Manager, Software Development & Verification

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At SCIEX, 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.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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The Manager, Software Development & Verification, is responsible for leading the software verification function to ensure high-quality, reliable, and compliant software releases. This role manages a team of Software Verification Specialists, defines the verification strategy, and partners with software development, product management, and quality teams to deliver products that meet functional, performance, and regulatory requirements.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Software Development and Verification, is part of the R&D Software Team located in Concord, Canada, and is an on-site role. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and manage a team of Software Verification Specialists, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.

• Define and execute verification strategy across product lines, including test planning, traceability, risk-based testing, release readiness, and program planning through verification effort estimation, risk identification, and timeline management.

• Own verification deliverables such as test plans, test protocols, reports, defect metrics, and quality dashboards.

• Ensure software verification activities align with applicable standards, internal quality systems, and regulatory expectations.

• Drive test automation strategy and implementation across integration, system, and regression levels.

• Establish and monitor key quality indicators (defect leakage, pass/fail trends, coverage, cycle time), lead root-cause analysis for escaped defects, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Champion continuous improvement in tools, workflows, and engineering best practices.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 3+ years of people-management experience leading technical teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for Software Verification Specialists or similar technical teams.

• 8+ years of experience in software verification, software quality, or test engineering, ensuring software verification activities align with applicable standards, internal quality systems, and regulatory expectations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Science, or related technical field.

• Experience with requirements, traceability and test management tools.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality releases in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

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

The annual salary range for this role is $111,333 – $122,500 CAD. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
 

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll 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.

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