Functional BA

Genius Business Solutions

$110K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience as a Business Analyst or Functional Consultant
  • Expertise in Clinical Demand and Supply Planning within the pharmaceutical sector
  • Hands-on experience with clinical supply planning tools like SAP IBP or Kinaxis
  • Proficient in requirements management using Jira or Azure DevOps
  • Strong analytical skills including data analysis with Excel, SQL, and Power BI
  • Familiarity with regulatory environments, specifically GxP and 21 CFR Part 11
  • Solid understanding of clinical trial operations and related protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Elicit and document business and user requirements through workshops and interviews
  • Facilitate process discovery in clinical supply chains, covering all phases from demand forecasting to distribution
  • Support the design of clinical supply planning platforms, defining workflows and business rules
  • Establish KPIs and dashboards for monitoring clinical supply chain performance
  • Develop testing scenarios and coordinate user acceptance testing
  • Ensure compliance with GxP regulations during system validation
  • Manage stakeholder relationships and facilitate training for effective tool adoption.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on impactful clinical supply chain projects
  • Collaboration with diverse teams in a leading biopharmaceutical company
  • Exposure to cutting-edge clinical supply planning technologies
  • Ability to influence and shape planning workflows and strategic initiatives
  • Professional development in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

Experienced Business Analyst / Functional Consultant for a Gilead Clinical Demand and Supply Planning project. The role partners with clinical supply, business and IT stakeholders to elicit requirements, map as-is/to-be processes, define planning workflows, KPIs, dashboards and validation needs, and support tool implementation across clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory, manufacturing/packaging, depot/site distribution, returns, reconciliation and destruction.

Required Skills:

1. Business Analyst
2. Clinical Demand & Supply Planning

Job Description:
• Elicit, analyze and document business, functional and non-functional requirements; convert business needs into user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and process discovery across clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing/packaging, depot/site distribution and returns/reconciliation/destruction.
• Support solution design for clinical supply planning platforms such as Signant SmartSupply, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle, 4C or equivalent; define business rules, workflows, alerts, integration points and reporting requirements.
• Define KPIs, dashboards and data requirements for protocol, forecast accuracy, inventory/stock-out risk, expiry, manufacturing/packaging adherence and depot/site distribution performance; support master data governance and data quality.
• Develop test scenarios, scripts and traceability matrices; coordinate SIT, UAT and CSV activities in GxP / 21 CFR Part 11 context; support stakeholder management, change management, training and adoption. • Pharmaceutical / biotech industry experience with Clinical Supply Chain, Clinical Demand & Supply Planning or Clinical Trial Management project exposure.
• Hands-on experience with clinical supply planning tools such as Signant SmartSupply, 4C, SAP IBP, Kinaxis or equivalent; experience in a GxP-regulated environment.
• Strong requirements management using Jira, Azure DevOps or Confluence; process modeling using Visio, Lucidchart or BPMN tools.
• Data analysis using Excel, SQL, Power BI or Tableau; working understanding of APIs, EDI, middleware integrations and master data management.
• Strong domain understanding of clinical trial operations, protocol design, patient enrollment, randomization and IP supply chain; familiarity with GCP, GMP, 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11.
• Strong analytical problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, executive presence, ambiguity management and global cross-functional collaboration skills

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