Senior Business Leader, Diagnostic Films (Sr. Manager)

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland is investing significantly to accelerate growth in its Diagnostic Films business, including a major expansion of operations in Columbus, Ohio. This is a unique opportunity to lead a profitable, global, high-potential specialty materials business at a pivotal moment ; combining strong existing performance with a clear runway for growth, scale, and continued innovation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and entrepreneurial business leader to take full ownership of a global platform and shape its next phase of success. The role is open to US-based candidates, with regular travel expected to key sites including Columbus (OH), Wilmington (DE), and Bridgewater (NJ).

This is a highly visible leadership role with responsibility for a global business and cross-functional teams, reporting directly to the Business Director for Injectables, Medical Devices, and Bioprocessing.

**This is a remote role for someone living in the US (preference to those on the East Coast)**

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The Business Leader Diagnostic Films is responsible for the end-to-end performance of a highly specialized diagnostic films portfolio focused on radiation dosimetry applications across medical, industrial, and research markets.
• Lead engagement with key customer segments including Medical physicists, Oncology centers and OEM partners and distributors.
• Define and execute a focused growth strategy across core and adjacent applications, including Radiotherapy QA (primary demand driver), In-vivo dosimetry and emerging applications, and Industrial and radiology use cases.
• Identify and scale new growth vectors (e.g., proton therapy, FLASH therapy, in-vivo systems)
• Drive application-driven innovation aligned to clinical validation needs, workflow efficiency, and digital integration.
• Partner with quality and regulatory teams to maintain robust technical documentation, support audits and inspections, and manage global regulatory complexities
• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Own delivery of financial performance, including revenue growth, margin, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Drive business performance management, using data-driven insights to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable priorities.
• Leverage market, customer, and competitive insights to shape strategy and inform decision-making.
• Drive commercial alignment, working closely with sales teams to expand market presence and win new business.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Commercial, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and HR to deliver integrated outcomes.
• Drive operational excellence, partnering with Operations and Supply Chain to improve quality, efficiency, and customer service.
• Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing on goals and focusing on performance and safety
• Improve the organization capacity and capabilities through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent and utilizing positive communications and influence with others

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science designation
• 8+ years of progressive experience in commercial, business, or operational roles
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed, global environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into action.
• Proven ability to drive execution and influence without direct authority.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times.
• The ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions and creating the new and different.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• MBA or advanced degree
• Preferred experience in medical devices or diagnostics (including diagnostic films) or oncology, or hospital-based healthcare environments
• Technical experience in a relevant science or material field is an advantage though not required
• Experience in advanced materials, specialty chemicals, or related industries
• Exposure to innovation management, portfolio strategy, or product commercialization
• Knowledge of product / business management
• Experience managing teams across a global network

This role offers high visibility across the Life Sciences leadership team and provides a strong platform for progression into broader business leadership roles within Ashland.

More on Ashland’s Diagnostic Films business, products and end customers:

Ashland’s Diagnostic Films business develops and manufactures advanced radiochromic film technologies used in critical healthcare applications where precision and safety are paramount.

Its Gafchromic™ films are widely used in radiotherapy and radiology to provide fast, highly accurate measurement and visualization of radiation dose, supporting quality assurance of medical imaging and cancer treatment systems.

These films change colour when exposed to radiation, enabling clinicians to verify and optimize treatment delivery with high confidence and resolution. Complementing this, Rad‑Sure™ indicators provide simple, reliable visual confirmation that blood products have been correctly irradiated before transfusion which helps to prevent rare but potentially fatal complications such as transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease. Together, these technologies play a critical role in ensuring patient safety, treatment accuracy, and regulatory compliance across healthcare systems, while offering strong differentiation through precision chemistry, ease of use, and trusted performance in clinical environments