Infrastructure Transformation Lead

Bring more to life.

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

At Cepheid, one of Danahers 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and were all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

Youll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danahers 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, youll 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 worlds most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

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The Transformation Lead will lead the modernization of infrastructure and operations ecosystems, driving transformation across core pillars like Identity, Network, Hybrid Cloud, Applications, Data, User Experience and Operations. This role focuses on building integrated, intelligent, and scalable platforms, where AI, Agentic AI, and automation enable self-optimizing infrastructure, secure access, real-time data intelligence, and enhanced user experiences. The architect will define and execute a future-state architecture that unifies these pillars into a cohesive, policy-driven and AI-enabled enterprise platform.

This position reports to the Director of Infrastructure transformation and Network services and is part of the Infrastructure and Operations group located in Bengaluru, India and will be an on-site role.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Define and execute a multi-pillar Infrastructure & Operations transformation strategy spanning infrastructure and cloud platforms, data ecosystems, identity and security, applications, and end-user experience, aligned to business, security, and digital transformation objectives.
• Establish integrated reference architectures and transformation roadmaps that drive the adoption of software-defined, policy-driven, and AI-enabled enterprise platforms, with clearly defined scope, milestones, timelines, and success metrics.
• Lead enterprise-wide AI innovation initiatives by implementing intelligent capabilities across infrastructure, network, identity, application, and workplace domains, including predictive optimization, risk analytics, and self-healing technologies.
• Drive the adoption of Agentic AI solutions to enable autonomous infrastructure provisioning, intelligent access governance, and AI-driven application and platform optimization while improving operational efficiency and service reliability.
• Develop and enforce AI governance frameworks incorporating human-in-the-loop controls, risk management practices, compliance requirements, and operational guardrails to ensure responsible and secure AI deployment across all technology pillars.

• Bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years in infrastructure, enterprise architecture, or platform engineering with 5+ years leading multi-domain transformation initiatives across at least 3 pillars.
• Proven experience in hybrid cloud and infrastructure architecture, data platforms and application modernization or Identity and network integration.
• Strong cross-domain architecture expertise across multiple pillars and Ability to balance performance, security, scalability, and user experience.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder alignment. Strategic, outcome-driven, and innovation-focused mindset.

• TOGAF or enterprise architecture certification and experience with observability or AIOps platforms.
• Experience with AI/ML-driven platforms or automation ecosystems.
• Experience working in regulated or global enterprise environments.

At Cepheid 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 Cepheid can provide.

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows 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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.