Research Informatics Technical Business Partner

Relay Therapeutics • Fulltime • Cambridge, MA, USA, United States • 2m ago

The Opportunity:

In this role, you will have the chance to work directly with and support a growing Chemical Technologies team focused on accelerating the discovery of life-changing medicines through automation. We need your help to design and build informatics capabilities to enable high-throughput experimentation (HTE), NanoSAR, and laboratory automation. You will also integrate these new capabilities with Relay’s computation and informatics platform, compound management systems, and chemistry ELN, to build robust and efficient workflows for experimental scientists.

As a member of the informatics team, you will have the opportunity to work in a high-performing team, continuously learn and grow, and contribute to team rituals across domain areas. In informatics we emphasize career development, technical growth, and scientific collaboration as the key elements of success.

Your Role:

Collaborate with the Chemical Technologies, Chemistry and Compound Management teams to foster a culture of scientific excellence, data curation, best practices, and project impact.
Identify opportunities to improve chemical workflows though software tools and laboratory practices to drive build-out and adoption of your ideas.

Technical Requirements:

Experience in working with implementation, integration, and configuration of digital scientific solutions required.
Deep knowledge of Signals ELN and Signal Parallels product, including automated workflows, integrations with these products, and creation of templates
Experience with compound inventory systems, such as Titian Mosaic, which facilitate inventory and automated dispensing workflows
Technical understanding of databases (implementation of data models, query construction, integration tasks, and ETL operations)
Experience with at least one programming/scripting languages and programmatic interfaces (APIs)e.g., Python, R, or similar, to be able to transform / analyze various scientific data
Awareness of orchestration library tools like Airflow, Prefect, etc. preferred.
You must have an Agile mindset and have experience configuring and using JIRA, Confluence, GitLab and other SLDC systems
Experience with systems to support Chemistry High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) workflows preferred
Demonstrated experience in Software Project/Product Management of large, complex, cross-functional projects.

Your Background:

Highly motivated, product-oriented professional, with an understanding of working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
BS, MS, or PhD in Chemistry, Informatics, or Computer Science
3+ years’ experience working within a Biotech or Pharma informatics organization, or in a technical scientific role
In-depth knowledge of life sciences R&D processes with fluency speaking about science and scientific data models, process engineering, and analysis results.
Solid grounding in chemistry laboratory automation.
Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

*This positions is based in Cambridge, MA

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About Relay Therapeutics

Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, we aim to effectively drug protein targets that have previously been intractable, with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. Our Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading-edge experimental and computational approaches to provide a differentiated understanding of protein structure and motion to drug these targets. We have built a world-class team of leading experts from each of these disciplines, and they are driven by a deep collaboration at every step of our drug discovery process.

Our team is equal parts fearless and relentless, with a shared passion for working collaboratively in intellectually stimulating environments. If you’re excited by the challenge of putting protein motion at the heart of drug discovery and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!