R&D IT Business Analyst
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ABOUT ASTRA ZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global innovationdriven Biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the worlds most serious disease. But we are more than one of the worlds leading pharmaceutical companies.
At AstraZeneca we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your ambitious spirit. Theres 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.
ABOUT OUR IT TEAM
Weve been busy building and developing our technology which is now enabling our transformation to become a digital AI and dataled enterprise. Theres never been a better time to join us as we bring our digital strategy to life. Theres a huge opportunity to develop explore and thrive during our next chapter.
Were specialists who are passionate about patients. A curiosity to learn grow and develop is at the heart of what we do evolving as our technologies constantly change. Were invested in recognizing coaching and motivating you. Here your personal and professional journey is filled with unlimited potential.
ABOUT OUR R&D IT CAPABILITY TEAM:
In Early Science we have highly skilled scientists in our labs who experiment and support complex drug projects. The environment is driven by scientific and technical innovation with a high level of diversity in workflows data and vendors.
The R&D IT Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) capability drives digitization in two business areas cutting across both complex synthetic modalities & biologics that combined deliver crucial activities when developing new pharmaceutical products. CMC Capability involves partnering with the Research and Operations functions to ensure potential new products have the required pharmaceutical properties that can be delivered to the patients and secondly defining the manufacturing practices and product specifications that must be followed and met to ensure product safety and consistency between batches.
The Capability team enable the business to develop a technology and data roadmap to meet their scientific goals. They work with skilled scientists to understand business requirements develop business cases determine value to be realised and identify the optimal delivery method through our R&D IT Platforms and other technical IT teams. During the delivery process the Capability team will continue to liaise with the technical delivery to move these business ideas through our development process and quickly to production to ensure the benefits can be realised. In line with AstraZenecas FAIR data strategy our cross functional IT teams drive building and delivering data products using a modern data stack with a goal to be as automated and simple as possible.
WHAT YOULL DO
The Business Analyst (BA) has passion for helping improve the user experience in the early sciences. Working with key Business leads and the R&D IT Platforms to analyse the needs and input into the organisation design and data flow of the systems models and processes all with a drive for user simplicity and great experience. This role requires someone that can partner with and lead our business teams to truly understand the why of the solution; how it aligns with strategic initiatives align with the vision and capabilities of the various R&D IT platform teams whilst being able to delve into the detail of how the solution will work from a functional user perspective. The Capability BA will understand the science domain and its future direction; they will have knowledge many if not all the products supported by the various R&D IT Platforms.
Typical activities will involve running business workflow mapping session with and conducting interviews with one of more scientific subject matter experts. Creating new business cases by working with the Business Partners to translate business requirements into a development plan bringing in needs for all technical teams in IT and our external vendors to plan and cost new technology deployments. Presenting back to business stakeholders including Steering Teams departmental meetings and smaller groups of technical specialists. Attending PI Planning sessions; working with teams to identify functional and technical requirements translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting Functional Design User Interface Design and Business Process Design correlating complex data and using this to influence the product roadmap by giving data driven recommendations.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
We consider individuals in this role to be part of the Capability leadership and essential for both project planning and delivery; this means you need to be capable of working in multiple spaces and are likely to become the most experienced with how our business operates. You will keep the lines of communication open between our CMC Capability team and the R&D IT Platform teams understanding and triaging the incoming demands and making sure they align with the platform vision and scope while ready to push back when capacity issues and scope creep are present. You should apply if you have:
Essential Requirements:
Must have: Strong communication skills to engage and influence multiple teams.
Must have: Strong ability to translate scientific needs to IT requirements to developers whos understanding of the science is limited.
Must have: a minimum of a bachelors degree in IT Science or equivalent subject
Must have: a minimum of 2years of relevant experiencein IT and/or the Sciences.
Preferred Experience:
Strongly Desired: Understanding of the R&D space in the life sciences domain
Strongly Desired: Knowledge of AI and modern technology capabilities.
Experience with data pipelines and modern analytics tools and capabilities.
Experience with change management and modern process improvement.
Be aware of modern agile software development practices and help develop and evangelize a great product and user focused culture.
Expertise with process tools like JIRA Confluence and an understanding of GIT and CI/CD tools
Exposure/knowledge of wireframing and prototyping tools (e.g. Axure Balsamiq)
Nice to have: SCRUM master or Project Manager certification.
WHY JOIN US:
Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and dataled enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Focused and committed and backed with the investment to succeed were driving crosscompany change to disrupt the entire industry.
SO WHATS NEXT
Are you up for an exciting challenge and ready for making a difference If so hit Apply today we cant wait to hear from you!
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15May2025Closing Date
Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations please complete the section in the application form.Required Experience:
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