Principal Business Analyst

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Job description

job summary:

The Senior Principal Business Analyst (BA) in Research and Preclinical Development ITwill work with Research Scientists and act as a liaison between Research Scientists and technical teams to define and deliver data management solutions. The BA interfaces between Research Systems Analysts, Programmers, Data Architects, Scientists, and IT Project Managers to ensure that information technology designs meet the needs of the end users and comply with the comprehensive Research-wide data management plan. The BA develops user requirements and design plans that incorporate new system solutions into the overall Research systems architecture through documentation of scientific processes, data workflows, and product/service requirements. In addition, BAs ensure that the solution meets the requirements of the Scientists by engaging the team in an iterative software development cycle. This position requires a passion for science and drug discovery, functional knowledge of the drug discovery process, logical knowledge of existing system capabilities, business process analysis, and requirements documentation in a highly complex scientific environment.

location: Tarrytown, New York

job type: Permanent

salary: $160,000 - 180,000 per year

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Masters

responsibilities:

Summary/ Position Objective:

The Senior Principle Business Analyst (BA) in Research and Preclinical Development ITwill work with Research Scientists and act as a liaison between Research Scientists and technical teams to define and deliver data management solutions. The BA interfaces between Research Systems Analysts, Programmers, Data Architects, Scientists, and IT Project Managers to ensure that information technology designs meet the needs of the end users and comply with the comprehensive Research-wide data management plan. The BA develops user requirements and design plans that incorporate new system solutions into the overall Research systems architecture through documentation of scientific processes, data workflows, and product/service requirements. In addition, BAs ensure that the solution meets the requirements of the Scientists by engaging the team in an iterative software development cycle. This position requires a passion for science and drug discovery, functional knowledge of the drug discovery process, logical knowledge of existing system capabilities, business process analysis, and requirements documentation in a highly complex scientific environment.

Job Duties:

• Lead scientific-related business needs assessment, as well as facilitate the design, build and implementation of IT systems. Work with scientists and laboratory personnel to understand their business processes and suggest improvement opportunities to enhance end-user experience
• Work closely with end-users and technical team members to translate high-level business and user requirements into functional and design specifications using structured business and technical analysis and data modeling techniques (e.g. activity diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, etc.)
• Act as an expert technical and scientific resource to software development staff in all phases of the development and implementation process
• Participate in user research, usability and acceptance testing - Proactively identify new and potentially beneficial external informatics solutions for unmet needs in Research and partner with the appropriate scientists to evaluate the utility of these solutions and their compatibility with the overall research strategy
• Partner with research scientists and technical teams to understand and define system goals and technical system requirements
• Understand system interdependencies and collaborate with project teams accordingly
• Assist in evaluating cost-benefit and ROI analyses
• Must be able to handle a variety of tasks, effectively solve problems with numerous and complex variables, and be able to shift priorities as needed
• Train, develop and manage junior scientific business analysts
• Identifies strategic opportunities and synergies among Research and preclinical Development-IT initiatives that can yield greater impact beyond a project or program scope.
• Contributes to the definition, implementation and governance of the BA practices and processes for Research and preclinical Development IT
• May lead or supervise a small team (e.g., 1 - 3 people), assigning day-to-day work.

Job Requirements:

• strong ability to collaborate with business functional leaders, across all levels in the business supported organization and with technologists, to define business processes, analyze operational efficiencies, implement creative solutions and measure delivery results
• Experience in business process & requirements gathering through execution
• Experience with critical functional data and managment processes, and data integration
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Qlik, Tableau, or Spotfire.
• Collaborative, agile mindset to drive speedy, creative and efficient use of technology and data to drive business value across IT
• Ability to creatively and constructively challenge designs to ensure simplicity and supportability
• Capable of translating and presenting concepts into practical business terms in both small and large group settings
• Ability to analyze and document complex data management processes
• Ability to think analytically and interpret relevant data and information
• At least 5 years of relevant scientific Research experience (e.g., biologic and/or small molecule drug discovery, cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, and/or invivo studies)
• 2-3 years data, business analyst or relevant IT project role. Experience leading small -midsize projects.
• Experience with Research program management is a plus

Minimum Years of Experience:

- 5 years of relevant scientific experience, including 2-3 years data, business analyst or relevant IT project execution role. Experience leading small -midsize projects.

qualifications:

• Experience level: Manager
• Minimum 6 years of experience
• Education: Masters (required)

skills:

• Business Analysis
• scientific
• research
• early drug development
• drug discovery
• scientist
• Research Program Management
• Pharmaceutical
• life sciences
• biotech
• data management
• data integration
• preclincal
• preclinical development IT

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