Next Generation Submissions Senior Business Analyst Job at AstraZeneca
Next Generation Submissions Senior Business Analyst
This role is primarily aligned to the Next Generation Submissions Program.
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.
The Senior Business Analyst has deep practical experience in the role, with repeated practice performing business analysis and design in a variety of complex situations, working strategically at an enterprise level on large scale business change with high levels complexity and risk. The Senior Business Analyst operates with a high level of interactive communication to set clear direction for others, demonstrating high levels of inclusion and cultural sensitivity.
The role will partner with the Business Partner and Senior Program Manager, taking responsibility to deliver high quality cases, business process designs and ensure that proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.
The Senior Business Analyst will determine the process and requirements management methodology practices within their function, ensuring that the methodology, quality and compliance standards are adhered to; contributing to internal IT processes and standards for business analysis and design. In addition, the Senior Business Analyst will mentor other Business Analysts to develop their skills and share standard methodologies in relevant communities of practice.
Typical Accountabilities
The Senior Business analyst is expected to perform at expert level in the following:
Business Needs Identification - Operates at an enterprise level in assessing and defining business need and areas for improvement. Proactively seeks out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals. Actively monitors and identifies capability gaps and proposes potential solutions through research internally and externally.
Business Analysis Planning - Selects the appropriate analysis approach to a piece of work depending on its complexity, level of risk, known assumptions, constraints and dependencies. Proficient in scoping and recommending appropriate approaches. Capable of planning and managing their own and other team member’s activities to meet work and deadlines. Accountable for performance and quality of analytical work delivered, both their own and the work of others.
Partner Analysis & Change - Effectively identifies partners from all areas of the business, and actively builds and maintains relationships according to individual partner needs and levels of influence. Contributes to communication plans and change management for project and partners.
Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - Responsible and accountable for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts. Highly responsive to changing business priorities with ability to plan ahead, accounting for potential changes and corrective actions. Advanced requirements elicitation and management skill-set; including traceability, testing and validation. Leads the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design. Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits.
Reason Definition - Shapes and defines the case, producing detailed business justification for investment including ROI and benefits realization.
Solution Evaluation - Highly proficient in analyzing and assessing solution proposals and able to articulate supporting reasoning. i.e. assessing business readiness, improving value vs. spend
Work collaboratively with
- Senior Business Stakeholders to ensure that solutions fulfil their future strategic needs and challenges
- Business Relationship Managers to develop and maintain the business relationship, support business process change and act as point of contact for application development
- Business customers to identify business requirements and effectively communicate impact, cost and benefits of new and changed demands
- Process owners to identify and devise solutions that optimize business process performance, capability and competitiveness
- IT Architecture, Delivery and Support to ensure clear understanding of requirements and effective testing so that the solutions delivered to the business are efficient and effective, meeting the customer experience expectations.
Work collaboratively with or take responsibility for:
- Test Lead to define the testing approach and the components of testing to ensure traceability of requirements and effectiveness of overall solution.
- Change Management/Communication Lead to ensure the Change Management and Communications plans and delivery support the Collaborator Analysis.
Education, Qualifications, and Experience
Degree qualifed
Demonstrable experience of successfully deploying a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
5 years Working with complex integrated systems, using creative and critical thinking to deliver exceptional results
Strong engagement, communication and collaborator management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
Experience of working in a regulated environment
Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
Experience of mentoring, coaching or developing others
Experience of working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors
Experience of managing high levels of risk by making complex judgements, developing innovative solutions and applying a comprehensive multi-functional and industry understanding.
Skills and Capabilities
Eye for business
Challenge, negotiation and influence
Presentation, Communication & Facilitation
Customer Focus
Partner Management
Benefits Management and Realisation
Networking
Compliance
Planning
Business Process Management
Requirements Management
Exposure to User Centred Design (User Experience, User Interface Design and Business Process Design)
Desirable
Degree in relevant field or formal certification in business analysis practice
Lean SIGMA training
Practical usage of Agile Methodology
Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context
Pharmaceutical business awareness/business domain knowledge
User Centred Design (User Experience, User Interface Design and Business Process Design) Cross industry business awareness/business domain knowledge
WHY JOIN US?
We’re a network of entrepreneurial self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. There’s a diversity of expertise in our Technology group that’s unique to AstraZeneca – it allows us to dive deep into
exploring new groundbreaking technology. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions. Our work unlocks the potential of science. We optimise and evolutionise AstraZeneca by maximising efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity. From automation to data simplification. We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. A place to be open and transparent – we speak up, think creatively and share ideas. Our diverse contributions help us to make better decisions. But we have a constant drive to innovate,
and an appreciation for high standards. It takes challenging the status quo to contribute in our ever-evolving environment. We love it here because put simply, we make a meaningful impact.
Technology at AstraZeneca is a home for purposeful disruptors!
SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
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Competitive salary & benefits on offer.
Close Date: 12/6/2023
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