Senior Informatics Technical Specialist

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At first glance, you'll see that for more than 80 years we've been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We're building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you'll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges.

The Senior Informatics Technical Specialist will be Beckman Coulter's front-line contact with customers in delivering a software product that bridges laboratories' information systems and their analytical instrumentation and fills key gaps in data management functionality by using expert decision logic to facilitate the management of samples and the delivery of results. The position has consulting and implementation responsibilities. The Specialists will interact with customers' laboratory and IT personnel to craft effective solutions, perform installation and integration work to facilitate highly automated laboratory operations, and provide customized consulting services to ensure ongoing customer satisfaction.

This position is part of the Informatics Team and will be fully remote with a mixture of home office and onsite work. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the Informatics Specialists Team and report to the Informatics Area Manager responsible for planning the installation of our Informatics products throughout the area. If you thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, and independent role and want to work to build a world-class Informatics Technical organization-read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Integrate the automation, informatics, and LIS to accomplish successful communication between all systems and establish successful analyzer, network, and LIS connectivity.
• Be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the installation/integration of the informatics product.
• Define and communicate critical gaps and potential design improvements to the integration process while serving as project leader directing and executing all laboratory informatics implementation activities.
• Address the needs of each individual laboratory by writing custom algorithms that modify the informatics software accordingly.
• Integrate the third-party hardware, consisting of PC workstations and servers which operate the informatics software, while managing and supporting customer satisfaction to sustain the growth of business.
• Train customers on the operation of informatics software.
• Report to management on implementation projects so that experiences are retained, and knowledge can be shared.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Associates degree in science, IT, or Med Tech required or 3+ years of related experience or bachelor's degree in science, preferably Medical Technology or equivalent experience in laboratory environment preferred.
• Must be able to travel 85% of the time to client sites. Manage personal schedule and travel, company assets, and expenses within guidelines.
• Holding a current valid driver's license and good driving record over the last three years. Associates who drive Beckman Coulter vehicles will follow the Danaher Company Vehicle Policy.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Laboratory workflow and operations with a background as a medical technologist being ideal. (use of Beckman Coulter instrumentation systems during that time a bonus!)
• Programming, networking, databases, and/or LIS implementation/development.

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Given the essential job duties of this position, the employee is required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation and applicable law.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

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