Sr Bi

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

At Charles River Laboratories, we're transforming how we work by harnessing the power of AI, data, and digital innovation to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving therapies. Our vision is to embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics across every stage of our scientific and operational workflows—empowering our teams with smarter tools, seamless data, and actionable insights to deliver client-centric services and solutions that better serve our customers and, ultimately, improve patients' lives.

As a Senior BI & Data Analyst, you'll be a key driver of insight and innovation within our Enterprise Data and Analytics team. We're looking for a curious, detail-oriented professional who thrives on turning complex scientific and operational data into clear, actionable intelligence. In this role, you'll lead the development of analytical solutions that illuminate critical KPIs, uncover performance trends, and support strategic decision-making across the business. You'll partner closely with stakeholders to map business processes, align data solutions with real-world operations, and conduct deep-dive analyses that solve high-value challenges. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape how data informs strategy and contributes to our mission of creating healthier lives.

As a Sr. BI & Data Analyst you will be focused on:

Our team thrives on curiosity, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We work closely with cross-functional engineering and business partners to deliver impactful data and analytics solutions that shape the future of research and development.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Analyzing complex scientific datasets to uncover meaningful insights and support strategic initiatives.
• Mapping key business process rules to ensure data solutions align with operational realities.
• Creating insight-driven solutions that bring visibility into critical KPIs and performance metrics.
• Conducting deep-dive analyses to solve challenging problems and support evidence-based recommendations.
• Engage Business Stakeholders at all levels to identify requirements for current and future products through ongoing interaction.
• Lead requirements workshops and User Acceptance Testing for new data, products and analytics solutions.
• Analyze business processes and develop business flow diagrams and data flow diagrams to support system design and optimization.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Data Profiling, mining, and data validation/testing to ensure data is fit for use by the business.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear and user-friendly manner.
• Build strong business relationships that foster a collaborative and trusting approach and partnership.

Key Elements

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor degree in Business Management, Computer Science or any related field.
• Master in Business Administration/ Information Systems/ Computer Science is an asset.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to approach challenges creatively.
• Ability to understand and make sense of complex datasets with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to translate requirements to well-written user stories to bridge the gap between business and technology.
• Strong business mindset with ability to collaborate with business partners to identify needs and opportunities for improved data management and delivery.
• Ability to see big picture and then identify key areas for deep analysis to support sound solutions.
• Self-driven and capable of working both independently and collaboratively within a team setting.
• Experience in life science or Biotechnology industry is a plus.

Technical Expertise required:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in writing complex SQL queries, data mining, data profiling, and data validation/testing;
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Business Systems Analyst / Data Analyst specializing in the Data & Analytics discipline, preferably in a senior or lead role;
• Minimum of 5 years' experience organizing and running User Acceptance Testing cycles and training with business users and stakeholders;
• Experience working with Data Visualization Tools like Power BI, Tableau, Looker, MicroStrategy
• Experienced working in Agile Software Development Methodology.

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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