience in the Life Sciences/ Pharmaceutical/Diagnostics industries; Expertise with related applications and technologies, patents and other intellectual property.
- Experience having successfully led meaningful Business Development, R&D or other Innovation functions.
- Established research track record as evidenced by publications and/or professional accomplishments.
- Experience in project management, partnership management and cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to combine and apply scientific/technical and business knowledge, apply lateral thinking skills, and demonstrate strong business acumen with an ability to make balanced decisions.
- Excellent cross-culture interpersonal, organization, communication and influencing skills, in both Chinese and English.
- Experience influencing various stakeholders to effect change and achieve results in a dynamic, complex environment.
- Extensive, active and relevant professional network.
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, visit www.danaher.com.
Skills Required
- Ph.D degree in Life Science, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science or related field
- Extensive experience in Life Sciences/ Pharmaceutical/Diagnostics industries
- Experience leading Business Development, R&D or Innovation functions
- Established research track record with publications or professional accomplishments
- Experience in project management and cross-functional collaboration
- Strong business acumen and ability to make balanced decisions
- Excellent communication skills in Chinese and English
- Relevant professional network
Cepheid Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cepheid and has not been reviewed or approved by Cepheid.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are portrayed as robust, with formal programs and mentions of generous time off and rollover in some cases. This breadth supports a positive view of time-off availability.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is highlighted repeatedly and is viewed as comprehensive for regular full‑time employees. Descriptions such as “good” or “great” benefits reinforce the strength of the health coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is consistently included as part of the package. The presence of matching contributions strengthens perceived retirement readiness.
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What We Do
Cepheid is dedicated to improving healthcare by pioneering molecular diagnostics that combine speed, accuracy, and flexibility. The company's GeneXpert® systems and Xpert® tests automate highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, providing A Better Way for institutions of any size to perform world-class PCR testing. Cepheid’s broad test portfolio spans respiratory infections, blood virology, women’s and sexual health, TB and emerging infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infectious diseases, oncology and human genetics. The company’s solutions deliver actionable results where they are needed most – from central laboratories and hospitals to near-patient settings. For more information, visit http://www.cepheid.com.
