[Hiring] Commercial Excellence Manager @Danaher

Role Description

Leica Biosystems is seeking an analytical and commercially minded Commercial Excellence Manager to strengthen execution across the U.S. Commercial organization. The role will translate business data into actionable insights and build repeatable processes across three initial priorities:

• Forecasting and PSI
• Funnel Management
• Commercial Reporting

This individual contributor role is designed for a high-potential professional with strong analytical skills, commercial curiosity, and ambition to grow within a high-performing commercial organization. The successful candidate will gain broad exposure to business planning, pricing, sales execution, analytics, and senior commercial decision-making.

Preference given to candidates able to work out of our global headquarters in Deer Park, IL.

What You Will Own

• Forecasting and PSI: Lead the operating cadence, consolidation, and visibility for Orders, Revenue, and PSI forecasts; surface risks, opportunities, and actions that improve predictability.
• Funnel performance: Strengthen funnel processes, governance, analytics, and reporting to improve opportunity quality, prioritization, conversion, and forecast confidence.
• Commercial reporting and insights: Translate customer, account, product, pricing, and performance data into clear recommendations that accelerate commercial decisions.
• Pricing, quotes, and deal analytics: Support quote and deal-calculator development, analyze deal economics and margin implications, and participate in pricing and quote approvals within established limits of authority.
• Contract-performance visibility: Track commercial commitments, revenue, margin, account profitability, compliance, and delivery or renewal risks, and coordinate visibility and corrective actions with the appropriate business owners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, analytics, marketing, life sciences, or a related field.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills, commercial knowledge.
• AI proficiency: Hands-on experience prompting generative AI tools and using AI agents to automate analysis, reporting, and workflows, with sound judgment in validating outputs.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.
• Ability to translate data into clear recommendations and collaborate effectively across a matrixed organization.

Requirements

• MBA degree (preferred).
• Experience in commercial analytics, sales operations, finance, marketing, strategy, consulting, or business operations.
• Exposure to forecasting, funnel management, CRM, pricing, or business intelligence tools such as Salesforce or Power BI.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in healthcare, diagnostics, life sciences, medical devices, biotechnology, or another complex commercial environment.
• Ability to relocate to our Deer Park, IL headquarters.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 5% (if based in Deer Park, IL).
• OR Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to be on site at Deer Park, IL.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives.
• Health care program.
• Paid time off.
• Medical/dental/vision insurance.
• 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Remote work arrangement eligibility.
• Salary range for this role is $145,000 - $165,000.
• Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.