Senior Director - HR, Commercial Bioprocess & Global Strategic Accounts - USCAN

Bring more to life.Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, 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. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Senior Director - HR, Commercial Bioprocess & Global Strategic Accounts - USCAN is responsible for partnering with senior commercial leadership to shape and execute people strategies that support a large commercial business across USCAN. Through strategic leadership of organization design, talent development, succession planning, engagement, and culture initiatives, the role enables sustainable revenue growth, drives organizational effectiveness, and helps position the business for long-term competitive success.This position reports to the VP, Human Resources – Operations and will be based onsite in Marlborough, Massachusetts.What you will do:Serve as a Strategic Partner to Commercial Leadership Partner with M5 leaders and their organizations across a multi-billion-dollar commercial portfolio to shape business strategy, organizational capability, operating models, and talent decisions that accelerate growth, strengthen competitive advantage, and deliver unambiguous share gain.Lead the Commercial Talent Agenda for the Region Own the end-to-end talent strategy for the commercial organization, driving talent reviews, succession planning, leadership pipelines, and development actions that ensure a strong bench of ready-now leaders for both commercial and enterprise-critical roles.Shape the Future Organization Lead organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and sales force capability initiatives to ensure the organization remains agile and competitive in an environment characterized by rapid, unpredictable, paradoxical, and increasingly complex market dynamics.Embed DBS and Continuous Improvement Thinking Champion a culture of continuous improvement by applying DBS principles, disciplined problem solving, Gemba learning, and talent-centric Kaizen approaches to strengthen people, processes, and business performance while keeping the customer promise at the center of every decision.Lead HR's Contribution to Strategic Commercial Priorities Act as a visible leader across critical business mechanisms and priorities, including GSA PD, PD4PD, Growth Rooms, Talent Action Reviews, SCRs, Forecast Reviews, Budget Planning, capability-building initiatives, engagement reviews, and organization effectiveness efforts - shaping outcomes, not simply supporting them.Influence, Coach, and Elevate Leaders. Serve as a trusted coach and advisor to senior leaders, providing challenge, perspective, and candid counsel that improves leadership effectiveness, strengthens organizational health, and prepares leaders for increasingly complex enterprise responsibilitiesWho you are:A well-rounded HR experience with minimum 10+ years as HR Business partner with a relevant qualification. Experience supporting sales organization will be preferred.A business-first HR leader who understands commercial drivers, growth levers, and market dynamics, and can translate business strategy into talent and organizational outcomes.An exceptional influencer and strategic partner who can challenge, shape, and align senior leaders without direct authority while building trusted relationships across global and regional leadership teams.A talent shaper, not a talent reporter, with a proven ability to identify, develop, deploy, and elevate leadership talent through rigorous assessment, succession, and coaching practices.A coach to senior leaders, capable of accelerating leadership effectiveness, navigating complexity, and helping leaders grow into larger enterprise roles.A strong organizational architect, comfortable leading complex organization design, change, capability-building, and culture interventions in fast-evolving business environments.A highly credible executive communicator, able to influence across levels, facilitate high-stakes discussions, and represent HR with confidence in visible commercial forums and enterprise reviewsTravel Requirements:Ability to travel 40%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. Cytiva, 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. The salary range for this role is $230,000-$280,000. 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 incentive pay.We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.#LI-KL1Join 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 . 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If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:View phone number on click.appcast.io or View email address on click.appcast.io SummaryJob number: R1315732Date posted : 2026-08-07Profession: Human ResourcesEmployment type: Full time