Senior Associate, LIMS Specialist

ROLE SUMMARY

Working in close collaboration with scientific and technical teams, the Senior Associate LIMS Specialist role will contribute to and/or lead the business analysis, design, development, implementation, validation, and support of existing and new Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) across Pfizer R&D.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish relationships with scientists and technical teams across R&D to implement LIMS and LIMS-related solutions that meet requirements related to sample tracking and processing, experiment execution, data collection, data processing, data reporting, instrument and software integration, and end-to-end data workflows

• Collect and generate full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) documentation

• Design, configure and/or customize, and install commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) LIMS solutions according to business requirements

• Participate in the collection and documentation of business and functional requirements

• Interface with commercial software vendors as necessary to design, implement, and support LIMS solutions

• Interface with in-house and off-shore LIMS support teams to guide, design, or implement resolution to technical LIMS issues and enhancement requests

• Interface with in-house infrastructure, storage, and network teams as necessary to implement LIMS solutions

• Work with compliance, technical, and scientific teams to insure proper validation of regulated implementations
   

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific or information-technology related field

• 3+ years designing, implementing, and supporting LIMS solutions in the Pharmaceutical or related industry

• Experience in the administration, installation, configuration, customization, optimization, and support of LabVantage LIMS

• Experience in scripting and/or software development

• Demonstrated experience with Java/J2EE, JBoss, Unix/Linux, Oracle or SQL Server, SQL, Unix/Linux, JBoss, Windows, REST

• Understanding of networking concepts and ability to effectively identify and resolve issues (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, etc)

• Strong interpersonal communication skills and a track record of fostering positive customer relationships

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
   

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with GxP Software Validation and 21-CFR-Part 11 Compliance

• Experience in the administration, installation, configuration, customization, and support of LabWare LIMS

• Experience with cloud solutions, Bartender, Talend ETL, Jasper Reports, Labware LIMS Basic, LabVantage Workflows, LabVantage Analytics, LabVantage Web Page Designer, LabVantage LIMS CI, LabVantage LIMS Connect, Javascript, Groovy, Project management experience

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional work outside of normal business hours or workdays to accommodate customer priorities across time zones.

• Working in open-office environment and/or remotely

• Occasional travel to Pfizer or collaborator sites (<5%)

• Occasional observational and support activities in laboratory settings. 

OTHER JOB DETAILS:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: 2/9/2022

• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus: Yes

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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