AstraZeneca Looking for OPS-IT – Senior Hybrid Business Analyst –Deliver Capability at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

Multiple Possible Locations: Gaithersburg, Wilmington, Macclesfield, Chennai, Guadalajara, Sodertalje

ABOUT THE OPERATIONS IT TEAM

Operations IT is a global IT capability supporting the Global Operations organisation. We business partner with Operations capability areas: Pharmaceutical Technology Development, Manufacturing & Global Engineering, Quality Control, Sustainability, Supply Chain, Logistics and Global External Sourcing and Procurement. We operate out of Operations hubs sites including in the UK, Sweden, US, and China; and out of our Global Technology Centres in India and Mexico.

Here our work has a direct impact on patients – transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more.

It’s a dynamic and challenging environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or transforming the roles and work of colleagues, forever. This is your chance to be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives.

THIS IS WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Senior Hybrid BA will use their IT expertise, bio-pharma industry trends and in-depth understanding of AZ business processes to lead the domain specialist area IT strategy development, investment planning, and delivery. The role will develop strategic relationships with the leadership and process owners for the specialist area , identifying ways for IT to partner achieving and exceeding business objectives. This role will lead the identification of innovative technology solutions, to create maximum competitive advantage, focused on high impact business outcomes and will ensure current technology is fully exploited for business benefit. The role will be accountable for the successful delivery of programs, projects, and products and will flex between the key capabilities of BA/BP/PM depending on the particular circumstances.

Typical Accountabilities

Understand and prioritise business requirements from multiple stakeholders

Interpret business requirements and simplify them for easy analysis, solution design and decision making positively impact/solve major risks/issues.

Work with colleagues across the BTG and C4Es, (e.g., architects and engineers) across functions or Internationally to identify the capabilities required to ensure outcomes/requirements and clearly understood and can be delivered.

Hands on leadership, planning, coordination, and delivery of leading-edge project across functions or Internationally in own field of specialism.

Provide thought leadership & innovation in specialist area to enable enhanced performance by managing leading edge projects across the specialist area

Partner for business strategy development in specialist area including digital strategy

Define the technology direction and strategy for the specialist area

Primary point of contact for specialist area within the capability .

Drive IT satisfaction, ROI and TCO improvementsLead and influence teams to ensure major, global projects are completed on-time, within budget, and with their goals fulfilled

Defining project scope and goals for major global projects. Setting a budget and schedule

Maintaining communication with stakeholders, including, creating and being fully accountable for a communication/engagement plan

Assign work and empower teams to be accountable for ensuring tasks are completed as scheduled

Monitor and report project progress, budget, compare actual performance against planned/scheduled performance, risk/issue management

Mediator between the delivery team and the product owner, coaching team members. Facilitates stand-ups between the product owner and delivery team as required

Solves team conflicts with good communication skills. Motivates the team

Work collaboratively with:
Business and IT teams and other stakeholders to build their understanding of specific area strategy , programs and challenges

Business areas to drive effective prioritization and business alignment of investments

Business leaders to ensure investments deliver forecast benefits and business outcomes

Architecture leaders in the development of technical strategies and blue-prints

Solution delivery , DAAI and Operational Excellence to ensure business expectations are fulfilled

YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE

Essential

Rich experience of bio-pharma industry with strong knowledge and background in the Deliver domain – Logistics , warehousing , 3PL etc

Experience of identification and implementation of innovative technology solutions

Experience of input to business strategies and influencing the vision of senior leaders

Experience of leading business cases & mobilising investments

Experience in managing, developing and leading virtual teams

A proven track record of delivering results

Excellent verbal and written communication skills including presenting

Excellent influencing, networking and team working skills

High level awareness of developments in the Information Technology marketplace

Able to manage and lead negotiations, expectations and solutions across complex stakeholder groups

Expert relationship building skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives

Expertise in planning, change management and problem solving and able to resolve issues of a highly complex and strategic nature

Desirable

Experience of SAP TP, other Logistics solutions

Educated to degree level standard or equivalent (business technology or related degree)

Networks within pharma thought leadership networks and organisations

Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams in a matrix organization

WHY JOIN US

Here our work has a direct impact on patients – transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more.

Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Focused and committed, and backed with the investment to succeed, we’re driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry.

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

SO, WHAT NEXT?

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AstraZeneca has taken critical steps to protecting colleagues, loved ones, and patients from COVID-19 and its variants. Accordingly, AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. AstraZeneca will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.