Sr. Lab Systems Administrator

Job Description:

Job Title: IT Lead/Sr. Lab Systems Analyst

Job Location: Mostly On-site (Chestnut Ridge, NY) with some flexibility for remote (1-2 days offsite)

Position type: 6 Months Contract (Feasible for Extension every 6 months)

Job Description:

• The IT Lead/Sr. Lab Systems Analyst will be responsible for delivering and maintaining Quality Lab System technology solutions. This includes new capabilities along with enhancements and operational updates to the existing suite of applications. The position is a key role in Global chromatography system strategy, which centers on harmonizing and standardizing technical capabilities across all sites. The efforts associated with this strategy will span multiple years, and will evolve beyond the initial 3-year plan based on the company's long term strategy. In additional the role will also perform daily responsibilities including technical administrative ensuring the lab applications function as intended, and when needed deliver modifications that ensure alignment with the broader enterprise technology standards and landscape. The primary lab application is Waters Empower, but there are additional stand-alone and networked solutions.
• The IT Lead/Sr. Lab Systems Analyst will be customer focused and expected to build strong relationships with internal business customers. Through those relationships will understand business area, items of importance, and ensure that operations and deliverables align to intended outcomes.
• The IT Lead/Sr. Lab Systems Analyst will work collaboratively across IT and the business unit to deliver results while also fitting in company's Technology strategic framework.
• All incumbents are responsible for following applicable Division & Company policies and procedures.
• Scope of Authority - span of control (work unit, site, department, division, etc.), monetary value of budget/spend authority (capital, operating, etc.), P&L responsibility, etc.

Key Accountabilities - key outcomes/deliverables, the major responsibilities, and % of time

Accountability

Responsibilities

% of Time

Delivering Results

Responsible for delivering on solutions identified by management. Expected to lead efforts in a manner that flawlessly execute against goals and objectives. This includes doing both the project management and technology implementations.

45%

Operations

Maintain current technology offerings. Ensure that the overall health and performance is working to the desired level (as identified by management). Embrace the principle of "continuous improvement" identifying and proposing opportunities to improve the overall cost structure, quality, cycle time, capabilities.

25%

Customer Facing

Engage with business and understand business practices and policies. Identify technological capabilities that enable, enhance business outcomes. Document requirements, and translate in to technology process and associated tools. Define data requirements.

20%

IT Processes

Responsible for delivering, participating in required departmental activities including, but not necessarily limited to:

• IT Project management processes
• IT Change Control
• Other required department or company procedures

10%

Total

100%

Qualifications & Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Approximate experience or equivalent knowledge and skills necessary to satisfactorily perform the position responsibilities
• 7+ years technology role experience
• 5+ years of technology experience in a pharmaceutical environment

Knowledge:

• Proficiency in a body of information required for the job e.g. knowledge of FDA regulations, GMP/GLP/GCP, Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma, etc.
• Project Management; leading projects and using standard project mgmt tools
• Working in GxP environments
• Working with GxP QC Lab technology

Skills & Abilities:

• Often referred to as "competencies", leadership attributes, skills, abilities or behaviors that may be enterprise, functional or job specific e.g. coaching, negotiation, calibration, technical writing, etc
• Strong, deep IT experience with proven track record in delivering and operating technological solutions. Skills required, include:

• Must have experience in Waters - Empower Administration.
• Experience with QC and R&D Lab Systems.
• Experience with Computer System Validation.
• Experience in SDLC activities Client-server environments & hosted solutions.
• Application Support and Administration. Application Support Models.

• Customer engagement / focus skills
• Strong Project Management, Communication & Problem solving skills
• Demonstrated capacity for learning, applying new technologies

Best Regards,