Technology

6550 - Business Systems Analyst / Early Research SME

Verista, Inc.Cambridge🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 1, 2026

Quick Overview

Salary

$90.0k - $136.2k/yr

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Cambridge, United States

Posted

2 weeks ago

AWSScrumSnowflakeAgileConfluenceDatabricksJira

Job Description

Description

Verista’s 500 experts team up with the world’s most recognizable brands in the life science industry to solve their business needs. The nature of our business is to empower growth and innovation within the scientific community and to help researchers, organizations, and companies solve some of the world’s most pressing healthcare challenges. Verista provides innovative solutions and services that empower informed decision-making and are the result of our significant investment in our people and our capabilities.

Our ability to grow is driven by world-class people who thrive in a team environment and share our mission to enable life sciences clients to improve lives. Our talented and dedicated professionals are committed to making an impact every day.

Company Culture Guidelines & Values:

We empower and support our colleagues
We commit to client success at every turn
We have the courage to do the right thing
We encourage an inclusive environment where our colleagues feel respected, engaged, and challenged.
We constantly acquire new skills and learn from our experiences to enhance our collective expertise

Job Introduction: We are seeking a hands-on Business Analyst who will serve as the strategic bridge connecting wet-lab scientists, computational biologists, and data platform engineers. This role will be responsible for translating complex biological workflows spanning single-cell omics, spatial transcriptomics, high-content imaging, and proteomics into clear technical specifications, structured user stories, and business capability and architecture diagrams.

Job Responsibilities:

Business Process Mapping: Engage directly with cross-functional biology and translational teams to map end-to-end workflows and data lifecycles. Map current-state versus future-state data flows across cloud analytics workspaces, identifying friction points in data ingestion, processing, and downstream visualization
Requirements Translation: Convert scientific use cases and analytical bottlenecks into structured epics, detailed user stories, and system workflow diagrams for platform and data engineering teams
Delivery Management: Maintain and groom the team's backlog, managing sprint goals and execution cadence in collaboration with the Platform Lead
Application Enablement: Develop clear user documentation and IT SOP to drive platform adoption across scientific end-users

Job Requirements:

B.S. or M.S. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Life Sciences, Information Technology, or a related field
3–5+ years as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Technical Product Analyst in a biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences research organization
Strong familiarity with multi-omics data modalities (e.g., scRNA-seq, spatial omics, proteomics, pathology) and biological assay workflows. Expert in technology with background in bioinformatics or biomedical engineering
Demonstrated mastery of Agile/Scrum delivery using Jira and Confluence
Proficiency with workflow mapping tools (Visio, Lucid, Draw.io)
High-level understanding of cloud-native data platforms (e.g., AWS, Databricks, Snowflake)
Outstanding ability to translate fluently between bench/computational scientists and software engineering teams
Local Hybrid Requirement: Must be willing to be on-site in Cambridge, MA 3 days per week

For US geography, the salary range for this position is shown below. The actual salary is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, market demand, and competitive market practice. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

*Verista is an equal opportunity employer.

National (US) Range

$90,039—$136,225 USD

Benefits

Why Choose Verista?

High growth potential and fast-paced organization with a people-focused culture
Competitive pay plus performance-based incentive programs
Company-paid Life, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
Medical, Dental & Vision insurances
FSA, DCARE, Commuter Benefits
Supplemental Life, Hospital, Critical Illness and Legal Insurance
Health Savings Account
401(k) Retirement Plan (Employer Matching benefit)
Paid Time Off (Rollover Option) and Holidays
As Needed Sick Time
Tuition Reimbursement
Team Social Activities (We have fun!)
Employee Recognition
Employee Referral Program
Paid Parental Leave and Bereavement

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For more information about our company, please visit us at Verista.com