Research Informatics Technical Business Partner

The Opportunity:

In this role, you will have the chance to work directly with and support a growing Chemical Technologies team focused on accelerating the discovery of life-changing medicines through automation. We need your help to design and build informatics capabilities to enable high-throughput experimentation (HTE), NanoSAR, and laboratory automation. You will also integrate these new capabilities with Relay’s computation and informatics platform, compound management systems, and chemistry ELN, to build robust and efficient workflows for experimental scientists.  

As a member of the informatics team, you will have the opportunity to work in a high-performing team, continuously learn and grow, and contribute to team rituals across domain areas.  In informatics we emphasize career development, technical growth, and scientific collaboration as the key elements of success.

Your Role:

• Collaborate with the Chemical Technologies, Chemistry and Compound Management teams to foster a culture of scientific excellence, data curation, best practices, and project impact.
• Identify opportunities to improve chemical workflows though software tools and laboratory practices to drive build-out and adoption of your ideas.

Technical Requirements:

• Experience in working with implementation, integration, and configuration of digital scientific solutions required. 
• Deep knowledge of Signals ELN and Signal Parallels product, including automated workflows, integrations with these products, and creation of templates
• Experience with compound inventory systems, such as Titian Mosaic, which facilitate inventory and automated dispensing workflows
• Technical understanding of databases (implementation of data models, query construction, integration tasks, and ETL operations) 
• Experience with at least one programming/scripting languages and programmatic interfaces (APIs)e.g., Python, R, or similar, to be able to transform / analyze various scientific data
• Awareness of orchestration library tools like Airflow, Prefect, etc. preferred.
• You must have an Agile mindset and have experience configuring and using JIRA, Confluence, GitLab and other SLDC systems
• Experience with systems to support Chemistry High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) workflows preferred
• Demonstrated experience in Software Project/Product Management of large, complex, cross-functional projects.

Your Background: 

• Highly motivated, product-oriented professional, with an understanding of working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• BS, MS, or PhD in Chemistry, Informatics, or Computer Science
• 3+ years’ experience working within a Biotech or Pharma informatics organization, or in a technical scientific role
• In-depth knowledge of life sciences R&D processes with fluency speaking about science and scientific data models, process engineering, and analysis results.
• Solid grounding in chemistry laboratory automation.
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

*This positions is based in Cambridge, MA 

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