IT Business Analyst - Cell Therapy

Job Title: Business Analyst

Introduction to Role:

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of technology and healthcare? We are seeking a Business Analyst to join our IT team at AstraZeneca. This role involves performing business analysis and design either alone delivering small to medium size business change activities or as a part of the BA team in a large or global business change. The Business Analyst will partner with Sr. Business Partners/Business Partners, taking responsibility to deliver high quality cases, business process designs and ensure that proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.

Accountabilities:

As a Business Analyst, you will be encouraged to understand and prioritize business requirements from multiple customers, interpret business requirements and simplify them for easy analysis, solution design and decision making. You will provide insight & innovation to projects within your specialist area, aligning to AZ IT strategy and working with AZ IT partners. You will also facilitate and lead design sessions with the business and implementation team to identify functional and technical requirements. Your role will involve defining project scope and goals for small projects that deliver or support delivery of effective solutions. You will also be responsible for presenting with the relevant customers and transfer relevant knowledge to delivery teams.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience
- Shown experience of successfully deploying a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
- Shown experience of successfully managing IT projects end to end, both waterfall and agile
- Demonstrable experience of working with sophisticated coordinated systems, using creative and critical thinking to deliver outstanding results
- Strong engagement, communication and customer management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills 
- Experience of working in a regulated environment
- Experience of virtual teamwork to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
- Experience of mentoring, coaching or developing others
- Experience of working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Degree or equivalent experience in relevant field or formal certification in business analysis practice
- LEAN Six SIGMA training
- Practical usage of Agile Methodology
- Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context
- Pharmaceutical business awareness/business domain knowledge
- Cross industry business awareness/business domain knowledge
- Experience in Cell Therapy setting

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. 

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in our mission to disrupt an industry and change lives!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.