Sr. Business Analyst, AIA
Lake Forest, CA - USA
Job Summary
ROLE SUMMARY
The Senior Business Analyst is the connective tissue between business stakeholders and technical teams within the AI Accelerator. Sitting at the intersection of business need workflow and AI capability this role translates business challenges into well-defined high-value use cases and ensures the resulting solutions fit naturally into how people actually work.
Primarily a business-translation role it also brings a strong workflow and user-experience lens partnering closely with design data science and engineering so that AI solutions are not only aligned to strategy but intuitive adopted and impactful across the US Commercial Organization.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Use Case Definition & Prioritization
- Identify high-value business problems that can be addressed through AI automation or advanced analytics.
- Translate business objectives into clear actionable use cases with measurable outcomes.
- Prioritize use cases based on strategic impact feasibility and alignment with organizational goals.
Stakeholder Engagement & Facilitation
- Act as a liaison between business units (e.g. Commercial Medical Affairs Market Access) and technical teams (e.g. Data Science Engineering Design).
- Facilitate workshops interviews and co-creation sessions to gather insight and define solution requirements.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate outcomes clearly and effectively.
Requirements Gathering & Documentation
- Develop business requirement documents user stories and acceptance criteria for AI and digital solutions.
- Partner with UI/UX QA and Solutions Architecture teams so business needs are reflected in design and functionality.
- Maintain traceability between business goals technical implementation and performance metrics.
Workflow Analysis & Experience Alignment
- Map end-to-end user workflows across commercial clinical and operational domains to surface friction and opportunity.
- Contribute a user-experience and workflow perspective to solution design advocating for intuitive accessible outcomes.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and reduce friction through intelligent automation and thoughtful design.
Value Realization & Impact Measurement
- Define success metrics and KPIs for initiatives ensuring alignment with business outcomes.
- Monitor solution performance post-deployment and support continuous improvement.
- Communicate impact and ROI to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Adoption & Change Support
- Support change-management and adoption efforts across business units.
- Help develop training materials onboarding guides and communication plans that drive user engagement.
- Address feedback and resistance through iterative design and stakeholder collaboration.
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Business Life Sciences Health Design/HCI or a related field.
- 6 years of experience in business analysis strategy digital transformation or product/experience roles preferably in healthcare or life sciences.
- Demonstrated experience translating business needs into technical or product requirements ideally in partnership with data analytics or digital teams.
- Working knowledge of healthcare or commercial workflows and how users interact with digital tools.
- Strong communication facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree
- Experience with AI/ML advanced analytics or automation solutions in a regulated environment.
- Familiarity with UX and workflow methods journey mapping usability testing human-centered design and tools such as Figma.
- Understanding of oncology workflows and/or healthcare regulations and data privacy (e.g. HIPAA).
- Experience with agile delivery and cross-functional product teams.
- Change-management or adoption experience.
PHYSICAL / MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to synthesize ambiguous incomplete inputs into structured requirements and perform complex analysis.
NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
Occasional travel (10%) for stakeholder workshops design sessions and cross-site collaboration.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Business units (Commercial Medical Affairs Market Access); Data Science & Engineering; UI/UX & Design; Product / Solutions Architecture; and senior leadership across the US Commercial Organization.
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers develop and coach others oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
Other Job Details
- Last Day to Apply: August 25 2026
- Work Location Assignment: Hybrid 2-3 days onsite/week US Commercial Pfizer site required
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN O-1 H-1B etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
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