Manager, Business Systems Owner
Posted Aug 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 30, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a technology decision you made that optimized total cost of ownership over the option people preferred.
What they are checking: Whether they can hold a cost position against preference.
Describe how you explain an architecture decision to a laboratory scientist who cares only about their assay.
What they are checking: The technical-to-business education this posting names as a duty.
How do you develop someone on your team who is strong technically but has never owned a business relationship?
What they are checking: Team development, which this manager role carries.
This asks for at least ten years including a laboratory background and business analysis, in North Chicago. What do you want to know about the size of the team and how many sites these systems serve?
What they are checking: Checking the real span before taking a portfolio of this size.
What would you do
You oversee a portfolio capping above fourteen million dollars. How do you know a project is in trouble before the numbers say so?
What they are checking: Early warning instinct on a portfolio of this size.
Sample management, stability study operations and reference standard management all have to keep running during an implementation. How do you minimize the impact on the laboratory?
What they are checking: Continuity planning across the named capability areas.
How do you balance a vendor's roadmap against what your laboratories need next year?
What they are checking: Vendor dependency management, which this posting builds in.
A stakeholder wants a capability that would break your roadmap. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Balancing differing stakeholder interests, which the posting calls out.
About the work
This owns laboratory systems including the laboratory information management system, electronic notebook and chromatography data system. Walk me through what makes those systems hard to change once a laboratory depends on them.
What they are checking: Real laboratory systems experience, which this posting requires.
How do you write a business case for a laboratory technology project that competes with projects sponsored by other senior leaders?
What they are checking: Business case construction where the competition is internal.
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