Role: Lab Informatics Transformation Lead
Location: San Francisco, CA
Long term
Roles and responsibilities:
1. Lab Workflow & User Enablement
Work closely with scientists and IT to understand discovery lab workflows and translate them into practical ELN, SDMS, and (as needed) LIMS solutions that scientists will readily adopt.
2. Legacy Instrument & Data Integration
Assess aging lab instruments and computers and define practical, risk-based approaches to capture and migrate instrument data into SDMS, using automated or manual methods as appropriate.
3. ELN / SDMS / LIMS Configuration & Implementation
Lead the configuration and implementation of ELN, SDMS, and LIMS, leveraging hands-on experience as both a system user and administrator to ensure consistent data capture, traceability across samples and experiments, and prevention of future data silos.
4. System Administration & Steady-State Support
Provide hands-on system administration support, including user access, permissions, instrument connections, integrations, and performance oversight, and support ongoing operation and compliance after go-live.
5. Program & Vendor Management
Support end-to-end delivery by coordinating vendors, managing project timelines and change management activities, and ensuring solutions are delivered on time and sustainable long term.
Desired Skillset:
Hands-on experience implementing ELN, SDMS and LIMS and supporting laboratory data and sample management platforms.
Must have a strong understanding of discovery lab operations, data flows, and scientific workflows.
Proven ability to operate the lab systems/instruments as both a scientific user and system administrator.
1. Experience in integrating, administering and maintaining lab instruments and managing instrument-generated data.
Skilled in defining data structures, traceability, and governance to support scalable discovery/lab space.