Lab Informatics Lead

About USDM

USDM Life Sciences is a premier consulting company with 20+ years of experience assisting heavily regulated biotech, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies with their GxP technologies to accelerate growth. Our deep domain knowledge and technology expertise in life sciences business processes are what set us apart. From strategy to implementation and adoption, we have delivered thousands of GxP projects globally.

As part of the USDM team, you have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies through our many partnerships with companies like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, DocuSign, Box, and many more. From molecule to market, you will help connect technology, people, and data in new ways to generate real-time insights to improve business outcomes for USDM’s clients. Are you ready to make an impact and drive real digital transformation in life sciences?

Founded in Santa Barbara in 1999, USDM has grown to a progressive, global company with 300+ remote employees and offices throughout the US, Canada, and Germany.

Nature and Scope of Job

Role is on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area

Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lab Informatics Consultant to join our team. The successful candidate will be a key liaison between the scientific and IT teams to design, implement, and manage the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), Scientific Data Management System (SDMS), and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) solutions. This role requires a deep understanding of laboratory workflows, hands-on experience with lab informatics systems, and a proven track record of successful system implementation and administration in a scientific environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Lab Workflow & User Enablement

• Work closely with scientists and IT to understand discovery lab workflows and translate them into practical ELN, SDMS, and (as needed) LIMS solutions that scientists will readily adopt.

Legacy Instrument & Data Integration

• Assess aging lab instruments and computers and define practical, risk-based approaches to capture and migrate instrument data into SDMS, using automated or manual methods as appropriate.

ELN / SDMS / LIMS Configuration & Implementation

• Lead the configuration and implementation of ELN, SDMS, and LIMS, leveraging hands-on experience as both a system user and administrator to ensure consistent data capture, traceability across samples and experiments, and prevention of future data silos.

System Administration & Steady-State Support

• Provide hands-on system administration support, including user access, permissions, instrument connections, integrations, and performance oversight, and support ongoing operation and compliance after go-live.

Program & Vendor Management

• Support end-to-end delivery by coordinating vendors, managing project timelines and change management activities, and ensuring solutions are delivered on time and sustainable long term.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other related duties and assignments as required

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing ELN, SDMS and LIMS and supporting laboratory data and sample management platforms.
• Must have a strong understanding of discovery lab operations, data flows, and scientific workflows.
• Proven ability to operate the lab systems/instruments as both a scientific user and system administrator.
• Experience in integrating, administering and maintaining lab instruments and managing instrument-generated data.
• Skilled in defining data structures, traceability, and governance to support scalable discovery/lab space.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or related field.
• Master’s Degree preferred

Working Conditions

The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job and are not meant to be all-inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job.

Unless reasonable accommodations can be made, while performing this job the staff member shall:

• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer in an environmentally controlled home office environment.
• Operate other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, scanner, or printer.
• Frequently communicate with stakeholders via telephone, email, or instant message. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

Equal Opportunity Statement

USDM Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and the level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. USDM Life Sciences reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Compensation

Salary/Hourly Rate Range (W2): USD 75.00 - 85.00

The base salary/hourly rate range represents the anticipated low and high end of the USDM’s compensation range for this position. Actual salaries/hourly rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. The compensation described above is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described based on market survey data or budget.

Full-time employees are eligible for health, vision, and dental insurance, life insurance, short and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical care coverage.

Both full and part-time employees, who are at least 21 years of age, are eligible to participate in USDM's 401k plan. Full and part-time employees may be eligible for paid time off.

All employees are eligible for USDM's rewards and recognition program.

For more details about our benefits, visit us here: https://usdm.com/careers