Sr. Project Manager, Innovation; Genomics, Reagents, Product Development

Senior Project Manager, Innovation

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

At Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), 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.

Our team at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), is united by a commitment to collaboration and scientific excellence, building on a strong foundation of innovation, expertise, and reliability. Guided by our vision to help researchers rapidly move from the lab to life-changing advances, we work closely with global partners to accelerate progress and genomics breakthroughs across fields like cancer, infectious disease, rare genetic disorders, and more.

At IDT, you'll be part of a culture rooted in continuous learning and improvement—where your growth fuels our mission to accelerate the pace of genomics and helps shape a healthier, brighter future for all.

The Senior Project Manager, Innovation owns delivery across a range of innovation projects. This role supports execution rigor, portfolio visibility, and KPI performance using Danaher Business System (DBS) principles. This is a unique opportunity to partner across scientific, engineering, and operations teams to advance next-generation oligonucleotide synthesis technologies and platforms.

This position reports to the Director, Emerging Technologies and is part of the Emerging Technologies Team located in Sunnyvale, CA. This is an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead coordination of high-performing, cross-functional project teams with clear accountability for outcomes and delivery
• Facilitate adoption of DBS tools and behaviors (standard work, visual management, Kaizen, structured problem solving)
• Remove barriers, manage risk, and drive corrective actions to ensure consistent, on-time delivery

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or a related technical field (advanced degree preferred)
• Prefer 5+ years' experience in R&D, innovation or technology development environment with preference for 3+ years of experience in project or program management
• Strong working knowledge of structured problem solving, project management frameworks, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Excellent bilingual communication and stakeholder management skills:
  Mandarin and English required
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestic and international as needed to support cross-site collaboration

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

• Danaher Business System (DBS) or similar lean/continuous improvement environment
• Oligonucleotide synthesis, genomics, or related life sciences technologies

IDT, 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.

The annual salary range for this role is $130,000 – $150,000. 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.

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.

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