Consultant, Scientific and Laboratory Informatics

Accenture•Columbus, OH

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise. Our Laboratory Reinvention practice focuses on scientific and laboratory innovation combined with leading-edge technology, helping clients achieve Digital and AI Laboratory Transformation. This involves co-creation and application of digital technologies to revolutionize scientific and laboratory processes. The team possesses a combination of scientific and laboratory informatics expertise, strategic and business consulting experience, and industry platforms knowledge. The role leverages digital technologies such as GenAI and Agentic SI solutions, automation, Internet of Things, analytics, and cloud, alongside a fundamental redesign of the scientific user experience to help clients better capture, manage, integrate, and analyze complex scientific data. The goal is to improve research, development, and manufacturing of new products, enhance quality, ensure compliance, reduce time to market, and improve operational efficiency. As a member of this team, you will be exposed to cutting-edge technologies and processes utilized by leading companies and government agencies. Team members typically work on one project at a time as part of a larger core team. As a Forward Deployed Scientific Engineer, you will utilize AI tools to develop and scale solutions for laboratory scientists, conduct stakeholder interviews, translate business requirements into technical specifications, develop project documentation, support solution design and implementation compliant with GxP regulatory standards, manage scientific data, provide end-user training, prepare SDLC documents, offer insights on laboratory and scientific informatics solutions, and oversee the implementation of various digital solutions.

Requirements

3+ Years of experience working in the field of scientific and laboratory informatics, within R&D and/or QC Manufacturing spaces
Bachelor’s Degree in a Laboratory Science / Life Science (e.g., Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Microbiology) or Computer Science or Engineering (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering)
Candidates must be willing to travel up to 50% to client locations

Responsibilities

Utilize AI tools to effectively elicit, demonstrate, develop, and scale solutions that meet the needs of laboratory scientists across the value chain.
Conduct stakeholder interviews and working sessions to gather insights and clarify needs.
Analyze and translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications for development and configuration of custom and off-the-shelf solutions
Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including requirement specifications, use cases, and design documents.
Support the design and implementation of solutions that comply with regulatory standards in GxP environments.
Support the accurate and timely design, creation, and migration of scientific master data and transactional data.
Provide training and ongoing support to end-users on new systems and processes
Prepare SDLC documents (Process Maps, Workflows, Specs, Test Scripts, etc.)
Provide point-of-view on laboratory and scientific informatics solutions to deliver on transformational goals along with strengths and weaknesses of various technology solutions.
Help clients better capture, handle, integrate and analyze complex scientific data
Oversee, design, and implement digital solutions such as Agentic Lab Capabilities, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN), Chromatography Data Systems (CDS), Scientific Data Management Systems (SDMS), Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud