Senior BI & Data Analyst

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

At Charles River Laboratories, we’re transforming how we work by harnessing the power of AI, data, and digital innovation to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving therapies. Our vision is to embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics across every stage of our scientific and operational workflows—empowering our teams with smarter tools, seamless data, and actionable insights to deliver client-centric services and solutions that better serve our customers and, ultimately, improve patients’ lives.

As a Senior Data Analyst in Enterprise Data and Analytics team, you will play a pivotal role in this transformation. You’ll lead key activities analyzing complex scientific datasets, map key business processes, conduct deep dive analyses and create insight-driven solutions. The Enterprise Data & Analytics team is at the forefront of transformative work, driving innovation through data across the organization. Our mission is to enable smarter decision-making by deeply understanding the scientific business processes that support non-clinical research studies.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Engage Business Stakeholders at all levels to identify requirements for current and future products through ongoing interaction;
• Analyze complex datasets using SQL Server to identify patterns, detect anomalies, and uncover embedded business rules;
• Lead requirements workshops and User Acceptance Testing for new data, products and analytics solutions;
• Analyze business processes and develop business flow diagrams and data flow diagrams to support system design and optimization;
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery;
• Create compelling visualizations and dashboards to communicate key insights and trends;
• Data Profiling, mining, and data validation/testing to ensure data is fit for use by the business;
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear and user-friendly manner;
• Build strong business relationships that foster a collaborative and trusting approach and partnership;
• Act as scrum master for the team and prepare detailed stories for developers.

Key Elements

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor degree in Business Management, Computer Science or any related field.
• Master in Business Administration/ Information Systems/ Computer Science is an asset.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to approach challenges creatively.
• Ability to translate requirements to well-written user stories to bridge the gap between business and technology.
• Strong business mindset with ability to collaborate with business partners to identify needs and opportunities for improved data management and delivery.
• Ability to see big picture and then identify key areas for deep analysis to support sound solutions.
• Self-driven and capable of working both independently and collaboratively within a team setting.
• Experience in life science or Biotechnology industry is a plus.

Technical Expertise required:

• 5+ years’ experience in writing complex SQL queries, data mining, data profiling, and data validation/testing;
• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Systems Analyst / Data Analyst specializing in the Data & Analytics discipline, preferably in a senior or lead role;
• 5+ years’ experience organizing and running User Acceptance Testing cycles and training with business users and stakeholders;
• Experience working with Data Visualization Tools like Power BI, Tableau, Looker, MicroStrategy
• Experienced working in Agile Software Development Methodology.

Role Specific Information:

• Location: Remote (from one of our Canadian sites);
• Annual bonus based on performance;
• Schedule: Daytime between Monday and Friday;
• Permanent position as of the hiring, full-time 37.5hrs per week.

Why Charles River ?

• We offer competitive benefits and advantages from day one to support your well-being;
• Paid development training;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career development opportunities;
• Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine);
• 4 weeks’ Vacation & 10 Personal day policy.

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.

About Safety Assessment
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.