Senior Director Global Marketing
At a glance
Leadership General Marketing role at Danaher. Waltham · full-time · $230,000–$280,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set the global marketing strategy and yearly plan, with priorities, KPIs, and decision processes
- Use segmentation, customer feedback, and competitor intelligence to uncover growth options and inform portfolio decisions
- Run worldwide demand generation and localized campaigns to hit pipeline goals and improve lead conversion
- Direct digital performance across SEO/SEM, automation, email, paid media, and web channels
- Lead the global marketing team, budget, and operating processes while applying Danaher Business System methods
What you bring
- At least fifteen years leading senior marketing or commercial work in Life Sciences, including global go-to-market delivery and growth results
- A bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, or a related discipline
- Hands-on strength in demand generation, campaigns, segmentation, pipeline analysis, KPI creation, and performance management
- Experience scaling globally distributed teams of at least twenty-five people in matrix organizations and leading transformation
- Financial command of planning, forecasting, budgeting, and return-based resource allocation
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior global marketing leader who has worked across Life Sciences, can partner with product management and sales, and can manage a large international team. The role is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, reports to the Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations, and requires an estimated thirty to forty percent global travel. The posted annual salary range is $230,000 to $280,000, with bonus or incentive eligibility.
From the employer
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Leica Microsystems, 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.
Shape the Future with Us!
At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.
Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
We currently offer the following position in our office in Boston
Boston Innovation Hub, 230 city point, 230 3rd avenue, 4th Floor, Waltham, MA 02451
Senior Director Global Marketing Leica Microsystems
Come join a fantastic team!
We are seeking a visionary and strategic Senior Director, Global Marketing to lead our global marketing initiatives and make Marketing a highly differentiated and sustainable competitive advantage. This pivotal role is essential for driving customer engagement, and above-market revenue growth across all our businesses and regions through innovative strategies and disciplined execution. You will be part of a broad international Commercial team reporting to Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and managing a global Marketing organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Build and execute the global marketing strategy and annual operating plan aligned to company strategy, with clear priorities, KPIs, and governance.
Drive market and customer insight (segmentation, VOC, competitive intelligence) to identify growth opportunities and guide portfolio choices.
Lead global demand generation and campaign engine (incl. regional localization) to deliver pipeline targets and improve lead-to-opportunity conversion.
Oversee digital marketing performance across channels (SEO/SEM, marketing automation, email, paid media, web)
Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing global marketing organization; deploy Danaher Business System tools to drive continuous improvement and measurable outcomes.
Manage the global marketing budget & operations
JOB PROFILE
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field; MBA/advanced degree preferred. Life Sciences background (e.g., Biology/Biochemistry) a plus.
15+ years of senior marketing/commercial leadership in Life Sciences, with demonstrated delivery of global go-to-market strategies and growth results.
Strong expertise in demand generation, campaign management, segmentation, and pipeline analytics; hands-on with KPI design and performance management.
Deep knowledge of digital marketing and marketing technology (including punchout systems, SEO/SEM, paid media, web, email/automation, content), with a test-and-learn approach.
Proven ability to lead and scale global teams (minimum of 25 globally located) in matrixed environments; experience driving organizational transformation and continuous improvement.
Strong financial acumen: planning, forecasting, budgeting, and ROI-based resource allocation.
Experience partnering with product management and sales to translate portfolio strategy into execution.
This global position requires to travel globally (30-40% estimate).
Leica Microsystems, 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.
The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $230,000 to $280,000. 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.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
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