Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis

Description
Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis

The Opportunity:

As a Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis, you will be responsible for participating in the implementation and ongoing support of our existing products and projects, driving business and technical requirements and delivery.
You will also participate in cross-functional collaboration to define maintenance, upgrades, integrations, releases and decommissioning for assigned clinical and/or operational system(s).

Hybrid Working:

At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.

Key Activities for this role:

• Participate in the strategic assessment of continual improvement of information and systems incorporating innovation and industry best practices and vendor strategy for strategy development, roadmaps and planning.
• Manage the user acceptance test process to ensure business requirements are appropriately tested and risks identified and mitigated.
• Manage issues, escalations and managing the process for documentation and resolution of issues through triaging mechanisms
• Actively participate in SLC process including writing requirements, validation plans, testing plans and scripts
• Partnering with appropriate Digital, Quality and M&D functions to manage documentation and test strategies related to implementation of system enhancements.
• Be an active member of the team collaborating with key stakeholders and functions, as well as of relevant external stakeholders, including system vendors.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or management consulting group focused on R&D or Clinical Operations, with experience in a drug development setting.
• Knowledge of the global drug development process to ensure cross-functional connections and operational data model are appropriately and effectively communicated across the organization.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Experience working cross-functionally and cross-culturally in support of business processes and/or systems, especially as they impact and influence multiple departments.
• Experience in the SLC processes, specifically, documenting requirements, validation and testing plans.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks efficiently.

Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Science or Systems Engineering or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Clinical Information systems and vendors.
• Previous experience in the development, deployment, and/or maintenance of Clinical Information systems.
• Experience in Agile Development, Product Management and Software
• Development Life Cycles including requirements/specifications development and user acceptance testing for computer systems in GxP environment.

Additional information:

This is a permanent role based in our Global Capability Centre in Warsaw, Poland and hybrid working with the expectation for some office presence. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.