Senior IT Business Enablement Manager - HR & Learning (f/m/d)

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 Sr IT Business Enablement Manager - HR & Learning is responsible for bridging business objectives with IT capabilities to deliver measurable business outcomes for the HR and Learning. This role will drive strategic alignment, operational excellence, and innovation across enterprise IT initiatives, ensuring technology investments maximize value and accelerate business transformation. As a member of the IT Business Enablement – Functions team, this role will partner with the HR & Learning organizations through technology, fostering strong partnerships, and embedding agile, product-centric delivery models. This position reports to the Sr Director ITBE Functions leader and is part of the Information Technology team, and will be an on-site role in Kraków. What you will do Partner with Cytiva HR & Learning leaders, their teams, DHR Corporate IT, and IT delivery teams to provide a single, effective interface between business functions and IT, ensuring alignment with Cytiva priorities and DHR Corporate Strategy. Define, execute, and maintain the HR & Learning OpCo, functional, and regional IT strategy, including HR & Learning application roadmaps, ensuring technology priorities support business objectives and long-term value creation. Support the Discovery model by working with HR & Learning leaders, Business Enablement IT Business Analysts, and the BE Pillar Head to identify business outcomes, assign them to the appropriate value streams, prioritize them against the value stream backlog, and partner with IT Delivery & Governance to establish the right delivery approach. Drive delivery and value realization for prioritized outcomes by leading proof of concepts, authoring user requirement specifications, tracking ROI and say/do performance post-delivery, and ensuring IT initiatives deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, quality, customer satisfaction, and decision-making. Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence across HR & Learning by leveraging advanced analytics, automation, digital technologies, external trends, and best practices; maintaining a robust and integrated technology landscape including T&A tools, HR data flows, LMS systems, and HR technology; ensuring compliance with GxP and regulatory standards; and proactively identifying and mitigating supply chain risks.​ Who you are 10+ years of experience partnering with HR, learning management capabilities, or HR technology transformation Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM equivalent certification or equivalent Strong understanding of HR and Learning capabilities, ability to translate business priorities and data requirements into scalable technology solutions Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders through credibility, business acumen, structured communication, and clear decision support. Proven experience operating in a global, matrixed organisation with competing priorities, evolving requirements, and cross-functional delivery teams. Outcome-oriented mindset, with resilience, accountability, and the ability to drive progress through ambiguity, complexity, and setbacks. Ability to build trusted partnerships across business and technology teams, aligning HR and Learning priorities with enterprise technology strategy. It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in Experience with M&A and Due Diligence focused projects at global and x-functional scale. #LI-KK1 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. For more information, visit .