Senior Business Analyst - ELN and LIMS

Bristol Myers Squibb • San Diego, CA

3d • $100,420 - $121,684 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Business Analyst on the LIMS/ELN and Entity Registration Platforms team bridges scientific research needs and IT solutions, with a focus on ELN/LIMS capabilities and the responsible adoption of Generative AI. The role partners with researchers, lab personnel, and IT to understand workflows, design solutions, and ensure effective implementation and support. This role features a hands-on, build-oriented delivery model where the analyst configures working solutions and prototypes directly in the platform (schemas, registration models, templates, and GenAI-assisted workflows) and uses live demonstrations to validate designs with stakeholders, aiming for a faster, more iterative path from scientific need to deployed capability.

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on ELN/LIMS configuration experience. Benchling schema design, registry models, entry workflows, notebook templates, routing rules or equivalent depth in Sapio, Genedata, Dotmatics, Revvity, or IDBS BioBook.
• Life sciences domain fluency. Molecular biology, antibody discovery, protein chemistry, biochemistry, or related R&D lab workflows.
• GenAI prototyping capability. Has built and demonstrated working AI-assisted workflows — prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation frameworks.
• Basic Python or notebook skills sufficient to demo a prototype without IT support.
• Clear communication, including ability to communicate effectively with lab, IT, and leadership audiences, and comfortable conducting live system walkthroughs alongside written communication.
• 3+ years configuring and implementing ELN/LIMS platforms in life-sciences R&D (Benchling, Sapio, Genedata, Dotmatics, Revvity, or IDBS).
• 3+ years in a hands-on platform delivery role (Product BA, Platform Analyst, or equivalent) combining analysis with direct configuration work.
• 1–2+ years enabling GenAI solutions for scientific workflows: prompting, RAG architectures, evaluation/guardrails, responsible deployment.
• ELN/LIMS configuration: schemas, registry/entity models, notebook templates, workflow routing, roles/permissions.
• REST APIs / JSON; basic SQL for data validation and ad hoc analysis.
• Familiarity with data models, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies relevant to research informatics.
• Exposure to cloud analytics environments: Databricks, Snowflake, or Power BI.
• Basic Python or Jupyter notebooks for GenAI prototyping and data exploration.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Biological or Chemical Sciences; prior hands-on research experience strongly preferred.
• Regulatory awareness. Working knowledge of 21 CFR Part 11, GxP/CLIA data integrity principles, and what they mean for ELN/LIMS configuration.
• Hands-on instrument data capture integration experience.
• Familiarity with vector search, embeddings, and LLM evaluation frameworks.
• Professional certifications: CSPO/PSPO, CBAP/CCBA, or PMP.

Responsibilities

• Translate scientific workflow needs into working platform configurations — schemas, entry forms, templates, routing rules, review workflows.
• Conduct working sessions in the platform (e.g., Benchling) to validate designs with scientists, complementing written requirements with live demonstration.
• Own end-to-end delivery of scoped platform features, from requirements through deployed, tested configuration and support.
• Develop reusable configuration patterns and components to improve delivery speed and consistency over time.
• Identify, prototype, and deploy GenAI-assisted workflows: protocol drafting assistants, experiment summarization, semantic search, assay troubleshooting bots.
• Build working prototypes using API calls, prompt templates, and lightweight RAG pipelines — demonstrate live to science stakeholders.
• Define evaluation criteria, guardrails, and responsible-use controls for each GenAI use case; iterate based on user feedback.
• Partner with platform engineers on integration of AI capabilities into ELN/LIMS workflows.
• 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.
• Partner with platform engineers and vendors to design configurations, integrations (APIs/webhooks/ETL), roles/permissions, and audit/traceability aligned with BMS standards.
• Design registration models, schema structures, and data standards consistent with BMS data governance and FAIR principles.
• Coordinate instrument data capture and interoperability with analytics environments (Databricks, Snowflake, Power BI).
• Manage backlog and sprint delivery; write precise user stories and acceptance criteria; script and execute UAT.
• Develop training materials and conduct structured end-user training, favoring concise, platform-embedded guidance (video walkthroughs, in-app help) where it improves adoption.
• Partner with QA/Validation for GxP/CLIA-applicable configurations (21 CFR Part 11, data integrity, audit trail); ensure change control documentation.
• Serve as the primary hands-on technical contact for scientific stakeholders — able to answer configuration questions live without escalation.
• Coordinate with platform vendors (Benchling, Sapio, Genedata, IDBS) on feature roadmaps, issue escalation, and configuration best practices.
• Contribute to SOWs, roadmap planning, and service reviews; represent the team’s delivery capability with credibility.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
• Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
• All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior