Senior Associate - Business Analyst

Job Purpose

Gathering, analyzing, and writing requirements, data analysis, report creation, system flow diagrams, PowerPoints, as well as assisting with project delivery of in-house/vendor application implementation. Work with cross-functional teams to understand the business to apply effective technical solutions for different work streams. Be highly self-motivated, forward-thinking and like to explore new ways of applying existing and new technologies to solve Business problems. Understand the importance of prioritizing according to business value and can communicate effectively with stakeholders. Have an innate interest in applying modern technology to the daily work.

Desired Skills And Experience

 Experience of working with Digital Teams in pharmaceutical organisations

 Understanding of Clinical operations process and Clinical feasibility process, with ability to drive all feasibility and site identification activities related discussions with business users

 Work with business stakeholders (like Clinical Ops Planning & Feasibility leads) to capture user goals, needs and expectations and translating these into personas, user-journeys & product features that drive towards improvements.

 Drive experience design activities to improve user interfaces and task flows through wireframing, prototyping and ideation workshops.

 Work with product managers/product owners to identify & define use-cases as well as write and prioritise user stories

 Work with UX designers, data engineers, data scientists, biostatisticians and technical architects to map dependencies, refine the requirements and render them ready for implementation

 Contribute to the production and continued refinement of business cases throughout the life cycle of the product

 Contribute to the wider Business analysis community of the project

 Experience in agile methodologies, especially agile business analysis

 Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

 Detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

 Understanding of data relating to clinical trial planning, management & delivery

 Ability to identify and contribute to the management of risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies in relation to the product

 Ability to communicate findings and outputs in digestible formats for a range of stakeholders

 A recognised business analysis qualification

 Understanding of ITMS processes and understanding of required documentation will be an added advantage

Key Responsibilities

 Diplomacy and the ability to make things happen in an environment of ambiguity, complexity, and multiple stakeholders, being able to influence others without direct authority.

 Importantly, attention to detail and a delivery- oriented mind-set, with a track record of a project co-ordination type activity.

 Fantastic communication and listening skills, able to translate messages and simplify and summarise problems in a straightforward and succinct manner.

 A flexible approach and be able to adapt your style and methods to get the best results in a complicated and fast-paced environment.

 The ability to prioritise, and re-visit priorities to ensure adherence to deadlines and project milestones.

 Skills to be open and transparent in everything that you do.

 Experience in quickly grasping ideas in both familiar and unfamiliar domains