Business Analyst
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Contract Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Posted 5 months ago
About Position
Business Analyst (Contract)
$60.00 / Hourly
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Business Analyst
Contract Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Posted 5 months ago
Skills
Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with scientists engineers and other stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements Translate business needs into technical specifications for IT and software development teams Ensure alignment between R&D objectives and business strategies Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate effective communication between R&D teams management and external partners Prepare and present findings recommendations and project updates to stakeholders Foster a collaborative environment to ensure successful project outcomes Quality Assurance Testing: Ensure thorough testing of software tools and processes to identify and resolve any issues before deployment Document test results and provide feedback to development teams for continuous improvementDescription
Seeking a highly skilled and motivated Business Analyst to join our Biologics Engineering R&D team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the strategic objectives of our biologics research and development initiatives. The Business Analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze business processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement solutions that drive efficiency and innovation in our R&D operations.
Responsibilities
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build consensus
- Worked in an IT setting before and can translate between the business and technology with clear and concise requirements
- Proactive with a bias towards action
- 70/30 - IT BA to Scientific Lab experience
- JIRA or similar task tracking tool
- Miro or similar diagramming tool such as Visio
- Signavio or similar business process management software
- Smartsheet or similar project manage tool such as Microsoft Project
- Office 365 tools including Teams. Knowledge of pivot tables in Excel would be handy
- Pharmaceutical R&D experience (Pre-clinical)
- Scientific lab instrument experience (protein engineering, DNA sequencing, plate readers, fow cytometry, liquid chromatography, etc.)
- Scientifc data management system experience (Zontal)
- Comfortable working with scientists
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