Sr. Manager, Project Management (Capital Projects, Automation, Medical Device/Pharma)

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?  

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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. 

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence. 

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The Senior Manager, Technical Project Management provides cross-site or platform-level technical leadership for strategic capital programs and project delivery. This role leads the most consequential investments, develops common engineering approaches and governance, and influences network capital strategy, technology deployment, supplier models, and project execution capability. 

This position reports to the Director of Engineering Project Management and is part of the Global Operations Engineering team.  This will be a remote position, preferably near or in close proximity to an airport for travel.   

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Lead strategic capital programs across sites, product platforms, and major manufacturing technologies from investment concept through sustained operation, ensuring alignment with business priorities, capacity, resilience, compliance, and technology strategy.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Procurement, EHS, and Supply Chain to prioritize capital investments and provide executive-level technical and project assurance across scope, cost, schedule, quality, readiness, and expected benefits.
• Lead the selection, governance, and performance of strategic engineering partners, OEMs, and integrators, establishing technical and commercial models that improve execution speed, standardization, quality, and total installed cost.
• Drive standardization and replication of proven equipment, utilities, automation, facility solutions, engineering standards, and lessons learned across the manufacturing network while enabling justified site-specific adaptation.
• Represent Project Engineering in enterprise technology, capital planning, and manufacturing-network decisions while coaching Staff and Senior Project Engineers and strengthening project-engineering capability through technical development and communities of practice.

The essential requirements of the job include: 

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline with preference for 14+ years of progressive experience OR Master’s Degree with preference for 12+ years of progressive experience 

• Demonstrated leadership of high-value, high-complexity projects or portfolios across functions and preferably across sites. 

• Enterprise-level judgment in capital strategy, project governance, technical integration, risk, contracting, and regulated manufacturing. 

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: 

• PMP or equivalent advanced project or program credential; an advanced engineering or business degree may be beneficial but is not required. 

• Experience with global or multi-site capital programs, strategic supplier governance, standardized design platforms, and major facility or manufacturing expansions. 

• Recognized expertise in one or more project domains such as regulated facilities, utilities, automation, manufacturing equipment, laboratories, packaging, or site infrastructure. 

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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. 

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide. 

The annual salary range for this role is $155k-$165k. 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 bonus/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.

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