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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Lead - R&D Informatics - **Company:** Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. - **Location:** Newark, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $210,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, Bioinformatics, Information Systems, Data Transmissions, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Data Migration, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Identity and Access Management, Laboratory Information Management Systems, Machine Learning, Automation of Marketing, Metadata, Application Data, Product Software Implementation Methods, Systems Integration, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Tools for Reporting, GXP - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://recruitingbypaycor.com/career/JobIntroduction.action?clientId=8a7882525b6027b0015b692822e001ab&id=8a78859fa064222601a06dd8193504fb&source=&lang=en ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. * 6-8+ years of hands-on R&D and lab informatics experience supporting Discovery, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences organizations. * Direct hands-on experience implementing, configuring, administering, maintaining, and supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific Labguru or similar tools is required. * Demonstrated experience acting as a system owner, platform lead, product owner, application administrator, or technical lead for R&D Informatics platforms such as ELN, SDMS, LIMS, sample management, inventory, chromatography, reporting tools, or scientific data systems. * Strong understanding of Discovery laboratory workflows, experiment documentation, sample tracking, inventory management, assay workflows, instrument-generated data, and scientific research data lifecycle needs. * Experience translating scientific workflows into configured, tested, deployed, supportable, and well documented informatics solutions. * Working knowledge of application data models, metadata, data migration, integrations, APIs or file-based interfaces, permissions, security controls, backup/recovery concepts, reporting enablement, and data governance practices. * Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication, facilitation, vendor management, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications * Background in biology, chemistry, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, or a related Discovery science discipline, with progression into R&D Informatics, IT systems, software implementation, platform ownership, or data engineering. * Experience supporting additional R&D Informatics or scientific platforms, including ELN, SDMS, chromatography data systems, LIMS, automation platforms, data lakes, scientific data warehouses, AI solutions or reporting tools. * Experience with lab automation, instrument connectivity, structured data capture, and AI/ML-ready scientific data foundations. * Familiarity with GxP considerations, data integrity expectations, audit trails, validation/testing practices, change control, compliant documentation, and regulated research or quality environments. * Experience defining platform operating models, vendor roadmaps, release processes, enhancement backlogs, support tickets, SLA expectations, production support practices, and system governance forums. * Ability to create executive-ready status updates, project plans, adoption metrics, risk logs, decision documents, business cases, and implementation roadmaps for R&D Informatics or lab transformation initiatives. ## Description regulatory development and commercialization. Protagonist also discovered and led research and development through Phase 3 for MIMRYLO^ (rusfertide), a first-in-class hepcidin mimetic peptide licensed to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited for worldwide commercialization. MIMRYLO is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of erythrocytosis in adults with PV. The Company also has a number of clinical and preclinical programs based on clinically and commercially validated targets and addressing unmet medical needs, including an oral IL-17 antagonist peptide, anti-obesity dual and triple agonists, an oral hepcidin functional mimetic, and the recently announced IL-4 and amylin discovery programs. More information on Protagonist, its pipeline drug candidates, and clinical studies can be found on the Company's website at https://www.protagonist-inc.com., We are seeking a hands-on R&D Informatics Lead to own and continuously improve Protagonist's R&D Informatics capabilities supporting our lab functions. This role will serve as the business-facing IT system owner and technical lead for R&D Informatics and Discovery lab systems, with primary ownership of Thermo Fisher Scientific - Labguru across ELN, SDMS, and LIMS capabilities. The successful candidate will partner closely with Discovery scientists, IT, Quality, lab operations, and external vendors to translate scientific workflows into scalable, secure, well-governed, and user-friendly digital research solutions. This role combines strategic roadmap ownership with practical system administration, configuration, support, implementation delivery, user enablement, data governance, integrations, reporting readiness, and AI/ML-ready scientific data foundations. The ideal candidate brings Discovery science domain understanding, R&D Informatics ownership, Labguru expertise, technical delivery capability, and strong cross-functional stakeholder leadership. We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires being on-site at our office in Newark, CA 4 days a week., * Serve as the primary R&D Informatics lead, accountable for strategy, roadmap, implementation, administration, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of Labguru and related lab informatics solutions (including AI/ML solutions). * Lead R&D lab transformation efforts by partnering with scientists, IT, Quality, lab operations, and vendors to convert current-state workflows into standardized, scalable, secure, and supportable digital processes. * Own day-to-day support and maintenance of R&D Informatics platforms, including Labguru user support, access management, configuration updates, issue triage, enhancement requests, release assessments, vendor escalations, and production readiness. * Partners with scientists and lab operations functional leads in gathering and translating business and scientific requirements into scalable, well-engineered secured platform solutions. * Act as product owner for R&D Informatics capabilities by managing the roadmap, intake process, enhancement backlog, prioritization framework, stakeholder communication, and governance cadence. * Serve as a consultative partner to scientists and research leaders to assess workflow pain points, define future-state processes, identify informatics opportunities, and recommend scalable digital solutions. * Support integrations and interoperability across Labguru, laboratory instruments, automation tools, file/data transfer workflows, APIs or interfaces, scientific data repositories, reporting tools, and adjacent applications. * Establish and maintain scientific data lifecycle and governance practices across data capture, traceability, reporting, archival, reuse, security, and AI/ML-ready research data foundations. * Coordinate vendor activities, system upgrades, release assessments, issue resolution, enhancement requests, validation or testing support, change control inputs, and production readiness activities. * Drive user enablement and adoption through training content, quick-reference materials, onboarding support, usage monitoring, feedback loops, adoption metrics, risk tracking, and executive-ready status updates. ## Related Videos - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [A Data Mesh needs Open Metadata](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/505-a-data-mesh-needs-open-metadata) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) - [Geometric deep learning for drug discovery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/264-geometric-deep-learning-for-drug-discovery) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) - [Crafting Custom Frameworks with Rust: A Deep Dive into Procedural Macros](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/849-crafting-custom-frameworks-with-rust-a-deep-dive-into-procedural-macros) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production)