Analyste Business Senior
Job Summary
Title:
Analyste Business SeniorCompany:
Ipsen Pharma (SAS)About Ipsen:
Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience with global hubs in the U.S. France and the U.K we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.
Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration excellence and impact. At Ipsen every individual is empowered to be their true selves grow and thrive alongside the companys success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth creating real impact on patients and society!
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Job Description:
The Senior Business Analyst partners with R&D Medical and IT stakeholders to deliver business-focused compliant and scalable digital solutions. The role is responsible for defining and managing business requirements analyzing and optimizing business processes evaluating solution options and ensuring alignment between business needs and technology capabilities. Through effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration across delivery teams the Senior Business Analyst enables successful solution implementation business adoption and realization of expected business value while ensuring compliance with quality security privacy and GxP/CSV requirements.
WHAT - Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies
The Senior Business Analyst will:
- Plan and facilitate discovery workshops interviews and working sessions to define business objectives scope pain points opportunities risks and success measures.
- Own the requirements lifecycle including elicitation analysis prioritization validation approval change control and traceability.
- Translate business needs into clear testable business functional non-functional data reporting integration security and compliance requirements producing fit-for-purpose deliverables including business requirements user stories acceptance criteria process maps workflows use cases functional specifications and RFP inputs.
- Assess solution options and recommend approaches that balance business value user experience cost timeline risk compliance and technical feasibility.
- Analyse current-state and future-state processes and recommend opportunities for standardization simplification automation data integration and digital innovation.
- Assess business process and organizational impacts of proposed solutions and support change readiness activities.
- Partner with data and analytics teams to define critical data elements business rules data quality needs and reporting or analytical requirements.
- Build trusted relationships with business stakeholders subject matter experts IT teams vendors and implementation partners across a global matrix organization.
- Support stakeholder alignment through solution design reviews testing deployment readiness training and post-implementation adoption activities.
- Embed applicable GxP CSV quality cybersecurity privacy and regulatory requirements into business and solution deliverables.
- Partner with Quality and CSV teams on risk assessments validation planning requirements traceability UAT test evidence and controlled documentation.
- Ensure business requirements business traceability requirements and business analysis documentation is complete accurate approved and audit-ready.
- Contribute to business case development benefits identification and business scope definition.
- Share business analysis best practices mentor junior analysts and contribute to the continuous improvement of business analysis standards and templates.
Knowledge and Experience - Essential
- 6-9 years of experience as a Business Analyst Functional Analyst Product Analyst or equivalent role supporting business and IT transformation initiatives.
- 4 years of experience in pharmaceutical biotechnology healthcare clinical research quality regulatory affairs or medical affairs environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in requirements elicitation process modelling workshop facilitation stakeholder management and solution evaluation.
- Ability to translate complex business needs into clear solution specifications user stories acceptance criteria process models test scenarios and decision materials.
- Strong stakeholder management communication workshop and requirements gathering facilitation and influencing skills including experience working with senior business and IT stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of GxP/CSV principles regulated environments data privacy security quality documentation and applicable lifecycle controls.
- Experience working with cross-functional IT teams external vendors system integrators and SaaS providers.
- Experience working with Agile Waterfall or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Experience with SaaS platforms integrations analytics and data-driven solutions.
- Experience preparing coordinating and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
- Ability to manage competing priorities work autonomously and influence decisions in a matrix organization.
- Knowledge of IT SDLC processes with knowledge of GxP validation processes.
- Strong written and verbal English communication presentation negotiation and documentation skills.
Knowledge and Experience - Preferred
- Experience supporting one or more R&D or Medical technology domains.
- Experience contributing to business cases effort estimation and solution option evaluations.
- French language proficiency
Education and Certifications - Preferred
- Masters or advanced degree in Information Systems Information Technology Business Administration Life Sciences Engineering or a related discipline.
- CBAP PMI-PBA PSPO or Agile Business Analysis certifications.
Role Parameters
- Direct reports: 0-2 contractors
- Travel: N/A
- Working type: Hybrid.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Ipsen is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care to improve the lives of patients around the world.