Senior Director IT Business Applications

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a Danaher operating company, is committed to innovation that saves lives. We foster a culture of belonging and continuous improvement, bringing ideas into life‑changing advances across genomics, cancer, infectious disease and more.

Senior Director, IT Business Applications

Location: Coralville, Iowa; Fargo, North Dakota; or Waltham, Massachusetts (onsite).

This role reports to the Vice President, Digital Transformation & Information Technology.

In This Role You Will:

• Define and own the enterprise platform vision and strategy aligned to business objectives and the desired end‑to‑end customer and operator experience.
• Provide executive leadership for enterprise platform portfolios, ensuring platforms evolve as cohesive, integrated capabilities rather than isolated systems.
• Establish clear accountability for platform outcomes, including experience quality, operational efficiency, scalability, and business value.
• Drive experience‑led platform design with technology decisions guided by customer, employee, and operator needs.
• Partner with business and IT leadership to translate strategy into platform roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Ensure platforms are architected for integration, data flow, security, and resilience to enable seamless cross‑domain experiences.
• Champion standardization, governance, and investment discipline to balance reuse, flexibility, speed, control, innovation, and long‑term enterprise agility.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology leadership roles, including responsibility for large‑scale platform or application portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience defining and leading enterprise platform strategies that deliver measurable business and experience outcomes.
• Proven ability to drive experience‑centric design across technology platforms (customer, employee, and/or operator experience).
• Strong background in enterprise architecture, platform integration, and operating model design.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders to align technology strategy with business and customer objectives.
• Demonstrated executive leadership capability, influencing across functions and leading senior leaders through transformation.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel 25%–50% globally per business needs.

Preferred Experience:

• Leading enterprise platform transformation or modernization initiatives.
• Experience in complex, global, or regulated enterprise environments.
• Establishing product‑ or platform‑centric operating models.

Annual salary range: $230,000 – $265,000. Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

Benefits include paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.

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