Danaher

Senior Director - Autonomous Labs Architect

Danaher$230K — $290K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in systems architecture, digital labs, laboratory automation, or scientific instrumentation.
  • Proven experience in defining and implementing enterprise architecture and governance models.
  • Demonstrated success in translating strategic objectives into measurable business outcomes in cross-business environments.
  • Experience partnering with external technology partners and ecosystem participants.

Responsibilities

  • Define and govern enterprise architecture and technology standards for autonomous labs.
  • Establish interoperability across scientific instruments and informatics platforms.
  • Translate enterprise strategy into scalable execution with diverse stakeholders.
  • Guide system and software architecture decisions for reusable enterprise capabilities.
  • Influence product strategy and represent Danaher in thought leadership on autonomous laboratories.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care programs including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off for work-life balance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan for eligible employees.
  • Flexible remote work arrangements available for this role.
  • Opportunities for growth in a sustainable workforce environment.
Full Job Description
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. The essential requirements of the job include: • 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, It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: • 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 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. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. At Danaher, 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 Danaher can provide. 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. 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.

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.

Danaher Careers

Joining Danaher means becoming part of a global team committed to driving growth, innovation, and leadership across various industries. At Danaher, we offer more than just job opportunities; we provide a platform for professional development and personal achievement.

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At Danaher, you will engage in work that propels global industries forward through innovation and leadership. Our team at Danaher is dedicated to enhancing the company's impact on science, technology, and healthcare. We believe in fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, where every team member’s contribution is valued.

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Join a team where innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Danaher’s commitment to innovation drives our leadership in the market and our ability to offer unique solutions to our clients. Here, your skills in technology, problem-solving, and creativity will be honed through challenging projects and a collaborative work environment.

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Danaher is dedicated to providing a supportive work environment where careers flourish. Our benefits package is designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees and their families. From diversity training to professional development programs, we invest in every employee's growth and well-being.

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