VP, Engineering & Platform Transformation

Radiometer; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

IDBS, a Danaher operating company, seeks a strategic and hands-on engineering leader to drive the next-gen agentic workflow and data platform. You will restructure the Engineering organisation to balance heritage sustainment with innovation, delivering scalable architecture, governed AI and enterprise-grade compliance across the product lifecycle.

You will partner with Product, Strategy and Operations to accelerate delivery velocity, improve predictability and maximise customer value, while

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading global SaaS engineering organisations through significant transformation.
• Deep expertise in modern data architecture, cloud platforms, AI-enabled products and governed AI frameworks.
• Experience restructuring engineering organisations to balance legacy product sustainment with innovation and growth.
• Strong track record implementing Agile, Lean and Program Increment Planning methodologies to accelerate value delivery.
• Practical experience applying AI across software design, development, testing and operations.
• Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate at executive level while remaining technically credible and hands-on when needed.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology vision for IDBS’ next-generation agentic workflow and data platform.
• Establish the long-term architecture for data, workflows, AI and cloud services that supports future growth.
• Partner with Product and Strategy to translate customer and market needs into a clear technology roadmap.
• Balance short-term customer commitments with long-term platform transformation.
• Lead the design and implementation of modern data architecture, governance and interoperability frameworks.
• Drive adoption of governed AI, ensuring solutions are secure, compliant, auditable and trusted.
• Establish foundations for scalable AI-enabled products, intelligent automation and agentic workflows.
• Act as a thought leader in leveraging AI to accelerate product innovation and engineering productivity.
• Restructure Engineering to effectively manage heritage product sustainment while accelerating investment in strategic innovation.
• Create clear ownership models across platform engineering, innovation, customer commitments and operational excellence.
• Leverage Agile methodologies, Lean principles and Program Increment Planning to improve execution, alignment and speed to market.
• Drive measurable improvements in engineering productivity, delivery predictability and customer value realisation.
• Champion the use of AI across design, architecture, development, testing, validation, documentation and support.
• Establish engineering best practices that leverage AI to improve quality, velocity and efficiency.
• Demonstrate hands-on leadership and expertise in modern software engineering, data platforms and AI-enabled delivery.
• Build, develop and retain a high-performing engineering organisation aligned to Danaher Core Values and Behaviours.
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, innovation, continuous improvement and customer focus.
• Lead through influence, collaboration and visible engagement across Engineering, Product, Customer Success and Operations.
• Develop future leaders and create a scalable engineering organisation capable of supporting long-term growth.
• Ensure solutions meet the highest standards of quality, security, privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and applicable regulated industry requirements.
• Embed quality, reliability and security into all aspects of engineering delivery.]
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Skills

SaaS leadership

Data architecture

Governed AI

Cloud platforms

Agile & Lean

Tools

Jira

Job description

IDBS, a Danaher operating company, seeks a strategic and hands-on engineering leader to drive the next-gen agentic workflow and data platform. You will restructure the Engineering organisation to balance heritage sustainment with innovation, delivering scalable architecture, governed AI and enterprise-grade compliance across the product lifecycle.

You will partner with Product, Strategy and Operations to accelerate delivery velocity, improve predictability and maximise customer value, while