Leica Biosystems’ mission of “Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives” is at the heart of our corporate culture. We’re a global leader in cancer diagnostics with the most comprehensive portfolio from biopsy to diagnosis. Our easy-to-use and consistently reliable offerings help improve workflow efficiency and diagnostic confidence. Our associates know that every moment matters when it comes to cancer diagnostics. When you come to work, you’re helping develop solutions that enable accurate diagnoses to turn anxiety into answers. Join our diverse, global team of talented people, and be inspired to grow every day.

Leica Biosystems is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges. 

The Applications Manager for Leica Biosystems is responsible for providing leadership, performance management, coaching, and mentoring of the Application Specialists in their territory or region.

This position is part of Leica Biosystems located in the Northeast and will be fully remote with 70% travel. At Leica Biosystems, our vision is to advance cancer diagnostics and improve lives.

You will be a part of the Applications Team and report to the Director of Applications responsible for managing a high-performance team that provides in-field technical applications support for Leica Biosystems’ current and future range of products and services. He / She will support the achievement of the U.S. Sales Unit’s annual sales and margin objectives while ensuring an optimized customer experience.

If you thrive in an amazing, multifunctional, leadership, role and want to work to build a world-class Applications organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work alongside regional sales and service manager counterparts to support Leica in order for it to achieve sales goals.

• Conduct or arrange for associate training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use and build an in-depth understanding of our new product technologies and their applications in a diagnostic histopathology environment.

• Update, improve or develop, plus maintain Application Specialist on-boarding and Training Program, plus Standard work for installation, evaluation, and account activities.

• Travel with Application Specialists, providing individual coaching and professional development to each member of the team to enable you to complete mid-year and annual performance evaluations as well as annual development plan reviews for each Application Specialist.

• Recruit, develop, mentor and train Application Specialists with clearly communicated technical and overall performance standards.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• BA/BS in Life Sciences or equivalent.

• 3-5 years’ experience in field technical support.

• Understanding of Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Histology marketplace or a related discipline.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• 2-3 years of technical management experience.

At Leica Biosystems we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Leica Biosystems can provide.

The salary range for this role is $106,400.00 - $186,000.00. 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. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. 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.

At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to 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. Our global teams are pioneering what’s next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Given the essential job duties of this position, the employee is required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation and applicable law.

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