Technical Manager of Manufacturing Applications

Danaher Corporation

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $95,000–$140,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 40 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator focused on biotechnology, diagnostics, and life sciences.

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TL;DR · Technical Manager of Manufacturing Applications

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The Technical Manager of Manufacturing Applications joins the IT Manufacturing Applications team to oversee compliant, reliable, and validated enterprise manufacturing platforms. This role involves managing the end-to-end lifecycle of GxP-regulated systems, including planning enhancements, upgrades, and decommissioning. Key responsibilities include governing change management, performing risk assessments, coordinating with validation teams, and ensuring inspection readiness for manufacturing operations. The successful candidate will partner with Quality and Manufacturing stakeholders to translate operational needs into system capabilities while managing vendors and incident responses. Required skills include experience with MES, LIMS, and QMS platforms, alongside hands-on software development experience using C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and API-based integrations. This position solves the technical challenge of maintaining validated, automated manufacturing systems within a highly regulated life sciences and biotechnology production environment.

Skills

GxP MES LIMS QMS C# JavaScript TypeScript React API IT Service Management Validation Change Management CAPA Root Cause Analysis Software Development Automation Digital Transformation

What you'll do

Own the end-to-end management of GxP-regulated manufacturing systems, including lifecycle planning, upgrades, and decommissioning.
Ensure manufacturing systems operate in compliance with GxP regulations, internal quality standards, and inspection readiness.
Govern change management for GxP systems, including validation planning, risk assessments, testing, and documentation.
Translate operational needs from Quality, Manufacturing, and IT stakeholders into compliant system capabilities.
Oversee operational stability through incident management, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
Manage vendors and service partners to ensure compliance, performance, and service expectations for GxP systems.
Maintain inspection-ready documentation and support internal and external audits or regulatory inspections.
Coordinate training and user enablement to ensure proper system use and sustained compliance.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
At least 4 years of experience supporting or managing manufacturing IT systems in regulated environments.
At least 1 year of experience in a supervisory, management, technical lead, or team lead role.
Strong understanding of manufacturing systems such as MES, LIMS, QMS, or related platforms.
Experience operating within IT service management and quality governance processes.
Hands-on software development experience with C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web frameworks like React, and API-based integrations.
Experience supporting global or multi-site manufacturing environments (preferred).
Exposure to manufacturing digital transformation initiatives (preferred).

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