Sr. Business Analyst: In-Vivo & Non-Clinical Safety
Bristol Myers Squibb
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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.
Position Overview:
The Senior Business Analyst in the Invivo and Non-Clinical Safety team will bridge scientific research needs and IT solutions, with a primary focus on Electronic Laboratory Notebooks/Laboratory Information Management Systems (ELN/LIMS) and the responsible adoption of Generative AI tools. This hands-on role partners 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.
If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!
Desired Candidate Characteristics:
Strong commitment to a career in technology with a passion for healthcare and impact on patients.
Proven experience with ELN/LIMS in biotech/pharma research labs
Degree in Biological or Chemical Sciences with prior hands-on research experience
Comfort translating scientific needs into system configurations, integrations, and training.
Ability to work collaboratively with scientists, IT colleagues, vendors, and contractors.
Demonstrated success operating within a matrixed organization and driving consensus.
Strong focus on user experience, change management, and adoption.
Excellent communication skills and agility to learn new tools and processes.
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)
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Compensation Overview:
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include:
Paid Time Off
US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
Supporting People with Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Data Protection
We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
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