Overview

Element is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) team.

As our Business Analyst, your role supersedes that of a traditional business analyst, where you are not only navigating challenges and bridging the gap between business requirements, specific lab requirements, and digital solutions, but also contribute in setting out the overall strategy for (part of) the business. In our organization, with its complex and diverse business needs, you will play a pivotal role in driving ongoing requirements for a Lab program. By capturing and categorizing ongoing business requests, you will help create and drive the successful implementation of a robust laboratory program, enabling efficient data management and streamlined processes across our corporation. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our digital transformation journey and shape the future of our organization.

This position will be remote, yet domestic travel to various offices will be required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to capture and understand business requirements for the LIMS program
• Establish a systematic approach to categorize and prioritize business requests, ensuring effective management and alignment with program objectives
• Conduct in-depth analysis of business processes, workflows, and data requirements to identify areas for improvement and optimization
• Translate business requirements into clear and comprehensive technical specifications for LIMS implementation and customization
• Collaborate with IT teams and vendors to ensure that the LIMS program meets the defined business needs and regulatory requirements
• Facilitate meetings and workshops to elicit requirements, gather feedback, and address concerns from stakeholders
• Conduct gap analysis to identify areas where existing systems or processes fall short of meeting business requirements
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation, including functional requirements, use cases, and test scenarios
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to define and execute testing strategies, ensuring that the LIMS program meets quality standards
• Provide support to end-users, enabling them to effectively utilize the LIMS program
• Stay on par with industry trends, suppliers and best practices in LIMS implementation, continuously seeking opportunities for program optimization

Skills / Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and laboratory workflows
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect complex processes and translate them into technical requirements
• A talent for translating complex sets of processes and requirements into clear baseline assessments
• Proficient in requirements gathering techniques, such as workshops, interviews, and document analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A knack for categorizing and prioritizing business requests, ensuring efficient management and alignment with program objectives
• Ability to use and reflect data in a BI tool, by using dynamic charts and datasets
• Familiarity with quality assurance and testing methodologies in the context of laboratory information
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and completeness in documenting business requirements and technical specifications

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Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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