Scientific Informatics Business Analyst / Consultant
Location: West Point / Rahway, USA
Job Type: Contract
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Scientific Informatics / Life Sciences IT professional with strong experience supporting pharmaceutical R&D, Discovery & Development systems, scientific data, and IT integration initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have experience bridging R&D and IT, working with scientists, technical SMEs, Product Managers, Solution Architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver technology solutions and data integration activities.
Responsibilities
Lead and manage tasks, deliverables, and milestones for data integration projects.
Work with scientists and business stakeholders to define requirements for data capture, storage, search, integration, and visualization.
Apply FAIR data principles to scientific data management and integration.
Support chemical registration, compound categorization, sample management, and scientific data workflows.
Integrate structured and unstructured data into existing R&D / MRL application landscapes.
Manage onboarding of on-premise and cloud data, system migrations, and archiving.
Work with IT Product teams and Solution Architects to define technical solutions aligned with business requirements.
Support integration of eNotebook, chem/bioassay data, sample logistics, dashboards, and related scientific platforms.
Collaborate with Discovery Research, Data Science, Chem/Bioinformatics, and Genomics teams.
Translate business requirements into executable IT solutions and delivery plans.
Manage project plans, timelines, risks, Jira tasks, and Kanban boards.
Ensure appropriate pharmaceutical industry standards and regulatory requirements are followed.
Coordinate transition and handoff of completed integration activities to business and operational teams.
Required Skills
Strong experience in Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences IT.
Experience with Scientific Informatics and scientific software.
Experience supporting R&D, Discovery Research, or Drug Discovery/Development environments.
Strong experience with data integration and scientific data management.
Understanding of SDLC and FAIR data principles.
Strong stakeholder management and project delivery experience.
Experience working with chemical databases and compound registration.
Knowledge of chemical structure formats such as MOL, SDF, SMILES, InChI, and CAS Registry Numbers.
Experience with Jira and Kanban.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills
Oracle / SQL
Python
Cloud and on-premise data integration
Data migration and archiving
eNotebook
Chem/Bioassay systems
Bioinformatics / Genomics
Scientific data visualization
Pharmaceutical R&D applications
Keywords: Scientific Informatics, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical IT, R&D IT, Research Informatics, Scientific Data, Data Integration, Drug Discovery, Drug Development, Chemical Informatics, Bioinformatics, Genomics, FAIR Data, SDLC, SQL, Oracle, Python, Jira, Kanban.
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