Specialist, Systems Coordinator - Scientific Communications and Information Sciences
USA - New Jersey - Rahway
Job Description
The Scientific Communications and Information Sciences (SCIS) Systems Coordinator is a project and system management role within SCIS Operations that reports directly to the Director of SCIS Business Systems.
The Systems Coordinator is responsible for eliciting and understanding the technology needs of the Scientific Communications (Publication Management, Medical Writing, OSTIC) and Information Sciences (Clinical Literature Information Center, eVocabulary, Library, Scientific Nomenclature and Scited) teams.
Under the supervision of the Director of SCIS Business Systems., this person will work with SCIS colleagues and our company's Research Laboratories Information Technology (Research Division-IT) partners to identify, develop, launch and support appropriate IT systems and applications to address those needs. For assigned Research Division-IT projects, the Systems Coordinator will be responsible for the creation and project management of system development life cycle (SDLC) deliverables including requirement specifications, user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts and execution, and standard operating procedures (SOPs), and will review and approve related deliverables. In addition, the Systems Coordinator will assist with maintaining data quality within our publication management system. The ideal candidate will possess business acumen along with technical skills, excellent communication skills, and background in pharma/biotech systems.
Primary Assignments:
Assumes responsibility for assigned SCIS systems/applications.
Partners with SCIS user and stakeholder groups to understand their needs and translate them into effective business/user requirements and user stories.
In conjunction with Research Division-IT partners, maintains assigned system backlogs and prioritizes them based on evolving needs and departmental priorities.
Partners closely with Research Division-IT and external vendors to execute against the SCIS technology roadmap and backlog.
Acts as the SCIS project manager / single point of contact for IT initiatives, ensuring the participation of appropriate SCIS subject matter experts and providing the necessary inputs, reviews and approvals for System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) deliverables.
Plans and manages the execution of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for all system/application releases.
Collaborates with SCIS Knowledge Management to drive user adoption of SCIS systems to ensure value realization of IT investments.
Partners with Research Division-IT in the evaluation and selection of systems technology.
Completes system administration, user administration, and master data management tasks as needed, and provides technical subject matter expertise and support on SCIS-owned systems/applications to the SCIS user community.
Runs and reviews publication management reports, identifies data quality issues, and either makes data corrections directly in the publication management system or coordinates with the data owner(s) to update the impacted records.
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Benefits/PerksFlexible work arrangements Hybrid work Hybrid work model Insurance Meetings Paid holidays Retirement benefits Sick Days Vacation Workshops
Tasks- Collaboration
- Communication
- Communications
- Conduct user acceptance testing
- Data Management
- Innovation
- Maintain data quality
- Networking
- Project management
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Experience3 years
EducationBusiness Communications Information Systems Information Technology IT Life Sciences Management Management Information Systems
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