Assay Data Management Specialist

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a data management specialist to support onboarding and implementation of bioanalytical assays. You will partner with scientists to translate workflows into templates and data-management requirements, while developing templates and assay preparations for data capture and analysis.

The role involves collaboration across scientific, data management, IT, and project teams, with responsibilities spanning requirements, testing, and documentation throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in bioanalysis, laboratory operations, scientific data management, or a related field.
• Strong ability to translate scientific workflows into practical template or data-management requirements.
• Experience collaborating across scientific, data management, technical, and project teams.
• Experience building or configuring templates, assay preparations, workflows, or similar components.

Responsibilities

• Embed within data management and project teams supporting onboarding and implementation of new bioanalytical assays.
• Partner with scientists to understand assay workflows, rules, calculations, data requirements, and execution processes.
• Gather, organize, and document scientific and operational requirements for assay execution, data capture and analysis.
• Develop and configure templates and assay preparations to support assay execution and data capture.
• Support both manual and automated/robotic assay implementations.
• Prepare test cases and UAT scripts and participate in UAT to resolve issues.
• Maintain documentation of requirements, decisions, configurations, testing activities, and deliverables.

Skills

Bioanalysis

Data management

Template development

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS degree

Tools

Benchling

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

• Embed within the data management and project teams supporting the onboarding and implementation of new bioanalytical assays.
• Partner with scientists and subject matter experts to understand assay workflows, rules, calculations, data requirements, and execution processes.
• Gather, clarify, organize, and document scientific and operational requirements needed to support assay execution, data capture, and data analysis.
• Develop and configure templates and assay preparations required to support assay execution, data capture, and analysis.
• Support both manual and automated/robotic assay implementations.
• Participate throughout the end-to-end template development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and documentation through configuration, testing, implementation, and refinement.
• Review and interpret applicable requirements specifications to ensure requirements are appropriately reflected in templates and project deliverables.
• Compare requirements and workflows across assays and projects to identify gaps, differences, and opportunities for standardization.
• Collaborate with scientists, data management, IT, and other stakeholders to translate scientific and operational requirements into effective assay-supporting solutions.
• Develop sufficient understanding of assay-specific rules and workflows to identify expected template behavior, potential gaps, and appropriate test scenarios.
• Prepare test cases and UAT scripts throughout the template development process and participate in UAT, including documenting and resolving identified issues.
• Confirm that templates, assay preparations, and related deliverables accurately support intended assay workflows and data requirements.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of requirements, decisions, configurations, testing activities, and project deliverables.
• Support multiple assay projects simultaneously and identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, usability, and quality across assay onboarding activities.
• Assist with interpretation of clinical protocols to accurate data entry during study design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, technical, data management, or related field with at least 3–5 years of industry experience, or an M.S. degree with 1–3 years of related experience.
• Experience in bioanalysis, laboratory operations, scientific data management, laboratory informatics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to understand scientific workflows and translate them into practical template, data-capture, or data-management requirements.
• Experience collaborating across scientific, data management, technical, and project teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy, consistency, quality, and successful implementation.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating within cross-functional teams.

Preferred skills

• Experience with Benchling or similar scientific data management platforms.
• Experience supporting bioanalytical or laboratory assay onboarding.
• Experience with both manual and automated/robotic assay workflows.
• Experience building or configuring templates, assay preparations, workflows, or similar scientific data-management components.
• Experience working collaboratively with scientists, data management professionals, IT, and other technical teams.
• Familiarity with requirements specifications and translating requirements into functional project deliverables.
• Experience developing test cases and UAT scripts and participating in UAT activities.
• Experience working in a regulated or quality-focused laboratory environment.
• Familiarity with scientific data-management or software implementation lifecycles.
• Experience supporting process standardization or continuous improvement activities.

Additional Information

Position is full-time,Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekend work might be expected.Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Spring House, PAare encouraged to apply.

• Excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Eurofins USA PSS Insourcing Solutions is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.