Company Description DigAIT is a scientific technology and consulting partner that supports chemical and life sciences organizations in accelerating digital transformation across research, development, laboratory, manufacturing, and operations. The company combines AI, IT, scientific data, and deep domain expertise to design and implement digital solutions that make scientific processes more connected and data-driven. Its capabilities span process modeling, laboratory and manufacturing solutions, data analytics, business intelligence, and advanced AI technologies, including machine learning and generative AI.

DigAIT works across the full transformation journey—from assessing current processes to implementing ELN/LIMS, integrating data, and enabling scalable analytics and AI. The team is experienced with leading platforms and tools such as LIMS, ELN, MES, ERP, SAP Signavio, BPMN, Power BI, Tableau, AWS, Azure, Python, and modern AI/LLM platforms.

Role Description For Client based in Europe, we are looking for a ELN/LIMS configurations expert. This role based will be in Chennai, structured as a hybrid position that combines on-site work with some work-from-home flexibility. You will connect lab users, data science teams, and IT, ensuring that experimental data is captured in a structured, high-quality, and ML-ready form.

The role combines hands-on configuration, product ownership, roll-out coordination for targeted labs and sites, and IT operations.

Key responsibilities:

1. Configurations and trainings

- Work with lab colleagues to design and configure workflows, data uploaders, templates, and master data especially related to formulation development process (materials, formulations, raw materials, test methods, properties, units)




- Translate lab processes in chemistry and material development into robust platform configurations
- Train users, support onboarding, and drive adoption

- Product management

- Collect, prioritize, and manage requirements from business stakeholders
- Maintain the product backlog and roadmap, and deliver in an agile (Scrum) setup
- Run sprint planning, reviews, and stakeholder communication
- Manage releases, change requests, and configuration testing/validation

- Integrations and IT operations

- Coordinate the development of integrations between the ELN and other systems (LIMS, ERP, PLM, instruments/CDS, data lakes, analytics/ML platforms) via APIs and interfaces
- Handle incident and problem management, second-level support, and vendor coordination
- Maintain knowledge documentation (configuration specs, SOPs, user guides, FAQs)

- Roll-out and adoption coordination

- Coordinate roll-out activities end-to-end for specific smaller labs or sites (e.g., HTE lab, a particular site roll-out), building on the platform already established in the larger labs
- Reuse and adapt existing configurations, templates, and master data from the larger labs, and identify only the lab-specific extensions needed (e.g., HTE-specific workflows, uploaders, instrument interfaces)
- Define roll-out plans, timelines, and milestones together with the respective lab leads, IT, and data science teams




- Manage change and communication: stakeholder updates, training, user onboarding, and feedback loops
- Track adoption and roll-out KPIs (e.g., active users, workflow usage, open issues) and hand over to operations with complete documentation and support processes

- Data governance

- Work with ML/data science teams to define rules for good data management (naming conventions, ontologies, mandatory fields, units, metadata)

Qualifications

- PhD or master’s degree in a relevant field such as Material science, Chemistry, physics or a related discipline is preferred.
- Experience with other ELN/LIMS/R&D; platforms in chemical or life sciences laboratories including workflow design and data model configuration (Preferably Formulation data related experience). With PhD a minimum for 2-3 working experience is required and with Masters a minimum of 7-8 years working experience in required.
- Strong knowledge of application integration (REST APIs, data pipelines, SSO/identity, interfaces between lab and enterprise systems)
- Experience with Scrum/agile, backlog management, and stakeholder prioritization. Certifications such as Scrum Master/PSPO, ITIL, or relevant vendor certifications
- Experience with ITIL-based incident/change management
- Candidates should possess transparent Communication skills to collaborate with scientists, IT teams, and business stakeholders and to document configurations and processes.
- Good familiarity with data science and ML concepts: data preparation, feature/data requirements, FAIR principles, data modeling
- Ability to work in a hybrid setup in Chennai, manage priorities independently, and adapt to evolving project requirements and technologies.

📌 ELN/LIMS configurations expert (Chennai)
🏢 DIGAIT
📍 Chennai