Business Transformation Analyst

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

As a Business Transformation Analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will support the accuracy, integrity, and controlled maintenance of laboratory database content used to enable critical business and clinical operations. This role combines data analysis, database administration, quality control, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure laboratory data and database configurations are complete, accurate, compliant, and appropriately documented.

You will perform detailed technical and quality reviews of laboratory database content, evaluate requested changes, identify and resolve discrepancies, and implement approved updates in accordance with established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), validation documentation, and change-control requirements. You will also support reference ranges, custom alerts, toxicity grading tables, reporting, quality-event investigations, and other database-related business needs.

Working closely with Business Transformation, laboratory operations, quality, clinical, and other global stakeholders, you will serve as a technical resource for database content and processes. You will contribute to process improvements, support implementation activities, maintain operational metrics, and help ensure database services continue to meet evolving business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform complex reviews of laboratory database content to ensure compliance with validation documentation, SOPs, business requirements, and supporting source documentation.
• Conduct technical and quality-control reviews of database modification and addition requests, identifying discrepancies, incomplete information, or requestor errors and coordinating resolution as needed.
• Implement approved database updates accurately and in accordance with established change-control and database procedures.
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation of database changes to support traceability, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Review custom reports and database outputs for completeness and accuracy and resolve identified issues prior to completing impact assessments or supporting change-control activities.
• Research and respond to questions regarding laboratory database content using approved reference sources, clinical standards of care, peer-reviewed literature, and other appropriate documentation.
• Participate in the investigation, documentation, and resolution of database-related quality events and discrepancies.
• Draft clear internal and external communications related to database changes, custom reference ranges, pediatric reference ranges, custom alerts, quality issues, and other business requirements.
• Enter, maintain, and verify data within laboratory databases and associated applications, tools, process trackers, and metrics repositories.
• Support the maintenance and revision of toxicity grading content, including master toxicity tables, coding quality-control reviews, and verification of toxicity-grade outputs.
• Coordinate with supporting departments and stakeholders during database updates and other implementation activities, helping manage timelines, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Provide recommendations for enhancements to database services, procedures, processes, controls, and supporting tools.
• Participate in tactical process-improvement initiatives designed to increase quality, efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Monitor operational activities and maintain relevant performance metrics and tracking information.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource for database processes and content-related questions.
• Train new Business Transformation team members and other global staff on laboratory database processes, procedures, and tools.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Advanced degree in a relevant field with no prior professional experience required, or
• Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience in data management, database operations, laboratory operations, quality, analytics, clinical data, or a related field.
• Experience in a regulated, laboratory, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical research, healthcare, or other quality-controlled environment is preferred.

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Preferred fields of study may include:

• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Information Systems
• Business Analytics
• Biology, Chemistry, or related life sciences
• Clinical or Laboratory Sciences
• Other related technical or scientific disciplines

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to review complex data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Experience working with structured databases, data-management systems, or enterprise applications.
• Ability to identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, and coordinate resolution of data-quality issues.
• Strong understanding of data quality, documentation, and change-control principles.
• Ability to interpret and follow SOPs, validation documents, technical requirements, and controlled procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to evaluate technical information and make sound, evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and implementation timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical or scientific information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across functions and global teams.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation in a quality-controlled environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with laboratory information systems, clinical databases, reference-range management, or similar scientific data platforms.
• Experience with quality-control review, validation, change control, deviation management, or quality-event investigations.
• Familiarity with clinical laboratory reference ranges, pediatric reference ranges, toxicity grading, or clinical standards of care.
• Experience interpreting scientific or medical reference materials and peer-reviewed literature.
• Experience with SQL, reporting tools, database querying, or data-analysis applications.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau, or other reporting and visualization tools.
• Experience with process improvement, workflow optimization, or operational metrics.
• Experience with SAP, Salesforce, or other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with data-governance and data-integrity principles.
• Experience training or supporting users of technical systems.

Success in This Role

Success in this role requires a combination of data accuracy, technical judgment, quality awareness, and operational discipline. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with detailed laboratory data, understands the importance of controlled database changes, can investigate and resolve discrepancies, and communicates effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.

This position offers the opportunity to improve the quality and reliability of critical laboratory database services while supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific's mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Working Environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?

When you join us, you become part of a global organization committed to enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. You’ll collaborate with industry-leading experts, contribute to groundbreaking clinical research, and grow within an environment that values innovation, accountability, and continuous development.

If you’re ready to lead complex clinical laboratory projects and make a measurable impact, we encourage you to apply.

Apply today and help deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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