What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientific Business Analyst position at Astrix?
A leading biotechnology organization is seeking a Scientific Business Analyst to support a strategic initiative focused on modernizing small-molecule discovery systems and workflows.
Job Title: Scientific Business Analyst – Small Molecule Discovery
Contract Duration: June 2026 – December 2026
Location: South San Francisco, CA (MUST be onsite 5x a week)
Pay rate: $75/hr-88/hr (Depending on experience)
Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm
Position Overview
The successful candidate will partner with scientists, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure a smooth migration while minimizing impact to research operations and discovery programs. This role will be instrumental in transitioning laboratory applications, vendor-integrated tools, and data processes from a legacy molecular registration environment to a new enterprise-wide platform.
Key Responsibilities
Job Title: Scientific Business Analyst – Small Molecule Discovery
Contract Duration: June 2026 – December 2026
Location: South San Francisco, CA (MUST be onsite 5x a week)
Pay rate: $75/hr-88/hr (Depending on experience)
Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm
Position Overview
The successful candidate will partner with scientists, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure a smooth migration while minimizing impact to research operations and discovery programs. This role will be instrumental in transitioning laboratory applications, vendor-integrated tools, and data processes from a legacy molecular registration environment to a new enterprise-wide platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements to support the migration of laboratory applications, workflows, and data integrations to a modern registration platform.
- Collaborate with scientists, developers, and operational stakeholders to identify process impacts, address challenges, and define transition plans.
- Serve as a liaison between technical teams and end users, ensuring effective communication regarding project milestones, system updates, and workflow changes.
- Develop and maintain user guides, standard operating procedures (SOPs), training materials, and technical documentation.
- Deliver training sessions and provide user support for newly migrated systems and applications.
- Assist with post-implementation activities, including validation efforts, issue resolution, user adoption support, and retirement of legacy systems.
- Scientific background with hands-on understanding of small molecule drug discovery and related research workflows.
- Familiarity with medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, DMPK, and/or biochemical and cellular assay environments.
- Demonstrated experience supporting business process improvements, system implementations, or technology-driven change initiatives within scientific organizations.
- Strong stakeholder management and change management capabilities.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced R&D environment.
- Must be Authorized to work in the United States.
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