Chief Data Officer Full Time

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. With associates across 40+ countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Forming part of the Biotechnology segment at Danaher, we bring together dedicated technical expertise and talent to develop the next generation of life-changing therapeutics.

As Cytiva’s Chief Data Officer (CDO), you’ll have the crucial responsibility of ensuring we govern our data and analytics (D&A) assets so that the business can make maximum strategic advantage of its data, differentiating itself from the competition. Your primary objective is to create and sustain a culture of data ownership that will enhance and accelerate our ability to exploit the inherent value of these data resources to amplify the value we deliver to our customers, the results we achieve in our business, and the growth we foster in our associates.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain authority and accountability for exploiting the value of enterprise information assets (data), and of the analytics used to render insights for decision making, automated decisions and augmentation of human performance.
• Define and execute the mission to take Cytiva on the journey from ad hoc data quality to the industry leading position in data strategy, culture and stewardship. Establish the data quality vision, strategy and related practices for data and analytics.
• Understand and document the lifecycles, ownership and lineage of key data across the enterprise, engage with senior leaders to agree and drive accountability for data quality.
• Partner across the enterprise data quality rules and metrics, establish roles, policies, processes and tools to drive and enable a cultural shift to industry leading data ownership, improving the value and time to market from traditional analytics and building a foundation for effective leverage of AI technology.
• Define and implement the processes to capture and publish key data entities, ownership, lifecycles and lineage.
• Expand into broader connected governance, which covers data security, privacy, architecture and other compliance and regulatory governance practices.
• Create of a culture of data ownership and literacy across the enterprise and hold data owners accountable for metrics/KPI’s.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration; science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); computer science; data science; information systems or related field; or equivalent work experience.
• A proven background and experience in progressive leadership in leading cross-functional teams, multidisciplinary environments and enterprise wide data and analytics programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.
• Experience in integrating complex, enterprise wide processes and information strategies, and/or designing strategic metrics and scorecards.
• Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills: Able to work across business lines at a senior level to influence and effect change to achieve common goals.
• Demonstrated knowledge of information systems/tools, related to software and data management, enterprise content management, and record-keeping policies and practices in a complex organizational environment.
• A broad understanding of the full range of strategic data and analytics capabilities, and the ability to communicate these concepts, methods and techniques in ways easily understood by other stakeholders.

At Cytiva we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cytiva can provide.

At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. Our global teams are pioneering what’s next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.