Business Analyst (only Independent Visa)

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

Business Analysis
Business Acumen
Business Analytics
Business Process
Collaboration
Communication
Agile
Conflict Resolution
Customer Focus
Data Management
Decision-making
Acceptance Testing
ELN
GCS
GxP
HP ALM
Information Technology
JIRA
LIMS
Leadership
Manufacturing
Messaging
Organizational Change Management
Personas
Pharmaceutics
Presentations
Problem Solving
Process Modeling
Quality Management
Relationship Building
Science
Software Development Methodology
Testing
User Stories
Veeva
Waterfall

Job Details

Role: Business Analyst

Location: San Francisco, CA (Only local to CA can apply)

Role Description:

Analyze document current and future business process models, high-level requirements (scope), and detailed functional specifications or agile user stories with acceptance criteria.

Guide and support other Business Analysts and Product Owners as they develop the detailed requirements or agile user stories with acceptance criteria.

Lead contribute to all acceptance testing efforts, including SAT, UAT, dry runs and other types of testing. Supporting the implementation of IT solutions that require GxP validation.

Effectively communicate with the IT development team and the extended project team.

Independently make BA project decisions with impact at the process, organization, or program level.

Tailor messaging to different target audiences and choose appropriate communication channels.

Act as a Lead BA and or Product Owner Delegate on large global or multi-portfolio initiatives projects. Actively look for opportunities to improve how business processes are executed.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in engineering, information technology, or science with 5-7 years of related experience. Experience with technical development, material sciences, or manufacturing in a pharmaceutical company.

Knowledge of solutions such as LIMS, ELN, Quality Systems (Veeva), but also data management solutions.

Experience in and understanding of application development methodology, including Agile and Waterfall approaches, process modeling and re-engineering, user acceptance testing, organizational change management, and large-scale global system implementations.

Proven leadership abilities and emotional intelligence.

Demonstrated success in handling initiatives of high complexity, high profile, and large scale global programs.

Proven skills in relationship building, influencing, customer focus, decision-making, and problem-solving.

Demonstrated ability to learn the business in unfamiliar areas quickly and remain curious.

Excellent communication (written and oral) and presentation skills solid business acumen and well-honed influencing skills are essential.

Self-motivated and team-oriented able to work both autonomously and effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team.

Comfortable working with Google collaboration tools, JIRA and HP ALM.

Strong Preference For Strong Preference For Experience with supporting the implementation of IT solutions that require GxP validation.

Experience with working as a member of an agile development team, proficiency with agile methodologies and concepts such as User Stories, Story Maps, Personas, etc

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