Senior Digital Lab Transformation Lead

Catalyx; Cork; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyx in Cork is seeking a Digital Laboratory Transformation Lead to advance automation across drug discovery, development, and testing, bridging lab operations with IT and automation partners. You will lead digitalisation efforts for LIMS, ELN, SDMS, and data flows, while coordinating with scientists, QA, and vendors on scalable solutions.

The role requires extensive pharma/lab automation experience, strong communication, and the ability to drive multi-vendor programs across international

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with laboratory systems and instrument integration, including LIMS, ELN, SDMS, scientific instruments, automation platforms, and data flows/interfaces.
• Strong understanding of laboratory workflows and processes across analytical, development, QC, testing, or R&D laboratory environments.

Responsibilities

• Help define requirements for network architecture & segmentation, LIMS/SDMS/ELN, Scientific Layer, AI/ML use cases, and systems integration framework requirements.
• Review vendor-partner produced design architecture, interface documents, functional specifications, configurations.
• Serve as External SME and Primary Point of Contact for the customer across the vendor-partner landscape.
• Assess the current laboratory business processes, technology, automation and systems landscape.
• Map laboratory workflows, systems and data flows.
• Identify gaps, manual interfaces and opportunities for integration.
• Identify and prioritise opportunities based on business value, technical feasibility and customer needs.
• Drive implementation of agreed digital and automation initiatives.
• Work across laboratory automation, instruments and digital systems.
• Understand how automation platforms and laboratory systems interact.
• Identify opportunities to integrate instruments, automation, LIMS and other laboratory systems.
• Translate laboratory requirements into clear technical requirements.
• Work closely with automation engineers and technical specialists.
• Ensure solutions are scalable and aligned with the customer\'s existing technology environment.
• Act as the primary interface between the customer and the implementation vendor-partners.

Skills

Lab automation

Digital laboratory transformation

LIMS/ELN/SDMS integration

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences

GxP / CSV / 21 CFR Part 11 familiarity

Tools

LabWare LIMS

Automation platforms

Job description

Catalyx in Cork is seeking a Digital Laboratory Transformation Lead to advance automation across drug discovery, development, and testing, bridging lab operations with IT and automation partners. You will lead digitalisation efforts for LIMS, ELN, SDMS, and data flows, while coordinating with scientists, QA, and vendors on scalable solutions.

The role requires extensive pharma/lab automation experience, strong communication, and the ability to drive multi-vendor programs across international