For over 25 years, Abcam has been providing tools the scientific community needs to enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders. We believe that to continue making progress, we need to work together, each bringing our own unique perspectives to make an impact on the world. This community needs people like you: dedicated, agile and above all audacious so we can truly drive science forward. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: •  Optimize new product development pipeline operations at a global level to ensure inputs, processes, and outputs are aligned globally; integrated product lines are carefully managed across sites; and resources are optimized across R&D teams (working in collaboration with senior R&D leaders, regional operation leads and finance).•  Optimize the medium to long term delivery of the portfolio plan to ensure maximization of ROI, pragmatic use of resources, and delivery of programs in a time-efficient manner. •  Oversee and report on Key Performance Indicators, presenting these to senior and executive leadership teams. •  Support the leadership team with building of the strategic plan, defining priorities, assessing critical decisions, mitigating risks and implementing required actions to adjust to changes. This includes partnering closely with Product Portfolio teams and cross-functional leaders. The essential requirements of the job include:•  Strong (>10 years) operations/project/programme management background, preferably within the life sciences sector.•  >15 year career journey showing experience in progressively more senior and complex roles involving some or all of the following: strategy, leadership, project management, financial management, product planning, product development.•  At least 10 years of experience leading and developing teams, with ability to empower individuals and build productive working relationships across functions, creating great professional relationships and people that want to work with you.•  Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize KPI reporting and distill various inputs to succinct, clear insights to enable decision-making and resolve ambiguity.•  Demonstrated experience partnering cross-functionally, contributing to strategy and influencing without direct line management authority.•  Ability to communicate effectively across all levels, from junior associates to executives. 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. For more information, visit www.danaher.com . At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.