Senior Project Manager - Filtration Quality Transformation

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

At Cytiva, 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.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Project Manager – Filtration Quality Transformation is responsible for leading and coordinating a cross‑functional, end‑to‑end action plan to sustainably improve the quality of Filtration products—from product and process design, through manufacturing execution, to customer experience and complaint resolution.

This role acts as the single integrator and orchestrator across functions, sites, and leadership layers, ensuring clarity, prioritization, disciplined execution, and visible progress at both senior leadership level and at Gemba.

This position reports to Tony Hren, VP – Operations and is part of the Filtration business unit and will be based in one of our Cytiva sites.

What you will do

• Create and own an integrated, end‑to‑end view of all Filtration quality initiatives, identifying impact, overlap, gaps, and clear priorities. whilst embedding a data‑driven quality culture and tracking mechanism.

• Define what must be stopped, accelerated, or newly launched to maximise customer protection, revenue, and repeatable quality outcomes.

• Build and maintain a clear, sequenced, and resourced quality master plan spanning product design, process design, and manufacturing standard work.

• Lead global coordination across Quality, R&D, Product Design, Manufacturing, Operations, and senior leadership teams.

• Translate senior leadership sponsorship into measurable shopfloor execution, supported by strong communication, Gemba engagement, and fact‑based updates on progress, risks, and decisions required.

Who you are

• Proven leader of complex, cross‑functional programmes within manufacturing or engineered product environments.

• Strong experience across quality, operations, and/or product lifecycle management.

• Equally credible with senior and executive sponsors and hands‑on at Gemba with frontline teams.

• Skilled in programme and portfolio management, structured problem‑solving, and root cause, containment, and prevention disciplines.

• Able to influence without authority and drive action through relationships, credibility, and outcomes.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

The role will require you to travel 30% of your time.

Cytiva, 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.

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.

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