Our client, a leading pharmaceutical company, is hiring a Business Analyst on a contract basis.
Job ID #: 79153
Work Location:
Remote position
Summary:
The primary focus of this role will be shepherding new programs and features from start to finish by partnering closely with end users, Engineers, and Executive Stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Product Management (Product Owner, Business Analyst, etc.), User Experience & User Research, Computer Science, or related fields, with demonstrated experience shipping new products from conception to launch.
You will support the development of Data Commons by applying Product Management best practices to delight your customers in the most efficient way possible. You will leverage design thinking while collaborating cross functionally to improve the problem areas (data search, data consumption, etc.) of your programs customers. Ultimately, you will have both tactical and strategic responsibilities, using your willingness to roll up your sleeves to achieve the companys objectives.
Knowledge/Skills/Education:
- 5 years’ experience in Product Management delivering successful and innovative products.
- Academic background (bachelors degree) or equivalent work experience in computer science, data science, statistics, economics, or engineering.
- Experience with data infrastructure / platform / back-end / data engineering.
- Experience working with agile development teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Multiple years of pharmaceutical and/or bio-tech industry experience.
- Strong customer empathy, with an ability to transform complex data and customer insights into a prioritized roadmap.
- Leadership and communication. Proven ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical team members, including the executive level.
- Strong communication and partnership skills – this will be an extremely cross-functional role, with more than a handful of stakeholder teams.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset.
- Data Engineering experience is a plus.
- Proficient in JIRA.
- Experience in Figma, Adobe Xd.
- Experience with data infrastructure / platform / back-end / data engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Deeply understand core problem spaces, data use cases, pain points, and processes within the Research space
- Develop an overarching multi-year enterprise level roadmap with associated milestones and objectives that informs and aligns product stakeholders (IT, Executives, etc.)
- Deeply understand the Data Platforms architecture and technology to drive from current to expected future state in a timely manner.
- Act as Agile Product Owner for your remit, breaking down epics into consumable user stories/tasks, continuously grooming the backlog, and partnering with other Product Managers to prioritize against all platform feature development.
- Partner with the development team to understand technical constraints, level of effort, remove blockers, and guide feature development to completion.
- Utilize user research and user experience best practices to iteratively develop delightful mockups/prototypes that are consumable by end users and engineers alike.
- Balance tradeoffs nimbly across experience, top/bottom line, regulatory risk, and concurrent programs.
- Establish working relationships with project Stakeholders to gather input, review milestones, and provide progress reports.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to socialize and gather feedback on new prototypes and features.
- Present readouts to department and broader organization to evangelize and socialize the platforms capabilities (current and future state).
- Utilize product metrics and OKRs to make informed decisions and align quarterly goals with the department/company goals.
- Explore new data platform use cases and inform product strategy and roadmap for data, search, and AI/ML features.
- Strive to for continuous self-improvement as a Product Manager, sharing best practices with the team regularly.
Youll Love This Job If You:
- Love working on internal platforms.
- Love advancing science for patient benefit.
- Love being an expert in the behind-the-scenes platform / data engineering / infrastructure.
- Love digging into the problem space and use case details.
- Thrive in environments of high complexity and high impact.
- Thrive in working with technical teams and leadership.