Danaher

Manager of Manufacturing Applications - Onsite

Danaher$90K — $120K *
Fargo, ND 58103In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
  • 8-10 years experience with manufacturing IT systems in regulated environments.
  • Experience managing GxP-regulated systems and compliance oversight.
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems like MES, LIMS, and QMS.
  • Hands-on software development experience with technologies like C#, JavaScript, and API integrations.

Responsibilities

  • Own the lifecycle management of GxP manufacturing systems.
  • Ensure compliance with GxP regulations and internal quality standards.
  • Coordinate validation planning and change management for GxP systems.
  • Collaborate with Quality and Manufacturing to enhance system capabilities.
  • Oversee operational stability and performance of GxP systems.
  • Manage vendors and ensure compliance and service expectations.
  • Maintain inspection-ready documentation and support audits.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care programs.
  • Paid time off to promote work-life balance.
  • Competitive benefit programs to improve life beyond work.
Full Job Description
The Manager of Manufacturing Applications is responsible for ensuring compliant, reliable, and validated enterprise manufacturing platforms that support GxP-regulated operations across the organization.

This position reports to the Director of Software Engineering and is part of the IT Manufacturing Applications team located in Coralville, IA or Fargo, ND and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
  • Own the end-to-end management of GxP-regulated manufacturing systems, including lifecycle planning, enhancements, upgrades, rationalization, and decommissioning.
  • Ensure manufacturing systems operate in compliance with GxP regulations, internal quality standards, and inspection readiness expectations.
  • Coordinate with the Validation team and govern change management for GxP systems, including validation planning, risk assessments, testing, documentation, change impact analysis, and ensuring changes are properly assessed, approved, tested, and deployed in alignment with validation and quality requirements.
  • Partner closely with Quality, Manufacturing, and IT stakeholders to translate operational needs into compliant system capabilities and improvements.
  • Oversee operational stability and performance of GxP systems, including incident management, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), and continuous improvement.
  • Manage vendors and service partners supporting GxP systems, ensuring compliance, performance, documentation, and service expectations are met.
  • Maintain inspection-ready documentation, support internal and external audits and regulatory inspections, and coordinate training and user enablement to ensure proper system use and sustained compliance.


The essential requirements of the job include:
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
  • At least 8-10 years of experience supporting or managing manufacturing IT systems in regulated environments, including experience with technically complex systems involving integrations, automation, or custom implementations.
  • Demonstrated experience managing GxP-regulated systems, including validation support, compliance oversight, and change control in collaboration with Quality and Validation teams, and partnering with Manufacturing and Quality organizations to support compliant operations.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing systems (e.g., MES, LIMS, QMS, instruments related, or related manufacturing platforms).
  • Experience operating within IT service management and quality governance processes, with hands-on software development experience supporting system integrations, automation, or platform enhancements, using technologies such as C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web frameworks (e.g. React), and API-based integrations.


It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
  • Experience supporting global or multi site manufacturing environments.
  • Exposure to manufacturing digital transformation initiatives.
  • Experience with ERP-manufacturing system integrations in regulated contexts.


IDT, 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.

About Danaher

Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in both Diagnostics and Life Sciences laboratories on seven continents. For more than 75 years, our products have been making a difference in peoples' lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery.

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Size
78,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.6 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+11.8%
Revenue
$22.2 billion
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