VP Operations and Strategy

Role Overview

• Own Danaher Ventures operations to drive portfolio performance, facilitate partnership value creation and tracking, build standard work to drive strategic alignment across ventures portfolio and annual strat.
• Contribute to group and operating company strategy processes, support driving to M&A actionability
• Manage stakeholders across Operating companies and Corporate
• Partner with Global Ventures leader to maximize the impact of the Ventures team
• Focus, map and present impact of AI driven innovation on Danaher Life Sciences
• Build strategy chapters in areas of core focus
• Manage Market work, strategy work alongside deal leads
• Identify gaps and implement counter measures
• Build and sustain standard work best practices
• Run weekly operations meeting, set agenda and execute consistently to improve performance and track all outstanding actions
• Develop and optimize processes for translating learnings and related takeaways
• Track and monitor monthly KPIs for DHR Ventures group
• Manage and Improve portfolio tracking systems and knowledge management tools including leveraging AI for portfolio management
• Manage DV portfolio quarterly financial reporting, including analyzing portfolio financial performance, authoring quarterly portfolio performance reports
• Organize and run weekly funnel calls, monthly staff meetings, fortnightly investment committee meetings, steering committee, team offsites and more
• Organize and run Team Kaizens, PSPs, facilitate workshops with diverse audiences including corporate dev., BD, strat., and OpCo leadership
• Organize and lead compilation of monthly newsletters, quarterly portfolio reviews, annual general meetings, open days, board materials & consents
• Design and implement outward messaging and communications strategy
• Establish best communication practices and content
• Identify lessons learned and create and log presentations from ops reviews

Requirements

• MBA, PhD, and/or CFA with industry experience in life sciences, diagnostics, or healthcare
• 15+ years of industry experience delivering value across venture‑backed and large, complex organizations
• 7+ years of experience in healthcare consulting or life sciences organizations, leading operational roles across business functions, portfolio operations, and financial analysis
• Proven ability to identify operational challenges, design scalable processes leveraging DBS, and drive execution at the portfolio and operating company level
• Highly organized, analytical problem solver with the ability to manage multiple priorities and synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Flexible work hours
• Remote work options