Remote Laboratory Data Strategy & Architecture Lead

FormativGroup, LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FormativGroup is seeking a Laboratory Data Strategy & Architecture Lead to guide data strategy, governance, and migrations across regulated laboratory systems. You will own roadmaps, define data models, and partner with IT, business, and lab teams in a complex pharmaceutical transformation.

The role emphasizes building scalable data architectures, ensuring data quality and traceability, and enabling connected analytics and cloud initiatives within GxP-regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with laboratory data in pharma or life sciences.
• Ownership of data strategy, roadmaps, and cross-system migration planning.
• Experience with data mapping, conversion, migration, reconciliation, and data-quality controls.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, metadata, and master/reference data practices.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead laboratory data strategies, roadmaps, mapping approaches, and conversion plans aligned to business and technology objectives.
• Define data reconciliation processes, quality standards, validation rules, and controls for data migration.
• Establish data ownership, governance, metadata management, and handover requirements.
• Define laboratory data architecture, models, integration patterns, interfaces, and cross-platform migration requirements.
• Partner with laboratory systems teams, data architects, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to identify risks and remediation plans.
• Provide SME guidance on laboratory data structures, workflows, and system transitions in regulated environments.
• Support analytics, reporting, and cloud data initiatives while complying with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Lab data strategy

Roadmap ownership

Data architecture

Data mapping & migration

Data governance & stewardship

Cross-system collaboration

Cloud data platforms

Tools

LIMS

Job description

FormativGroup is seeking a Laboratory Data Strategy & Architecture Lead to guide data strategy, governance, and migrations across regulated laboratory systems. You will own roadmaps, define data models, and partner with IT, business, and lab teams in a complex pharmaceutical transformation.

The role emphasizes building scalable data architectures, ensuring data quality and traceability, and enabling connected analytics and cloud initiatives within GxP-regulated environments.