Lab Systems Analyst III
About The Position
As the Lab Systems Analyst III, you will be responsible for the administration, design, delivery, and maintenance of NEB’s Enterprise ELN/LIMS applications (Benchling) in support of R&D as well as biomanufacturing departments. Through establishing strong partnerships with scientific business users and software developers, you will translate scientific business processes and needs into system customization/enhancements; scalable, structured, and query-optimized/analysis-ready data capture; curated scientific relational databases; and end-to-end data analysis and visualization workflows. A person in this role will be a fast learner able to collaborate with scientific business users and software developers to deploy custom business solutions and system integrations for a wide array of Enterprise and niche scientific software tools including but not limited to: biomanufacturing process development data analytics platforms (PAS-X Savvy), product launch/change business process and product documentation management tools (HCL Notes), in silico nucleotide design and database tools (Geneious), workflow-specific LIMS (Clarity), etc.
Requirements
- BS in Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, or related field.
- Experience with Benchling as an end-user and/or system configuration expertise is required.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in an R&D and/or biomanufacturing scientific role utilizing bench scientist molecular biology techniques and any combination of bioinformatics, scientific data curation, scientific data analysis and visualization experience is required.
- Exceptional written and verbal cross-functional communicator able to translate complex scientific data concepts into system configuration and custom data workflows directed at scientific, software developer, and leadership audiences for effective project management and execution.
- Highly motivated, independent contributor and strong team player/collaborator with a great work ethic able to effectively prioritize and execute tasks with minimal supervision.
- Must be excited by the opportunity to continually learn new systems, skills, and concepts.
- Strong project leadership/management and facilitation skills or a desire to learn.
- Ability to be an effective team player is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in other Enterprise or niche scientific data systems such as but not limited to other ELNs, LIMS, MES, ERP, and data analysis/visualization tools is a plus.
- Project management certification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Ensure NEB’s R&D (Research and AppDev) and biomanufacturing (Production and QC) Benchling ELN needs are met with system configuration customization while promoting adoption of new capabilities to meet ever-evolving business needs.
- Provide primary Benchling ELN system administration, training, and maintenance, while maintaining strong vendor relations.
- Provide scientific and technology expertise that guides collaborative process development, relational database curation, data governance, data analysis, and data integration design that meets key stakeholder needs.
- Lead project design (plan & deliverables); gathering and documentation of business requirements; project administration, team management, and communications; as well as managing timeline/expectation setting with individual project contributors and project stakeholders.
- Utilize project management skills to manage and track multiple cross-functional projects while establishing project plans, project roles/responsibilities, and clear communication to project contributors and leadership.
- Effectively manage multiple projects/priorities and project risks.
- Bring Benchling expertise and best practices to a varied userbase and stakeholder audience to ensure full software value realization.
- Keep informed of Benchling’s features and product roadmap to better leverage capabilities as solutions for NEB business needs.
- Maintain productive/collaborative relationships with IT and business partners across NEB as well as 3rd party software vendors.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary profit-sharing bonus
- Participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan "ESOP" (eligible after two full years of service)
- Exceptional benefits package at a nominal cost to the employee including a 10% 401k match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
