Scientific Business Analyst - United Kingdom

TetraScience; Macclesfield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific data and AI company in the UK is seeking a strategic professional with a PhD and extensive experience in life sciences to drive AI adoption and scientific transformation. The role involves collaboration with customers to explore data opportunities and develop innovative AI/ML use cases. The ideal candidate will have strong coding skills and the ability to engage stakeholders effectively while offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous paid time off (PTO)

Supportive team-oriented culture

Remote working opportunities

Qualifications

• 15+ years of industry experience in life sciences, preferably in pharma or biotech.
• Experience with AI/ML-driven solutions that improve efficiency.
• Hands-on experience with scientific data workflows and lab automation.

Responsibilities

• Investigate customer datasets to identify enrichment opportunities.
• Collaborate with customers to define AI/ML use cases.
• Conduct onsite interviews to understand customer challenges.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Collaboration with scientists and product managers

Engaging technical and executive stakeholders

Strong coding or scripting skills (Python, Nextflow)

Education

PhD in life sciences

Tools

AWS

Job description

Who We Are

TetraScience is the Scientific Data and AI company. We are catalyzing the Scientific AI revolution by designing and industrializing AI-native scientific data sets, which we bring to life in a growing suite of next gen lab data management solutions, scientific use cases, and AI-enabled outcomes. TetraScience is the category leader in this vital new market, generating more revenue than all other companies in the aggregate. In the last year alone, the world’s dominant players in compute, cloud, data, and AI infrastructure have converged on TetraScience as the de facto standard, entering into co‑innovation and go‑to‑market partnerships: Latest News and Announcements | TetraScience Newsroom:

In connection with your candidacy, you will be asked to carefully review the Tetra Way letter, authored directly by Patrick Grady, our co‑founder and CEO. This letter is designed to assist you in better understanding whether TetraScience is the right fit for you from a values and ethos perspective.

It is impossible to overstate the importance of this document and you are encouraged to take it literally and reflect on whether you are aligned with our unique approach to company and team building. If you join us, you will be expected to embody its contents each day.

Who You Are

You are a strategic, analytically minded professional with a passion for bridging scientific insights and cutting‑edge technology. You thrive in environments where you can collaborate with scientists, product managers, and engineers to transform complex scientific data into actionable outcomes.

With deep domain knowledge in drug discovery/preclinical development, CMC, or Quality, you are skilled at uncovering innovative use cases that drive AI and machine learning applications. Your ability to engage with scientists and business leaders alike makes you a key player in maximizing the value of scientific data.

You will need to be a high clock speed and forward‑thinking individual with a passion for developing requirements for complex solutions targeted to R&D and Quality personas inside of Life Sciences.

You embody extreme ownership and have a demonstrated history of deriving maximum value from data through enrichment, analysis, and integration with AI and machine learning applications.

You should also be energized by regularly working onsite with customers. You thrive in dynamic, high‑impact, face‑to‑face collaborative environments where you can build deep relationships and drive scientific transformation firsthand.

Requirements

What You Have Done

• PhD with 15+ years of industry experience in life sciences, preferably across pharma, biotech, or health tech, with deep domain expertise in discovery, preclinical, CMC, and/or Quality
• Extensive hands‑on experience or direct oversight in one or more of the following areas: high throughput screening, preclinical toxicology, materials engineering, analytical development, drug substance (DS) synthesis and manufacturing
• Delivered requirements for AI/ML‑driven solutions in operational or productized environments that improved efficiency, reduced cost, and enhanced data utilization
• Extensive hands‑on experience with scientific data workflows and lab automation; exposure to FAIR principles and modern data architecture is a plus
• Strong coding or scripting background (e.g., Python, Nextflow, AWS, SDKs) and familiarity with scientific tools, databases, and ontologies is preferred
• Exceptional communication and storytelling ability to engage technical and executive stakeholders
• Prior experience in customer‑facing, consulting, or commercial‑scientific interface roles

What You Will Do

• Customer Data Exploration: Investigate diverse customer datasets, identifying enrichment and AI‑readiness opportunities
• Scientific Use Case Development: Collaborate with customers to define, iterate, and implement innovative scientific AI/ML use cases
• Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct onsite interviews and workshops to deeply understand customer challenges and data landscapes
• Data Analysis and Enrichment: Perform exploratory data analysis and define transformation workflows that enable scientific AI
• Workflow Documentation: Develop visual documentation including workflow diagrams, ERDs, and ontology definitions
• AI Model Evaluation: Provide practical scientific input on model output, with suggestions to improve real‑world performance
• Customer Enablement: Deliver onsite demonstrations, conduct working sessions, and act as a trusted advisor in AI adoption
• Strategic Insight: Propose new directions, experiments, or platforms that can amplify scientific discovery and development

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and equity in a fast‑growing company
• Supportive, team‑oriented culture of continuous improvement
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Remote working opportunities, when not at customer sites