Provide consultative input to Zifo’s clients involved in Research and Development to help develop their strategic roadmap to achieve long-term business goals. Perform scientific consulting. Responsible for implementation, system consultation and support. Meet with stakeholders to understand capability needs, bottlenecks and business priorities. Use information and insights obtained from research and client discussions to provide input into business development strategy. Harness knowledge of industry trends, opportunities, and client needs to prioritize capability needs. Develop high level plan to implement the roadmap strategy. Assist clients with presenting strategy and its value proposition to Senior Management. Engage with Industry Experts and leaders to understand industry focus and direction for the future. Understand Industry Regulations and Compliance Requirements from regulatory agencies such as FDA. Review and understand vendors and their solution offerings. Develop comparative methodologies (e.g., Quadrant Maps) highlighting different vendor positioning in the market. Develop use cases and strategies for adoption of disruptive technologies (e.g., Machine Learning, IoT) by vendors. Provide design inputs to development team (ELN, LIMS, CDS, LSH, EDC, etc.). Review the developed workflows and test to confirm if it meets business users’ needs. Reconfigure and update the workflows to meet with business user requirements. Conduct user demos and support User Testing. Provide inputs on workflows required and future state of the application. Support user reported issues and work with vendors and applicable stakeholders to resolve issues. Create project charter. Define SDLC methodology. Develop Change Management and Risk Management strategies. Manage stakeholders and resolve conflicts. Conduct status meetings and deliverables quality management. Coordinate with global delivery team from Zifo for implementation. Telecommuting is allowed one day per week. Occasional domestic travel is required. Travel and work at client sites as assigned. Multiple Positions Available.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree*, or foreign equivalent, in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered or a related role.
Alternatively, the employer would accept a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field plus three (3) years of relevant industry in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree plus five (5) years of described experience.

Requires three (3) years of experience in the following:

• COTS product configuration, implementation, and managed services support.
Requires two (2) years of experience in the following:

• Project management and solution implementation.
• At least one of the following: drug discovery functions, or drug development functions, or Biologics, Cell and Gene Therapy Process, or lab operations management, or GMP.
• At least one of the following databases: Oracle, or SQL Server.
• At least one of the following operating systems: Unix, or Windows.
• Software development processes: Waterfall and Agile.
• At least one of the following: Data warehousing tools, or LIMS systems, or ELN platforms, or Research informatics platforms, or Reporting platforms.
Telecommuting is allowed one day per week. Occasional domestic travel is required. Travel and work at client sites as assigned.

40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm.

Qualified applicants please: Email resume, referencing ZT026, including job history, to: Zifo-US-HR@zifornd.com.