Product & Business Analysis
Merck
3 days ago
Remote friendly (West Point, PA)
United States
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Partner with R&D scientists, product managers, and technical teams to analyze laboratory workflows and translate them into business and functional requirements.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for laboratory systems supporting experimental design, data capture, and analysis.
- Use agile product ways of working to develop and maintain user stories, functional specifications, and process documentation aligned with product roadmaps and scientific needs.
- Support implementation, configuration, and lifecycle management of laboratory systems and related R&D informatics platforms.
- Collaborate with vendors and internal engineering teams on enhancements, integrations, and system upgrades.
- Ensure laboratory data is captured, stored, and retrieved to support scientific reproducibility and downstream analysis.
- Translate scientific and business needs into product requirements.
- Partner with Quality for system validation, change control, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Create and maintain SOPs and validation documentation.
- Serve as primary point of contact for R&D users; gather feedback and identify workflow improvements.
- Support user onboarding, training, and adoption of new features/platforms.
- Monitor system usage and user feedback to drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Required:
- High School Diploma.
- 2+ years as an IT Product Analyst, Business Analyst, or similar role.
- Working knowledge of GxP regulations for R&D IT systems.
- Ability to translate scientific workflows into technical/product requirements.
Preferred:
- Background in pharmaceutical/biotech/life sciences R&D.
- Familiarity with regulated SaaS in pharmaceutical R&D.
- Agile/product-centric IT experience.
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations for laboratory information systems in pharmaceutical R&D.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary & incentive pay; pension and health insurance contributions; hybrid working model; 5 weeks annual leave and other listed leave/benefits.
Application Instructions:
- “Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now!”
- Partner with R&D scientists, product managers, and technical teams to analyze laboratory workflows and translate them into business and functional requirements.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for laboratory systems supporting experimental design, data capture, and analysis.
- Use agile product ways of working to develop and maintain user stories, functional specifications, and process documentation aligned with product roadmaps and scientific needs.
- Support implementation, configuration, and lifecycle management of laboratory systems and related R&D informatics platforms.
- Collaborate with vendors and internal engineering teams on enhancements, integrations, and system upgrades.
- Ensure laboratory data is captured, stored, and retrieved to support scientific reproducibility and downstream analysis.
- Translate scientific and business needs into product requirements.
- Partner with Quality for system validation, change control, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Create and maintain SOPs and validation documentation.
- Serve as primary point of contact for R&D users; gather feedback and identify workflow improvements.
- Support user onboarding, training, and adoption of new features/platforms.
- Monitor system usage and user feedback to drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Required:
- High School Diploma.
- 2+ years as an IT Product Analyst, Business Analyst, or similar role.
- Working knowledge of GxP regulations for R&D IT systems.
- Ability to translate scientific workflows into technical/product requirements.
Preferred:
- Background in pharmaceutical/biotech/life sciences R&D.
- Familiarity with regulated SaaS in pharmaceutical R&D.
- Agile/product-centric IT experience.
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations for laboratory information systems in pharmaceutical R&D.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary & incentive pay; pension and health insurance contributions; hybrid working model; 5 weeks annual leave and other listed leave/benefits.
Application Instructions:
- “Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now!”