Business Unit Leader - PharmBIO LSV

Business Unit Leader - Pharm

BIO LSV

W. L. Gore & Associates

Elk Mills 2 facility, Elkton, Maryland. Hybrid work arrangement: 4 days/week in office, with relocation assistance potentially offered.

• $180,000 - $220,000 per year.
• Roles above $150,000 are eligible for the variable pay program each fiscal year, based on defined business performance metrics.
• Factors considered when extending an offer within this pay range include education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment.
• Comprehensive total rewards package available at

We are seeking a Global Business Leader to lead Pharm

BIO’s Life Science Venting Business Unit. The individual will be responsible for strategy, execution, and business outcomes, and will be accountable for achieving profit and revenue goals. Partnering with the Life Science Venting teams and building on a strong financial foundation, this leader will shape the future of Gore’s Life Science Venting portfolio. The role requires strong commercial acumen and the ability to build and expand external partnerships, with new customers and new applications with existing ones.

This business is a transformative opportunity to influence the direction of a growing business, by introducing new ways of working around strategy, external partnerships, competitive insight, voice‑of‑customer input, and financial modeling. As a people leader of Product Specialists, the successful candidate will collaborate across diverse global teams, influence key decisions, and make a lasting impact on Gore’s position in the Medical Devices industry.

• Shape the Life Science Venting vision and lead strategy development initiatives to deliver on Gore’s revenue growth and operating profit.
• Create an LSV organizational structure that supports growth, including leadership for the LSV product specialists.
• Drive and report financial results and countermeasures to Pharm
  
  BIO for short‑term (FY26) and long‑term (FY31 and FY34), focusing on revenue and profit; actively lead problem solving on commercial and other business topics, and lead/facilitate kaizens.
• Lead as a hands‑on “player‑coach,” providing clarity of roles, feedback, and direction in a highly collaborative, small‑business environment while fostering innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement through coaching and empowerment of associates.
• Drive and continually evolve the business model to extend Gore's position and accelerate growth; organise for business success and evolve organizational design including leveraging external partners in the value chain; continuously assess our value relative to the competition to effectively value‑price our products and maximise long‑term profit.
• Create and deliver overall sales and market plans and execution to win in the LSV market, resulting in significant sales growth and sustainable achievement of growth targets that meet or exceed external market growth rate benchmarks.
• Lead portions of Pharm
  
  BIO’s annual strategic plan and annual forecasting process for LSV as well as cross‑functional strategic initiatives.
• Engage and influence external parties, including partners, distributors, and regulators; collaborate on ideas and opportunities with the Pharm
  
  BIO and Specialty Business Leader on business development around mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships to add new sources of growth.
• Manage the portfolio, provide support and challenge to project teams, clarify investment criteria, and drive portfolio choices to support the best opportunities for growth and productivity improvements.
• Ensure an innovation and risk‑taking climate with discipline and high associate engagement, surface and resolve conflicts, clarify expectations, build skills and leadership capabilities in others.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or business, with a minimum of 7 years of experience successfully leading a global business with strategy responsibility.
• Proven experience identifying and driving organizational change by engaging teams collaboratively to deliver…