Job Description

Job Title: Senior Consultant - Technical Business Analyst
Career Level: D2
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to redefine an industry and change lives? As a Senior Consultant - Technical Business Analyst at AstraZeneca, you'll have the opportunity to drive business transformation and innovation across strategic, multi-functional projects. This role is perfect for someone with extensive experience in business analysis, project management, and IT solution delivery within complex, regulated environments, particularly in the pharmaceutical domain. You'll be the vital join business collaborators and IT delivery teams, translating intricate business requirements into actionable solutions that align with AstraZeneca's IT strategy. Are you up for the challenge?
Accountabilities:
In this dynamic role, you'll prioritize and interpret business requirements from multiple partners, simplifying them for easy analysis, solution design, and decision-making. You'll provide insight and innovation to projects within your specialist area, aligning with AstraZeneca's IT strategy and collaborating with IT partners. Leading design sessions with the business and implementation team to identify functional and technical requirements will be part of your responsibilities. You'll define project scope and goals for large multi-functional, strategic, and complex projects that deliver or support effective solutions. Communication with relevant collaborators and transferring knowledge to delivery teams will also be key aspects of your role.
Essential Skills/Experience:

• 7+ years of overall experience, with 5 years of relevant Business Analysis & Project Management experience
• Demonstrable experience of successfully deploying a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
• Demonstrable experience of successfully participating in IT projects end to end, both waterfall and agile
• Proven experience of working with complex integrated systems
• Strong engagement, communication and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Experience of working in a regulated environment
• Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
• Experience of working with and handling third party suppliers/vendors
• Experience in Data Analysis using SQL
• Experience in handling Data Analytics programmes that involves ETL, UI/UX and visualization tools like PowerBI
• Exposure to the latest trends in the field of Data Analytics
• Pharmaceutical business awareness/business domain knowledge

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Degree in relevant field or formal certification in business analysis practice
• Practical usage of Agile Methodology
• Experience of working in a global organization with complex/geographical context
• Cross industry business awareness/business domain knowledge
• Knowledge of standard systems that gather Payments and expenses (e.g., SAP, Veeva, Concur)

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite bold thinking with the power to encourage life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and bold world.
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients by redefining our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining ground breaking science with leading digital technology platforms and data. With a passion for impacting lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, we are at a crucial stage of our journey to become a digital and data-led enterprise. Join us as we build partnerships and ecosystems, create new ways of working, and drive scale and speed to deliver exponential growth.
Ready to make a significant impact? Apply now to join our team!
Date Posted 15-Sept-2025
Closing Date 18-Sept-2025
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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