Role Summary
Senior Business Analyst in the LIMS ELN and Entity Registration Platforms team to bridge scientific research needs and IT solutions, focusing on ELN/LIMS and GenAI-enabled workflows to improve data quality, speed of insight, and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with scientists and lab managers to understand experimental workflows; document user needs, process maps, and data standards for ELN/LIMS and GenAI use cases.
- Solution Design: Partner with platform engineers and vendors to design configurations (schemas, registration models, templates, routing), integrations (APIs/webhooks/ETL), roles/permissions, and audit/traceability aligned with standards.
- GenAI Enablement: Identify high-value GenAI opportunities; define guardrails, evaluation, and privacy controls; support pilots through scale-up.
- Instrument & Data Connectivity: Coordinate instrument data capture, ensure metadata/FAIR practices, and support interoperability with analytics/warehouse environments.
- Delivery & Support: Manage backlogs and Jira boards; write user stories and acceptance criteria; plan and script UAT; develop training materials and conduct end-user training; provide post-go-live support.
- Compliance & Quality: Partner with QA/Validation as applicable, ensuring documentation, change control, and audit readiness.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Coordinate across Research, IT, Security, and vendors; contribute to roadmaps, SOWs, and service reviews to meet SLAs and continuous improvement goals.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Life Sciences or related field.
- Experience: 3+ years as a Business Analyst in life-sciences R&D; 3+ years configuring/implementing ELN/LIMS (Benchling, Genedata, Dotmatics, Revvity, Sapio, etc.).
- GenAI: 1-2+ years enabling enterprise GenAI solutions for scientific knowledge or workflow assistance.
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with ELN/LIMS configuration, REST APIs/JSON, basic SQL; understanding of data models, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to translate complex scientific requirements into testable specifications and measurable outcomes.
- Communication: Strong written/verbal skills for lab, IT, and leadership audiences.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Working understanding of 21 CFR Part 11, data integrity, and GxP/CLIA principles as applicable.
Skills
- Strong commitment to technology with a passion for healthcare and impact on patients.
- Ability to translate scientific needs into system configurations, integrations, and training.
- Collaborative work style across scientists, IT, vendors, and contractors.
- Change management and adoption focus; user experience emphasis.
- Excellent communication and agility to learn new tools and processes.
Education
- Bachelorโs or Masterโs in Life Sciences (e.g., Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering) or related field.