Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Abcam, 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.
Progress happens together
At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
- Support the establishment of a new automated, data-driven antibody discovery platform by building and maintaining integrated project plans (milestones, dependencies, risks), and driving predictable delivery across workstreams (e.g., automation & data, molecule design, production).
- Coordinate cross‑functional execution by aligning priorities, tracking progress, unblocking issues, and ensuring clear handoffs between teams so materials, methods, and data move smoothly through the pipeline.
- Ensure strong project governance and communication through practical status reporting, decision/action logs, clear documentation, and stakeholder updates, making sure teams have what they need to move fast without losing quality.
- The essential requirements of the job include:
- Project management qualifications and proven experience delivering complex scientific/technical programs with senior stakeholder visibility, including confidently presenting progress, risks, and decisions to leadership audiences.
- Strong cross‑company coordination skills (e.g., vendors, partners, CROs), with a track record of aligning priorities, managing dependencies, and driving decisions across different organisations and ways of working.
- Excellent communication, judgement, and discretion: able to handle confidential information, negotiate practical solutions, and maintain clear governance (actions, decisions, risks) in a fast‑moving environment.
- Experience supporting the build-out of automated and/or AI-enabled life science platforms (e.g., workflow standardisation, automation enablement, data capture readiness, operational rollout).
- Experience running formal cross-company governance (e.g., steering meetings, decision logs, change control) and maintaining momentum across senior stakeholder groups.
- Experience with commercial delivery mechanics (e.g., statements of work, purchase orders, budget tracking, milestone-based vendor management, and managing scope changes with partners).
- The Danaher Business System, or similar business improvement and project management tools.
Abcam, 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, visit www.danaher.com.
Skills Required
- Project management qualifications and proven experience delivering complex scientific/technical programs with senior stakeholder visibility (presenting progress, risks, decisions to leadership).
- Strong cross‑company coordination skills with vendors, partners and CROs; track record aligning priorities, managing dependencies, and driving decisions across organisations.
- Excellent communication, judgement, and discretion; able to handle confidential information, negotiate practical solutions, and maintain clear governance (actions, decisions, risks).
- Position located in Cambridge, UK (role reports to VP and is hosted at Abcam Cambridge).
- Experience supporting build-out of automated and/or AI-enabled life science platforms (workflow standardisation, automation enablement, data capture readiness, operational rollout).
- Experience running formal cross-company governance (steering meetings, decision logs, change control) and maintaining senior stakeholder momentum.
- Experience with commercial delivery mechanics (statements of work, purchase orders, budget tracking, milestone-based vendor management, scope change management).
- Familiarity with the Danaher Business System or similar business improvement and project management tools.
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.
Cepheid Insights
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.
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