Scientific Informatics Specialist

We are seeking a skilled professional to join our team as a Scientific Informatics Consultant. As a key member of our organization, you will play a pivotal role in applying domain and technology expertise to design and deliver innovative solutions that help our life sciences clients succeed with their R&D initiatives.

Your mission will be to bridge science, technology, and business stakeholders by translating clients' scientific and operational needs into solution roadmaps, actionable initiatives, and scalable solutions. You will proactively identify and respond to client needs, authoring and delivering impactful proposals, and staying engaged through successful delivery.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Developing solution roadmaps that drive strategic impact by bridging business, IT, and scientific domains.
• Spearheading new business development by expanding the footprint of our science, data, AI, and technology solutions and services within existing and new clients, working closely with sales.
• Collaborating closely with the sales team, providing presales technical and functional expertise, creating pitch presentations to prospective clients.
• Leading the preparation of proposals, project estimations, and response to RFIs and RFPs, ensuring alignment between client requirements and our capabilities.
• Developing statements of work (SOWs) and ensuring smooth transition from presales to project execution by operations teams.
• Staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, best practices in bioinformatics, AI, platform engineering, and data sciences.
• Knowledge of engagement economics, delivery, budgeting, & billing to manage risk and profitability.

Requirements

To excel in this role, you will need:

• An advanced degree (M.Sc. with 5+ years / Ph.D. with 3+ years) in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field, with a proven track record of consulting in biopharma services organizations.
• Experience in bioinformatics services, presales, or customer-facing roles in Life Sciences or Biotech; Strong background in bioinformatics tools, OMICs data, and applications of AI/ML in life sciences; AI & Gen AI qualifications are a plus.
• A strong understanding of biotech and pharmaceutical data, workflows, and informatics systems across drug discovery, translational, clinical, and real-world data, with the ability to articulate strategic and operational impact of data and AI-driven solutions.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a global, matrix organization.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex scientific and technical concepts into simple, compelling, client-facing narratives.

About Us

We are a global scientific services leader with a strong presence in the Life Sciences industry. Our team is passionate about delivering innovative solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development decision support.