Senior Associate Business Systems Analyst

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Job Description

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal number 1 company in Best Workplaces - - ranking in Portugal (category 201-500 employees) by the Great Place to Work Institute. We have a team of over 400 talented people and 40 different nationalities diverse areas of expertise and professional experience that are shaping the future of healthcare. This is your chance to explore a world of opportunities in different areas such as Cybersecurity Data & Analytics Digital Technology and Innovation Finance General & Admin Human Resources Regulatory Affairs and many Lisbons city center our AMGEN office fosters innovation excellence and inspiration. Come thrive with us at AMGEN supporting our mission To Serve Patients. What we do at AMGEN matters in
peoples lives.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

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WHAT YOU WILL DO

The Sr Associate IS Bus Sys Analyst Anaplan leverages domain and business process expertise to detail product requirements as epics and user stories along with supporting artifacts like business process maps use cases and test plans for the software development teams. This role involves working closely with developers and business analysts to ensure that the technical requirements for upcoming development are thoroughly elaborated. This enables the delivery team to estimate plan and commit to delivery with high confidence and identify test cases and scenarios to ensure the quality and performance of IT Systems. You will collaborate with Product Managers and developers to maintain an efficient and consistent process ensuring quality deliverables from the team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Teams and System Architects to understand business strategy needs and pain points.

• Capture the voice of the customer to define business processes and product needs

• Ensure non-functional requirements are included and prioritized in the Product and Release Backlogs

• Facilitate the breakdown of Epics into Features and Sprint-Sized User Stories and participate in backlog reviews with the development team

• Clearly express features in User Stories/requirements so all team members and stakeholders understand how they fit into the product backlog

• Ensure Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done are well-defined

• Align technical requirements scenarios and business process maps with User Experience designs

• Stay focused on software development to ensure it meets requirements providing proactive feedback to stakeholders

• Develop and execute effective product demonstrations for internal and external stakeholders

• Maintain accurate documentation of configurations processes and changes

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WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

Masters degree and 1 to 3 years of Life Science/Biotechnology/Pharmacology/Information Systems experience OR

Bachelors degree and 3 to 5 years of Life Science/Biotechnology/Pharmacology/Information Systems experience OR

Diploma and 7 to 9 years of Life Science/Biotechnology/Pharmacology/Information Systems experience

Must-Have Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex challenges with technology

• Experience with writing user requirements and acceptance criteria in agile project management systems such as JIRA

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience in managing product features for PI planning and developing product roadmaps and user journeys

• Familiarity with low-code no-code test automation software

• Able to communicate technical or complex subject matters in business terms

• Experience in Agile/Scrum and DevOps environments.

• Experience in Anaplan implementations including hands-on model development end-user training or support throughout the user adoption lifecycle

• Programming experience in at least one modern language (e.g. Python JavaScript R etc.) for scripting data transformation or integration.

Professional Certifications:

• Certified SAFe Agilist or similar (required)

• Certified SAFe Scrum Master or similar (preferred)

• Anaplan Certified Model Builder (incl. L1 and L2 MB) (preferred)

• Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer etc.) (preferred)

• Databricks certifications (Data Engineer Professional) (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Able to work under minimal supervision

• Excellent analytical and gap/fit assessment skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OF US

• Vast opportunities to learn develop and move up and across our global organization.

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table take risks and act.

• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare finance wealth and career benefits.

• Flexible work arrangements.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform crucial job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.