Chemistry ELN & Informatics Platform Lead

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Vor Ort; USD 132.000 - 155.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long‑term/Short‑term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant is seeking a Scientific Informatics Lead to drive chemistry-focused ELN and scientific data management across discovery, medicinal chemistry, synthetic chemistry, and process chemistry functions. This role partners with scientists, informatics specialists, and technology stakeholders to translate complex workflows into scalable platform capabilities and to lead end-to-end delivery.

The ideal candidate will combine strong chemistry domain expertise with hands-on Dotmatics Chemistry/ELN

Qualifikationen

• Strong domain expertise in medicinal chemistry, synthetic chemistry, process chemistry, chemical development, or discovery research.
• Hands-on experience with Dotmatics Chemistry/ELN or comparable chemistry-focused ELN and scientific informatics platforms.
• Strong understanding of experiment and reaction capture, chemical structures, compound registration, stoichiometry, analytical results, inventory management, and scientific data traceability.
• Experience gathering requirements, configuring workflows, supporting functional testing, defect triage, controlled releases, and platform enhancements.
• Proven ability to lead scientific informatics platforms beyond basic end-user support and administration.
• Experience with Signals Notebook, BIOVIA ELN, IDBS, Benchling, PerkinElmer ELN, or similar platforms is preferred.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Aufgaben

• Lead requirements discovery for chemistry experiments, reactions, compounds, samples, inventory management, and scientific reporting processes.
• Translate medicinal, synthetic, process, and discovery chemistry workflows into user stories, functional specifications, data mappings, and acceptance criteria.
• Provide senior oversight for ELN configuration, workflow design, platform enhancements, testing, deployment readiness, defect resolution, and user support.
• Design and optimize workflows supporting experiment capture, reaction management, chemical structures, stoichiometry calculations, compound registration, and inventory tracking.
• Guide integrations with compound registration systems, inventory platforms, assay systems, analytical applications, laboratory instruments, and downstream data repositories.
• Support scientific data governance, traceability, metadata management, reporting, and data quality initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including chemists, informatics specialists, validation teams, infrastructure, security, and product/vendor partners.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, training materials, test evidence, release notes, operational procedures, and platform documentation.
• Support platform modernization, migration, reporting, integration, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical and functional leadership to ensure ELN platforms effectively support chemistry research and development objectives.

Kenntnisse

Medicinal chemistry

Synthetic chemistry

Process chemistry

Chemical development

Discovery research

Ausbildung

Chemistry degree

Pharmaceutical sciences

Life sciences degree

Tools

Dotmatics ELN

Python

SQL

REST APIs

Signals Notebook

IDBS

Benchling

PerkinElmer ELN

Jobbeschreibung

Cognizant is seeking a Scientific Informatics Lead to drive chemistry-focused ELN and scientific data management across discovery, medicinal chemistry, synthetic chemistry, and process chemistry functions. This role partners with scientists, informatics specialists, and technology stakeholders to translate complex workflows into scalable platform capabilities and to lead end-to-end delivery.

The ideal candidate will combine strong chemistry domain expertise with hands-on Dotmatics Chemistry/ELN