Associate Business Analyst

We have an ambitious vision -to become a digital and data-led enterprise that disrupts the entire pharma industry. To get there we need outstanding people, and we now have an open position in our IT Mergers&Acquisitions Team - so if you're passionate about data, science and IT, this is the place!

About the role

The Associate Business Analyst will report into the Head of IT - Mergers&Acquisitions. You will partner with the Business Relationship Manager and/or Business Analyst colleagues to support the development of business cases, assist in business process design and ensure that proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.

Accountabilities

* Business Needs Identification - Operate at a functional level in assessing and defining business needs and areas for improvement. Proactively seek out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals.
* Business Analysis Planning - Select the appropriate analysis approach to a piece of work depending on its complexity, level of risk, known assumptions, constraints and dependencies.
* Partner Analysis & Change - Identify collaborators, build and manage relationships according to individual stakeholder needs and levels of influence. Contribute to communication plans.
* Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts.
* Business Case and Benefits Management - Support the business case definition, collect business justification for investment including return on investment and benefits realisation.
* Solution Evaluation - Analyzes and assesses solution proposals and able to articulate supporting reasoning. i.e. assessing business readiness, improving value vs. spend.
* Test Lead to define the testing approach and the components of testing to ensure traceability of requirements and efficiency of overall solution.
* Change/Communication Lead to ensure that plans and delivery support the Partner Analysis.



Requirements

To succeed, you have experience working in a regulated environment, performing business analysis and design, either alone delivering small scale business change activities; or as a contributor to a large scale or global business change. You are a communicator with strong engagement, facilitation and presentation skills, with an ability to influence others.

We also see that you have:

* Experience of working with third party suppliers/vendors
* Focus on customer care
* Ability to manage and collaborate with multiple stakeholders
* Experience with planning, compliance, Business Process & Requirements Management

Pharmaceutical business domain knowledge and exposure do Agile Methodology are desireable, however not essential.

About AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's 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.



SO, WHAT NEXT?

Are you up for an exciting challenge and ready for making a difference? If so, hit Apply today - we can't wait to hear from you!

Open Date: 29/ 03 / 2022

Close Date: 11 / 04 / 2022