Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Adjacencies

Danaher Corporation

Equipment for Measuring and Process Control

47798 Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Deutschland

Manager / Team Leader

Experteer Overview

In this role you drive Radiometer’s external partnerships across diagnostics, digital health, and adjacent spaces to support portfolio growth and innovation. You’ll shape governance, performance measurement, and value realization, coordinating with R&D, product, regulatory, and commercial teams. By building a thriving external ecosystem, you enable cross-functional collaboration and tangible business impact. This is a high-visibility, impact-focused position anchored in Danaher’s continuous improvement culture.

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize a portfolio of strategic external partnerships with governance and value realization
Own the partnership operating model including KPIs, cadence, escalation routes, and decision inputs
Link external opportunities to portfolio and innovation priorities for future growth
Build and maintain a targeted external innovation ecosystem with tech companies, startups, and research institutions
Serve as the primary interface for selected external partners, aligning R&D, Product, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Operations, and regional teams
Support partnership setup and lifecycle management including opportunity evaluation, business case input, agreement structuring, and performance reviews

Key requirements

Master’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Business, Economics, or equivalent experience
Significant experience managing strategic partnerships, alliances, collaborations, or external ecosystem relationships in a global setting
Experience in healthcare, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, or related life science environments is strongly preferred
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams across matrixed organizations without direct authority
Strong business acumen to assess strategic fit, value potential, risks, and growth contributions of partnership opportunities
Experience establishing governance mechanisms, performance metrics, decision forums, and partnership operating models

Cross-functional collaboration Stakeholder management Strategic thinking Danaher Business System (DBS) familiarity Knowledge of governance, KPIs, and partnership operating models Understanding of IVD regulatory frameworks (IVDR, FDA 510(k)) is a plus

Description

In this role you drive Radiometer’s external partnerships across diagnostics, digital health, and adjacent spaces to support portfolio growt…

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