Senior Director - Autonomous Labs Architect

Radiometer; United States; Remote; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Danaher is seeking a Senior Director - Autonomous Labs Architect to define the architectural blueprint for scaling autonomous laboratories across the company. This fully remote role reports to the VP of Autonomous and Intelligent Labs and shapes enterprise standards and reusable patterns.

You will partner with operating companies, researchers, and technology partners to drive scalable architecture, interoperability, and strategic alignment across diverse lab ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in systems architecture or related fields.
• Experience scaling enterprise architecture across products and platforms.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into scalable execution in enterprise environments.
• Ability to travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the enterprise architecture, standards, and reusable patterns for autonomous and AI-enabled laboratory systems across Danaher.
• Establish interoperability across instruments, informatics platforms, laboratory automation systems, robotics, data layers, AI agents, software platforms, and external partner technologies.
• Translate enterprise strategy into scalable execution by partnering with operating companies, enterprise teams, customers, strategic partners, industry consortia, and external ecosystem participants.
• Guide system, software, workflow, and data architecture decisions to ensure outputs become reusable enterprise capabilities.
• Influence product strategy and act as Danaher’s internal/external thought leader for autonomous labs and related technology strategies.

Skills

Systems architecture

Enterprise architecture

Governance models

Cross-business collaboration

External partnerships

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Advanced degree in STEM

Job description

Bring more to life. At Danaher, our work saves lives. And each of us plays a part. Fueled by our culture of continuous improvement, we turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life. Our 60,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique businesses within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where we’re committed to hiring and developing from within. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Senior Director - Autonomous Labs Architect is responsible for defining the architectural blueprint and enterprise patterns required to scale autonomous labs across Danaher, ensuring internal initiatives in this space act as a model cell for future customer-facing deployments, not a one-off implementation. This position reports to the VP and Enterprise Head of Autonomous and Intelligent Labs and is part of the Danaher Corporate Science & Technology and will be fully remote.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Define and govern the enterprise architecture, technology standards, and reusable patterns for autonomous and AI-enabled laboratory systems across Danaher, establishing clear standardization requirements, ensuring consistency and scalability, and guiding future technology direction and multi-year autonomous laboratory strategy.
• Establish interoperability, integration, and architectural governance across scientific instruments, informatics platforms, laboratory automation systems, robotics, data layers, AI agents, software platforms, and external partner technologies, ensuring coherence across complex mixed-vendor ecosystems.
• Translate enterprise strategy into scalable execution by partnering with operating companies, enterprise teams, customers, strategic partners, industry consortia, scientific organizations, and external ecosystem participants to drive alignment, adoption, and business impact.
• Guide system, software, workflow, and data architecture decisions while ensuring outputs from internal initiatives become reusable enterprise capabilities, standards, and patterns that can be scaled across Danaher and leveraged for future customer-facing deployments.
• Influence product strategy and commercial offerings across multiple operating companies while serving as Danaher’s internal and external thought leader for autonomous laboratories, representing the company in advancing autonomous lab innovation, technology strategy, and industry engagement.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or a related field, with 7+ years of experience in systems architecture, digital labs, laboratory automation, scientific instrumentation, platform design, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience defining and implementing enterprise architecture, standards, and governance models that scale across products, platforms, workflows, and enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success operating in enterprise and cross-business environments, translating strategic objectives into scalable execution and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience partnering with external ecosystem participants, including automation vendors, scientific software providers, AI and compute platforms, data platform providers, and other technology partners.
• Product, platform, or architecture leadership experience that balances customer workflows, technical feasibility, and enterprise scalability to drive adoption and business impact.
• Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: Ability to travel – list specifics 40% travel.

Preferred Experience

• Autonomous labs, self-driving labs, autonomous instruments, or AI-driven experimental workflows.
• Laboratory informatics and digital lab platforms, including LIMS, ELN, scientific data platforms, and instrument connectivity solutions.
• Life sciences workflows such as flow cytometry, antibody discovery, cell biology, assay development, or bioprocessing.
• Enterprise architecture across instruments, AI, data platforms, automation, scientific software, and partner ecosystems.
• Experience translating scientific AI concepts into practical laboratory products, workflows, and customer-facing solutions.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement systems like DBS.

Remote 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 Danaher can provide.

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Danaher 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.

Salary and Incentives

The annual salary range for this role is $230,000 - $290,000. 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. 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.

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About Danaher

Danaher is a leading global life sciences, biotechnology, and diagnostics innovator, helping to solve many of the world’s most important health challenges, ultimately improving quality of life for billions of people today, while setting the foundation for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow. The Danaher ecosystem is made up of more than 15 businesses united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. For more information, visit www.danaher.com. Please read our Applicant Data Privacy Notice carefully here.