Bring more to life.Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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. As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making-we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Continuous Improvement Lead (Innovation DBS Leader) (f/m/d) is a senior individual contributor (IC) leadership role responsible for improving innovation performance, development execution, and operational excellence within the WITS (Workflow, IT & Systems) organization. Success in this role depends on the ability to influence across a highly matrixed global environment, partnering closely with R&D, Program and Product Management, functional leaders, and executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into measurable business impact. The Danaher Business System (DBS) is Danaher’s enterprise-wide continuous improvement and business operating system. It helps translate strategy into measurable results, strengthen execution discipline, and improve performance across complex organizations. This position reports to the Vice President, Automation and Clinical Informatics (CIT), Innovation. The role is preferably based on-site in Munich, Germany. #LI-MW1 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. Champion innovation and development performance across WITS by applying DBS and Lean principles to improve execution, flow, and predictability across development programs Partner with senior stakeholders across R&D, program management, product management, and executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into measurable program outcomes Bring strong project management discipline to complex, cross-functional initiatives, including prioritization, planning, execution tracking, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and follow-through on commitments Lead the WITS Kaizen process end-to-end, including opportunity funnel development, prioritization, execution, and sustainment of improvements Assess continuous improvement maturity and identify performance gaps, driving targeted improvements through coaching, structured problem solving, stakeholder influence, and change management Embed core DBS and Lean management practices, including daily management, visual management, structured problem solving, and Kaizen-based improvement methods Provide formal and informal training, coaching, and facilitation to build sustainable DBS and continuous improvement capability across development and cross-functional teams Demonstrated strategic thinking...