Solution Owner

JR United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company transforming data management for life sciences is looking for a Solution Owner. This role involves responsibilities in analyzing business requirements, creating specifications, and collaborating with technical teams. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in related fields and experience in computational biology or systems integration. ZONTAL values continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in computational biology, solution architecture, or product development.
• Proficiency in analyzing functional and technical requirements.
• Familiarity with data integration and ETL processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements for customer-facing projects.
• Create specifications focusing on platform architecture and data flows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy solutions.

Skills

Computational biology

Data integration techniques

Data analysis

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field

Tools

Apache Airflow

Scientific Data Management Systems

Laboratory Information Management Systems

Docker

Kubernetes

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ZONTAL

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newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear, United Kingdom

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10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

ZONTAL is revolutionizing data management and digital transformation for the life sciences industry. Our cutting-edge platform enables seamless data integration, standardization, and accessibility—empowering scientists and organizations to drive innovation, enhance compliance, and accelerate breakthroughs in healthcare and biotechnology. ZONTAL has offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Together with our integration and service partners, ZONTAL supports our customers globally, in any country and any time zone. Our team is growing, and we are currently seeking a Solution Owner to join our Professional Services team.

Job type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Location: Remote UK

Position reports to: Director of Solutions

This role is intended to be an early career role – 2 – 4 years’ experience with room to grow and learn on the job.

Your Responsibilities:

• Be a subject matter expert in the ZONTAL Platform and its customer use-cases.
• Analyze business requirements for customer-facing projects, with emphasis on data flows and data formats as they feed into & out of the ZONTAL Platform.
• Create functional and design specifications for the proposed solution, focusing on overall Platform architecture and configuration, data pipelines, and parser design and functionality.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects, Product Owners, Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Test Engineers to build and deploy solutions.
• Work with customers to conduct SIT, user acceptance testing, and other associated testing modalities.
• Transition solutions to Operations and Support at the conclusion of Professional Services projects.
• Assist in implementing tools, methodologies, and frameworks to streamline the delivery process of the ZONTAL platform and associated pipelines, applications, and parsers.
• Collaborate with colleagues both within Professional Services and across ZONTAL to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide customer feedback surface customer sentiments to improve ZONTAL's delivery effectiveness through process and product optimizations.
• Work with the Documentation team to help create customer-specific training materials. Deliver the associated trainings to customers.
• As a member of the Professional Services team, contribute to achieving ZONTAL’s financial goals and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through excellence in communication and quality.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in computational biology, solution architecture, product development, systems integration, or similar roles, preferably in the life sciences. Laboratory experience with sufficient computational analytics experience will be considered.
• Proficiency in analyzing functional and technical requirements, data flows, and data formats.
• Experience creating functional and design specifications for platform architecture, data pipelines, and/or parser functionality.
• Familiarity with data integration techniques and ETL processes.
• Basic proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., Python) and data transformation tools.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and data exchange formats (e.g., JSON, XML).
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Impeccable interpersonal skills to drive customer projects forward and deliver high quality outcomes
• Ability to work with a diverse team across many time zones.
• The position does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.

An ideal candidate has:

• Experience working directly with customers in a B2B enterprise software environment.
• Experience in transitioning solutions from project deployment to operational support.
• Experience working with common life sciences data acquisition software, such as Scientific Data Management Systems (SDMS) or Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
• Hands-on experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow) and data parsing.
• Familiarity with cloud service models, SaaS infrastructure, and related SDLC.
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

ZONTAL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicant will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Learn more about ZONTAL at https://zontal.io