About the role
IDBS is
- seeking
- a strategic and hands-on engineering leader to drive the delivery of a next-generation agentic workflow and data platform that transforms how life sciences
- organisations
- capture, connect,
- govern
- and act on scientific and product data.
- This role will lead the evolution of IDBS’ technology platform, combining deep
- expertise
- in enterprise SaaS, data architecture,
- governed
AI, cloud
- engineering
- and product delivery. The successful candidate will
- be responsible for
- delivering a scalable platform that enables intelligent workflows, high-quality governed data, AI-powered
- insights
- and enterprise-grade compliance.
- A critical aspect of this role will be restructuring the Engineering
- organisation
- to balance the efficient sustainment of heritage products while accelerating investment and innovation in future platform capabilities. Working closely with Product, Strategy and Operations, the individual will
- establish
- an operating model that increases delivery velocity, improves
- predictability
- and accelerates customer value.
- This is a senior leadership role requiring both strategic vision and operational excellence. The successful candidate must be willing to roll up their sleeves,
- demonstrate
- what good looks like, champion the adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle, and build a culture of high performance, urgency,
- accountability
- and value creation.
Core Responsibilities
Strategy & Platform Leadership
- ·
- 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.
Data Architecture & Governed AI
- ·
- 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.
Engineering Transformation & Delivery
- ·
- 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.
AI-Enabled Engineering Excellence
- ·
- 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.
Leadership & Culture
·
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.
Quality, Security & Compliance
- ·
- 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.
Key Requirements
- ·
- 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.
IDBS
,
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. For more information, visit www.danaher.com .