Enterprise Program Leader
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, 66115, USA
Listed on 2026-05-05
-
Business
Business Management, Business Analyst, CFO
Executive Program Leader, Diagnostics Solutions
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
Within Danaher the work our diagnostic businesses do 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. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
We’re accelerating the development of cutting‑edge diagnostics to solve some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Across our diagnostics operating companies we are driving innovation through partnerships with top academic institutions and leading players in biopharma and translational research. We’re bringing the best minds together to unlock the full potential of the latest scientific advances, expanding access to precision diagnostics for millions worldwide—from hospital labs to mobile clinics.
By helping providers, patients, and families get faster, more precise diagnostic results, we’re improving treatment options and saving lives.
As an Executive Program Leader, Diagnostics Solutions, you serve as a senior client‑focused leader responsible for guiding enterprise‑wide Danaher One initiatives and ensuring strategic customer adoption, value realization, and long‑term account health. Anchored by the Danaher Business System (DBS), you integrate strategic planning, capital stewardship, change management, contract compliance, and governance across complex programs and key accounts, delivering measurable outcomes in growth, quality, and operational excellence.
Acting as a trusted advisor, you translate clinical, operational, and financial needs into actionable plans, coordinate execution across stakeholders, and demonstrate exceptional executive presence, financial fluency, project management, and communication skills to influence decision‑makers and proactively manage enterprise risk.
- BS or BA Degree from an accredited institution. A degree in Business or healthcare administration is desirable. An MBA is strongly preferred.
- 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise strategy, complex program leadership, or senior commercial/solutions roles within a matrixed, multi‑business organization, ideally within healthcare, diagnostics, life sciences, or regulated environments.
- Enterprise & Client Strategy Leadership:
Ability to translate enterprise strategy into integrated, multi‑OpCo solutions that deliver measurable customer and business outcomes. - Executive Customer Advisory:
Proven credibility as a trusted advisor to C‑suite leaders, with experience leading executive reviews and governance forums that drive adoption and long‑term value. - DBS‑Led Execution & Influence:
Deep fluency in the Danaher Business System, applying structured problem‑solving to high‑impact challenges and leading across OpCos without direct authority. - Financial & Capital Acumen:
Strong capability in capital planning, ROI and cost‑benefit analysis, and disciplined governance to ensure value realization, audit readiness, and risk mitigation. - Transformation, Risk & Executive Presence:
Demonstrated success leading complex change initiatives, with strong executive presence to manage risk, contracts, and escalations in highly matrixed environments.
Ability to conduct domestic travel 40‑60% of the time.
Desired Additional ExperienceDBS leadership training (ECO, Gemba, MLP) and formal change management certification (Prosci or equivalent) are highly desirable.
Within Danaher Diagnostics we offer 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. Explore our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement, allowing you to work from home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team.
The base salary…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).