[Hiring] Senior Scientific Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases @Danaher

Role Description

The Senior Scientific Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases is a senior scientific leader for Danaher Diagnostics’ neurodegenerative disease franchise, working with our team to shape the scientific and clinical agenda that establishes Danaher Diagnostics as a leader in neurodegeneration. This position reports to the Chief Scientific Officer, Neurodegenerative Diseases, and sits within the Chief Innovation Office supporting the neurodegenerative disease and oncology franchises. The role is global and can be based flexibly or remotely.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Shape scientific strategy for the neurodegenerative disease franchise, translating it into integrated evidence plans that guide portfolio, technology roadmap, and product development decisions.
• Lead flagship research programs end‑to‑end—including academic partnerships and a multimodal patient registry—owning scientific design, execution, milestones, and readouts.
• Drive external scientific insight by designing and chairing advisory boards and leadership forums to inform internal strategy and decision‑making.
• Build and represent expert networks across academia, consortia, and societies while partnering with diagnostics, biopharma, and academic collaborators on research, validation studies, and publications.
• Evaluate external innovation and partnership opportunities in neurodegeneration, shaping investment recommendations with the CSO and embedding DBS standard work, metrics, and AI‑enabled practices across the scientific agenda.

Qualifications

• MD, MD/PhD or PhD in medicine, neuroscience or a related discipline, with extensive post-qualification experience in diagnostics, biopharma, biotechnology or academic medicine.
• Significant time in senior scientific, clinical or translational leadership roles engaging external expert networks and scientific advisory boards at global scale.
• A medical degree with clinical experience in neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics or a related specialty is strongly preferred.
• Deep expertise in biomarker development for neurologic disease, spanning discovery through clinical deployment.
• Demonstrated experience leading clinical strategy and evidence generation programs in neurodegenerative disease or an adjacent specialty area.
• Working knowledge of in vitro diagnostic product development, regulatory pathways such as FDA clearance and EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation.
• Scientific writing and communication strength sufficient to author and critically review protocols, study reports and peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Requirements

• Ability to travel approximately 30%, domestic and international, including overnight travel to congresses, advisory boards and partner sites.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Annual salary range of $265K-$300K.
• Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
• Flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles.