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.