[Hiring] Senior Director - Autonomous Labs Architect @Danaher Corporation

Role 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.
• 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.
• Translate enterprise strategy into scalable execution by partnering with operating companies, enterprise teams, customers, strategic partners, industry consortia, scientific organizations, and external ecosystem participants.
• Guide system, software, workflow, and data architecture decisions while ensuring outputs from internal initiatives become reusable enterprise capabilities, standards, and patterns.
• Influence product strategy and commercial offerings across multiple operating companies while serving as Danaher’s internal and external thought leader for autonomous laboratories.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Ability to travel – 40% travel required.
• Previous experience in autonomous labs, self-driving labs, autonomous instruments, or AI-driven experimental workflows is a plus.
• Experience with laboratory informatics and digital lab platforms, including LIMS, ELN, scientific data platforms, and instrument connectivity solutions.
• Familiarity with life sciences workflows such as flow cytometry, antibody discovery, cell biology, assay development, or bioprocessing.
• Experience translating scientific AI concepts into practical laboratory products, workflows, and customer-facing solutions.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement systems like DBS.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefit programs including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.
• Remote work arrangement eligible for this position.
• Annual salary range for this role is $230,000 - $290,000.
• Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.