Scientific Business Analyst

Takeda; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Cambridge, MA (Hybrid) seeks a Scientific Business Analyst to own and administer scientific data platforms supporting research operations. You will manage ELN systems, data archives, and reporting with Power BI, working with Dotmatics GENI/GNOSIS, Arxspan, and Revvity Signals.

You will bridge scientific users, IT, and vendors, ensuring compliant, reliable platforms while translating needs into configurations and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent in life sciences or related field with relevant experience.
• Experience administering scientific informatics platforms and ELN systems.
• Experience managing access, configuration, and lifecycle activities.
• Experience translating scientific needs into system configurations and reports.
• Experience developing reports/dashboards from multi-source data.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Application Manager for core informatics platforms (GENI/GNOSIS, Arxspan, Revvity Signals).
• Administer ELN systems and maintain data integrity and compliance.
• Own Legacy ELN/Arxspan data archives and retention requirements.
• Design/build Power BI reporting across GENI data, ELN/Arxspan data, GNOSIS dashboards.
• Troubleshoot tools like XLfit and internal trackers (TR Tracker).
• Collaborate with scientists to gather requirements and translate needs.
• Coordinate with vendors on upgrades and roadmap alignment.
• Ensure data governance consistency across informatics ecosystem.
• Support platform ownership transitions and preserve institutional knowledge.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality and reporting efficiency.

Skills

Application management

Stakeholder liaison

Power BI reporting

Data governance

ELN administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Dotmatics GENI/GNOSIS

Arxspan

Revvity Signals

Power BI

XLfit

TR Tracker

Job description

Job Description

Title: Scientific Business Analyst

Location: Cambridge, MA (Hybrid)

About the role:

As the Scientific Business Analyst, you will serve as the primary owner and administrator for a portfolio of scientific data and informatics platforms that support research operations across the organization. You will be responsible for the stability, configuration, and lifecycle management of critical scientific systems — including electronic lab notebook (ELN) platforms, compound/assay data registration systems, and the reporting infrastructure built on top of them. You will act as the bridge between scientific end users, IT, and vendors, ensuring these platforms remain reliable, compliant, and aligned with evolving research needs.

How will you contribute:

• Serve as Application Manager / Resource Owner for core scientific informatics platforms, including the Dotmatics Scientific Cloud Platform (GENI and GNOSIS), Arxspan (across multiple business instances), and Revvity Signals, ensuring each system's configuration, access, and performance meet business needs.

• Administer and maintain ELN systems, including active platforms and legacy/archived ELN environments, ensuring data integrity, accessibility, and compliance with retention requirements.

• Own and maintain the Legacy ELN and Legacy Arxspan data archives, including legal/compliance-driven archive requirements.

• Design, build, and maintain Power BI reporting solutions that give scientific and business stakeholders visibility into platform data, including GENI data analysis, legacy ELN and Arxspan data, and GNOSIS dashboards.

• Manage and troubleshoot supporting tools such as XLfit and internal tracking systems (e.g., TR Tracker).

• Partner with scientific end users to gather requirements, triage issues, and translate business/scientific needs into system configurations or reporting solutions.

• Coordinate with vendors (Dotmatics, Revvity, and others) on platform upgrades, support tickets, and roadmap alignment.

• Collaborate with colleagues managing related systems (e.g., GNOSIS) to ensure consistent data governance and platform strategy across the broader informatics ecosystem.

• Support ownership transitions of platforms as team responsibilities evolve, ensuring continuity of documentation, access, and institutional knowledge.

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting efficiency, and platform usability for research stakeholders.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, scientific informatics, data science, information technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Demonstrated experience administering scientific informatics platforms, such as electronic laboratory notebook, compound registration, assay data, or comparable scientific data systems.

• Experience managing application access, configuration, operational support, and platform lifecycle activities.

• Experience working directly with scientists and research stakeholders to understand scientific data and workflow requirements.

• Experience translating business and scientific needs into system configurations, reporting solutions, or operational improvements.

• Experience developing and maintaining reports or dashboards using complex, multi-source scientific datasets.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in life sciences, scientific informatics, data science, or a related discipline.

• Experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life‑sciences research, or regulated R&D environment.

• Experience administering Dotmatics GENI or GNOSIS, Arxspan, Revvity Signals, or similar scientific informatics platforms.

• Experience managing legacy or archived ELN and scientific data environments.

• Experience supporting data‑retention, legal‑hold, or compliance‑driven archive requirements.

• Experience developing Power BI solutions from ELN, compound, assay, registration, or other scientific data sources.

• Experience coordinating platform upgrades, vendor support tickets, and product‑roadmap discussions.

• Experience supporting application ownership transitions and preserving institutional knowledge.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location: Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range: $89,900.00 - $141,240.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

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EEO Statement

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

YesIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.