Director, Enterprise Applications – SAP Platform

Director, Enterprise Applications – SAP Platform Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, 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. At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests.

As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Director, Applications Platform leads the SAP technical platform team responsible for reliable delivery, operations, and continuous improvement of Cepheid’s SAP application landscape.

This role provides day-to-day leadership across SAP Basis, SAP BTP services, ABAP development standards, Fiori enablement, integrations, SAP security enablement, automation, and DevOps practices.

The Director partners with Enterprise Applications leadership, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, compliance, and vendor teams to execute approved roadmaps, maintain platform stability, support SAP transformation initiatives, and advance Clean Core, automation, and AI-enabled productivity practices within established enterprise governance.

This position reports to the Enterprise Applications leader and is part of the Enterprise Applications organization. This is a remote role based in the USA. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Lead executio