Bristol Myers Squibb is hiring: Senior Business Analyst in San Diego

Overview

Senior Business Analyst role at Bristol Myers Squibb. The position focuses on bridging scientific research needs and IT solutions, with emphasis on Electronic Laboratory Notebooks/Laboratory Information Management Systems (ELN/LIMS) and the responsible adoption of Generative AI tools.

Position Overview

The Senior Business Analyst in the LIMS ELN and Entity Registration Platforms team will collaborate with researchers, lab personnel, and IT to gather requirements, design solutions, and ensure effective implementation and support of ELN/LIMS capabilities, instrument connectivity, and GenAI-enabled workflows that improve data quality, speed of insight, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with scientists and lab managers to understand experimental workflows; document user needs, process maps, and data standards for ELN/LIMS and GenAI use cases.
• Solution Design: Partner with platform engineers and vendors to design configurations (schemas, registration models, templates, routing), integrations (APIs/webhooks/ETL), roles/permissions, and audit/traceability aligned with BMS standards.
• GenAI Enablement: Identify high-value GenAI opportunities (e.g., protocol drafting, experiment summarization, semantic search, assay troubleshooting assistants); define guardrails, evaluation, and privacy controls; support pilots through scale-up.
• Instrument & Data Connectivity: Coordinate instrument data capture, ensure metadata/FAIR practices, and support interoperability with analytics/warehouse environments.
• Delivery & Support: Manage backlogs and Jira boards; write user stories and acceptance criteria; plan and script UAT; develop training materials and conduct structured end-user training; provide post-go-live support.
• Compliance & Quality: Partner with QA/Validation as applicable (e.g., 21 CFR Part 11, GxP/CLIA contexts), ensuring documentation, change control, and audit readiness.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Coordinate across Research, IT, Security, and vendors; contribute to roadmaps, SOWs, and service reviews to meet SLAs and continuous improvement goals.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Life Sciences (e.g., Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering) or related field.
• Experience: 3+ years as a Business Analyst (or Product BA) in life-sciences R&D; 3+ years configuring/implementing ELN/LIMS (Benchling, Genedata, Dotmatics, Revvity, Sapio, etc.).
• GenAI: 1-2+ years enabling enterprise GenAI solutions (prompting/RAG, evaluation/guardrails, responsible use) for scientific knowledge or workflow assistance.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with ELN/LIMS configuration, REST APIs/JSON, basic SQL; understanding of data models, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to translate complex scientific requirements into testable specifications and measurable outcomes.
• Communication: Strong written/verbal skills for lab, IT, and leadership audiences.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Working understanding of 21 CFR Part 11, data integrity, and GxP/CLIA principles as applicable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on system administration, including schema/registry design, workflows, templates, and data analysis configurations.
• Experience with instrument data capture and pipeline tooling; exposure to cloud analytics (e.g., Databricks/Snowflake/Power BI).
• Familiarity with vector search/embeddings and evaluation frameworks for GenAI; basic Python or notebooks for demos/data exploration.
• Professional certifications (CBAP/CCBA, CSPO/PSPO, PMP).

Compensation & Benefits

San Diego - CA - US $100,420 - $121,684. The starting compensation range is listed for a full-time employee; additional incentive cash and stock opportunities may be available. Final compensation is based on demonstrated experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement, and wellbeing programs. Eligibility for specific benefits may vary by location.

Note: This description reflects the role as posted and may be subject to change. Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal employment opportunity employer. If you require accommodations in the recruitment process, please contact adastaffingsupport@bms.com.