As a Senior Business Analyst, you will independently manage end-to-end business analysis workstreams, tackling complex business problems with emerging ambiguity. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of the business domain, related technologies, and their interdependencies, applying advanced tools and techniques to translate requirements into strategic implementation plans.

In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams, shaping stakeholder perspectives, handling process interdependencies, and significantly contributing to the design and validation of effective solutions. You will also mentor junior analysts and actively shape team processes, methodologies, and best practices within the broader Community of Practice.

The Opportunity: 

• Scope / (Content Leadership): Independently manages end-to-end business analysis workstreams without guidance, tackling problems with emerging ambiguity. Proficiently adapts a range of standard frameworks, mentors junior and intermediate BAs, and proactively shapes team ways of working and best practices.

• Accountability/Problem Solving: Leads the analysis of business problems, performs thorough domain research, and drives root cause analysis. Accountable for delivering comprehensive requirements, contributing significantly to solution selection, and proactively identifying needs-solution discrepancies to propose creative improvements.

• Stakeholder Management: Identifies a diverse range of cross-functional stakeholders and builds reliance through deep business understanding to act as a trusted advisor. Facilitates workshops, resolves conflicts, and proactively shapes stakeholder perspectives to strategically manage expectations and align them with project goals.

• Impact/Strategy:Delivers impact that extends to a specific product, initiative, or cluster, contributing to domain goals by ensuring solutions provide demonstrable business value. Translates requirements into strategic implementation plans, influences tactical decisions, and contributes to long-term solution roadmaps.

• Complexity/(Product Size): Works at a solution or product level involving multiple solutions, handling ambiguous requirements and systematically interacting with stakeholders across a broader product environment. Evaluates solution impacts considering both immediate and long-term business implications.

• Business/Technical ability: Demonstrates a deep understanding of business and technical domains, technologies, and their interdependencies. Independently applies tools, principles, and techniques related to requirements, data, usability, and process analysis to manage interconnections and improve overall efficiency.

Who You Are:

Education / Experience

• You hold a Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 5+ years of Business Analysis/Consultancy experience in life sciences, medical, or pharmaceutical sectors in regulated environments.

• You have proven experience independently managing end-to-end BA workstreams, navigating ambiguous requirements, and evaluating strategic solution options.

• You demonstrate experience in translating requirements into strategic implementation plans that align with overall business objectives.

• You possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in working with Manufacturing Execution Systems, preferably Rockwell PharmaSuite.

Technical Skills

• You possess advanced knowledge of Business Analysis/Consultancy concepts and practices, with intermediate expertise in at least one BA capability.

• You have hands-on experience with MES configuration, recipe structuring, and execution in a regulated environment.

• You demonstrate strong understanding of industry regulations (FDA, EMA) and quality standards (GMP, GAMP5).

• You possess knowledge of MES-DCS integration and ASPIRE (S/4 Hana) is a plus.

Additional Qualifications

• You demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, resolve conflicts, and define stakeholder engagement strategies across functional areas.

• You possess strong dedication to mentoring junior and intermediate BAs, helping them organize their activities.

• You thrive in fast-paced settings, demonstrating strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve MES-related issues while effectively balancing multiple high-priority deadlines. 

• Full fluency in English is required; knowledge of German is a plus.

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Relocation benefits will not be available for this position.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.