As a Safety Business Analyst (BA) you will be responsible for scoping, planning and supporting the successful implementation of process automation solutions by providing business analysis, best practice research, detailed requirements and user stories definition, and user acceptance facilitation.
In addition you will work closely with Business Users, Product Owners, Product Managers, IT Business Partners and IT Architects to develop a conceptual architecture for the solutions and act as an active role in the product’s lifecycle management. Your primary focus is to ensure a solution is chosen to fulfill known and understood business requirements, fits into the Product roadmap, and continuously provides business value over its lifecycle.
Responsibilities
* Actively engage with IT Product Manager and IT Business Partner in the portfolio management processes
* Lead and drive the scoping phase of automation use cases
* Collaborate with business and informatics stakeholders to lead the business case development for new initiatives, including high level solution options and resource estimates
* Translate the IT enabled business strategy developed by the C Pod into an Informatics context and work with IT Product Managers, IT Business Partners and IT Architects to develop project proposals and roadmaps that support the strategy
* Support the business partner and IT Business Partner to obtain project approval from the portfolio committees (e.g. PD PEC, PDX MEP, etc.)
* Drive the identification of the most appropriate solution for Roche through formal RFI/RFP/RFQ processes and evaluate feasibility of potential solutions in collaboration with business users and Subject Matter Experts
* Prepare mandatory deliverables supporting the PMM initiate and define phases together with the Project Manager
* Establish user requirements and related documentation as required by PMM, based on identified business needs
* Participate in squads working on significant enhancements to understand business needs and translate them into requirements
* Strive for harmonization of business processes across sites and departments by propagating common standardized data models, applications and technologies that align with cross functional or functional Informatics strategies and architectures
* Drive cross functional teamwork by collaborating with BAs within Chapter and across Org Units to harmonize and develop skills and working practices specific to the BA community
* Determine the automation potential of each particular process to filter out those unfit for automation and narrow the scope of work
* Drive definition of KPIs and compare expected results to actual results to ensure automation delivers expected value in terms of acceleration or quality increase
* Adopt Agile delivery methodologies to accelerate user feedback cycles and E2E delivery timelines
* Create automation architecture and solution proposals, develop RPA and BPA prototypes, mockups and proofs of concept
Qualifications
* Has a Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Biostatistics, or a related field
* Has domain knowledge of the pharmaceutical, Pharma Development or Life Science industry, or has experience from a consulting firm
* Has extensive experience with large projects (>$1M projects, large number of stakeholders, multi location global footprint, complex enterprise solutions)
* Has excellent communication and influencing skills and consistently demonstrates leadership in assignments, engaging teams toward ambitious goals
* Exhibits strong soft skills typically required for a BA (active listening, challenging the status quo, communicating complex information and potential solutions to stakeholders)
* Has excellent knowledge and experience with BA practices, exhibits intellectual curiosity and integrity, and has a strong passion to bring value adding technology to the business
* Has experience working in agile environments and a mindset focused on enabling a diverse group of partners to speak with a single voice and providing the right information to the development team at the right time
* Has experience building RPA (Robotics Process Automation) and BPA (Business Process Automation) solutions (e.g. UiPath, Pega)
* Has an understanding of and can recommend appropriate automation technology platforms best suited for client requirements
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age.
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