Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Bring more to life.  Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?   At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.    You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.  Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.   At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.  Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.  The Senior Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for leading engineering teams across a complex product and platform area, ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery at portfolio scale while building the talent pipelines, operating mechanisms, and architectural governance that enable long-term engineering excellence. This role acts as a force multiplier through Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Staff Engineers, translating business strategy into engineering execution, shaping team topology, and driving cross-functional alignment across organizational boundaries This position reports to the Director, Software Engineering and is and will be an on-site role. While roles are posted openly to ensure transparency, some vacancies may be considered as suitable alternative roles for associates who are at risk of redundancy. Where this applies, those individuals will be given priority consideration in line with applicable legal and company requirements. What You Will Do: Lead portfolio-level delivery across multiple teams, owning roadmap clarity, dependency mapping, risk management, and re-scoping decisions to ensure predictable execution against consequential business commitments. Build and develop engineering teams — coaching Engineers and Tech Leads, running structured career growth frameworks (calibrated leveling, promotion committees, succession planning), and maintaining a high-accountability, psychologically safe culture across teams. Co-own technical strategy and architecture governance with Staff Engineers defining multi-quarter platform direction, introducing review mechanisms (ADRs, design reviews, tech radar), and driving meaningful reduction of technical debt at scale.