--- title: "Lab informatics and scientific software staffing for a global life sciences enterprise" description: "A global life sciences leader operating across 100,000+ employees needed technical expertise embedded in their scientific software division. Devspace placed senior roles in engineering, product management and process management directly into their lab informatics and enterprise software teams." url: "https://www.devspace.no/cases/global-life-sciences-platform" markdown: "https://www.devspace.no/cases/global-life-sciences-platform.md" type: "case" site: "devspace" updated: "2026-06-17" client: "Confidential" industry: "Healthcare" location: "Global" --- # Lab informatics and scientific software staffing for a global life sciences enterprise > A global life sciences leader operating across 100,000+ employees needed technical expertise embedded in their scientific software division. Devspace placed senior roles in engineering, product management and process management directly into their lab informatics and enterprise software teams. - **Client:** Confidential - **Industry:** Healthcare - **Location:** Global ## The challenge Our client is a global leader in life sciences and analytical technology, serving research institutions, healthcare organisations, pharmaceutical manufacturers and biotechnology companies across the world. A significant part of their portfolio is scientific software including enterprise platforms that help laboratories manage, analyse and automate data and workflows, including Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) and broader lab informatics tooling. Scientific software at this scale is complex territory. The products sit at the intersection of regulated laboratory environments, enterprise IT infrastructure, and rapidly evolving data and automation requirements. Building and scaling the right teams inside these divisions requires people who understand not just the technical stack, but the domain context: the workflows, the compliance expectations, and the pace at which research organisations need software to move. The client needed experienced technical professionals embedded across their lab informatics and scientific software teams, not generalists, but people who could contribute to product delivery in a senior capacity from day one. ## What we did Devspace placed senior technical professionals into the client's scientific software division, covering product, delivery and engineering leadership. ### Engineering Lead placement We placed a senior Engineering Lead with the technical depth and leadership experience to operate inside a complex, multi-team product organisation. The role required someone who could hold technical standards, drive delivery across squads, and navigate the specific constraints of regulated scientific software environments. ### Product Owner and Scrum Master roles We sourced Product Owner and Scrum Master profiles suited to enterprise product teams working in highly regulated domains. Both roles required a level of domain awareness — understanding how laboratory workflows, compliance requirements and scientific end-user needs translate into product decisions and sprint delivery. ### Lab informatics domain context Across all placements, we matched not just on seniority and technical profile, but on domain fit. Scientific software teams have a specific operating context — the pace, the compliance considerations, and the user base — that a generalist placed without that awareness takes months to absorb. We sourced people who arrived with it. ## The outcome Senior technical professionals embedded across the client's lab informatics and scientific software teams, contributing to product delivery from the first sprint. The engagement reflects a broader pattern in enterprise life sciences: organisations at this scale often have the product vision, the domain depth, and the internal engineering base, but face a recurring challenge in sourcing the specific senior profiles that can operate effectively inside complex, regulated software environments without a long runway to productivity. Devspace continues to support the client's technical staffing needs across their scientific software division. ## Our Case Studies - [E-prescription integration strategy for Norwegian online pharmacy](https://www.devspace.no/cases/appoteket) (Appo, Healthcare): Appoteket needed a partner who understood Norway's e-prescription landscape, not just the technology. Devspace delivered market research, competitor analysis, and a validated integration strategy - from a team with hands-on digital health experience. ## Tell us what you need. We'll find the right engineers. Whether you need senior developers embedded in your team, a Fractional CTO, or a technology assessment before a deal — most engagements start within 2–4 weeks. Contact devspace: email [post@devspace.no](mailto:post@devspace.no) or use the contact form at https://www.devspace.no/#contact-form (name, email, phone (optional), company, what you are looking for). --- devspace · https://www.devspace.no · post@devspace.no · Bogstadveien 27B, 0355 Oslo, Norway Index of all pages for AI agents: https://www.devspace.no/llms.txt