Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Skills
Biotechnology
Sales
Pharmaceutics
Bio
Pharmaceutical
Pharma
Job Details
Job Title: Pharma Business Analyst
Work Location: Boston, USA - 2 Days
Good To Have
Experience with Business and data analysis in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry.
Purpose of the Position:
Participate in Requirement Gathering, manage the process of turning these requirements into desired outputs
Coordinating the work of business, IT, and external teams to deliver the required results
Perform Feasibility and Impact Assessment
Documentation Review, ensuring that work produced by the teams conform to methods, designs, and standards so that economies of scale can be achieved during the support phase.
Be a party to all Stakeholder Communication
Perform and review Primary and Secondary Research based on solution and project needs
Support new solution design and other organizational initiatives
Work in a multi-disciplinary team environment, collaborate with all stakeholders and work toward consensus building while working on various data and analytics projects
Key Result Areas and Activities:
Requirements & Design:
Help development team with structure & usability of dashboards (e.g. user friendliness, clear definitions)
Help with specific drill-downs / dashboard functionality (optimize for user experience)
Develop wire-frames and mock-ups based on new user requirements
Help facilitate design sessions with field champion team to develop requirements
Translate business requirements into high level functional requirements (user stories)
Define acceptance criteria for each user story and ensure all intake requirements are met
Work with business stakeholders to prioritize backlog enhancements based on business value, effort and need by date.
Facilitate requirement refinement sessions with data architects, reporting team, SME, and data owners.
KPI Definitions and Business Rules
Maintain field KPI definitions and test for accuracy via pulls from Snowflake
Document field KPI definitions and related business rules (functional design documentation)
Document data sources for KPI metrics and ensure consistency of data sources used in metrics across all dashboards.
Pressure-test data sources to ensure we are setting things up the right way and drawing from the right data sources
Work closely with the data architects and reporting team to ensure consistency of metrics across dashboards
Testing & Roll-Out
Facilitate structured UAT of dashboard with home office and field users
Document and prioritize UAT feedback
Assist with training materials for field teams for new dashboard roll-outs (e.g. step-by-step guides in PPT)
Answer questions as they arise through the Field Support Desk
Work and Technical Experience:
Strong functional knowledge and experience in sales performance and field metrics, data and analytics.
Biopharmaceutical or biotechnology experience.
Pharma Commercials experience.
Ability to collaborate with business product owners and users to understand data and analytics requirements for Commercial business areas.
Strong understanding of agile methodology and ability to convert business requirements into implementation ready Epics and user stories.
Hands on knowledge with data querying, data analysis, data mining, reporting and analytics will be a plus.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Willing to work in US EST time zone (half day or more overlap will be preferred).
Tools: Power BI, Snowflake, Oracle DB, SQL, Microsoft office suite.
Must To Have
Strong functional knowledge and experience in sales performance and field metrics, data and analytics
Biopharmaceutical or biotechnology experience
Pharma Commercials experience
Demonstrated ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into functional specifications
Able to manage own workload with minimal direction
Excellent presentation and communication skills and ability to clearly and succinctly express ideas
Qualifications:
Bachelor s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master s degree is a plus)
Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications or related methods
9-11 years of experience as Business Analyst
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