Business Analyst - Pharma R&D

Description

The company is a global healthcare group whose digital technology team powers its work through AI, data and scalable technology, aiming to make digital a core strength across the business.

This is a business analyst role in pharma R&D. You will work on the business side of digital projects, turning needs into plans the team can build.

The team describes itself as business-minded technologists working to shape the future of digital healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Own business analysis workstreams from start to finish, working independently on complex problems where the scope is still unclear.
• Build a deep understanding of the business domain, the related technologies and how they depend on each other, and use advanced tools and methods to turn requirements into strategic implementation plans.
• Run initiatives with full autonomy and lead analysis in unclear areas.
• Act as a trusted adviser to cross-functional teams and leadership, shape how stakeholders see the work, manage process dependencies, and help design and validate solutions.
• Help shape long-term roadmaps, build agreement through persuasive communication, and recommend the best technology options.
• Mentor junior analysts and help shape team processes, methods and best practices across the Community of Practice.
• Lead business analysis for initiatives with autonomy, adapt standard frameworks, and improve team ways of working.
• Lead analysis of business problems, research the domain in depth, and run root cause analysis.
• Deliver complete requirements, contribute significantly to choosing solutions, and spot gaps between needs and solutions, proposing creative fixes.
• Identify a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders, build trust through deep business knowledge, facilitate workshops, resolve conflicts, and align expectations with project goals.
• Deliver business value across a product, initiative or group of solutions, and help shape tactical decisions and long-term solution roadmaps.
• Work at solution or product level across several solutions, handle ambiguous requirements, and assess short- and long-term business impact.
• Apply tools and techniques for requirements, data, usability and process analysis independently to improve overall efficiency.

Requirements

• 7+ years of business analysis or consulting experience, including at least 4+ years in life sciences or pharma, or in the business function being supported.
• Proven record of running end-to-end BA workstreams independently, handling ambiguous requirements and weighing strategic solution options.
• Experience turning requirements into strategic implementation plans that fit overall business objectives.
• Strong communication skills to manage stakeholders and lead discussions between business and IT users across the globe.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery, backlog management and delivering GxP validated systems.
• Advanced knowledge of business analysis concepts and practices, with expertise in at least one BA capability.
• Strong skill in eliciting and documenting requirements, keeping requirements traceable and change management consistent.
• Ability to apply tools, principles and techniques for requirements, data, usability and process analysis independently.
• Excellent stakeholder management, with skill in facilitating workshops, resolving conflicts and setting engagement strategies across functions.
• Strong commitment to mentoring junior and intermediate BAs and helping them organise their work.
• Proactive, with a drive to start process improvements and contribute to organisational growth, such as taking an active part in the Community of Practice.
• Eager to learn and gain hands-on experience with AI agent workflows.
• Comfortable in fast-changing settings and at ease with unclear problems, with a clear way of bringing order to complex situations and strong communication.
• Preferred: designing structured data pathways to reduce AI hallucination (Semantic Grounding).
• Preferred: working with NLP and RAG pipelines on unstructured data such as protocols and CSRs (Unstructured Data Skills).
• Preferred: adapting core SaaS platforms to use modern Veeva and Falcon AI (Platform AI Integrations).

Conditions

Hybrid work: on average two office days per week, with the exact days varying with business needs such as workshops, conferences, town halls, team meetings and other collaborative events.

Base location is Warsaw Grafit, with an expected salary range of 228,900.00 PLN to 425,100.00 PLN, and final pay based on skills, experience, qualifications and location.

Discretionary annual bonus with a 20% target, based on individual and company performance.

Equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Salary range of 19,075 to 35,425 PLN gross, based on the employment contract.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Dedicated training budget covering training, certifications, conferences and career paths.
• Recharge Fridays: 2 Fridays off per quarter.
• Take Time programme: up to 3 months of leave for any purpose.
• Vacation subsidy.
• Flex Location: work from different places in the world for a set period.
• Take Time for Charity: additional paid leave of up to 2 weeks for a charity of your choice.
• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport.
• Stock share purchase additions.
• Yearly sale of company laptops and cars, and more.