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Job Title: Business Analyst

Introduction to Role:

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to making a positive impact on patients' lives by channeling our scientific capabilities. As a Business Analyst in our IT department, you will play a pivotal role in this mission. You will be part of a team that provides support and solutions globally, solves complex operational and business challenges, and enables innovation and growth by bridging Information Technology and science with outstanding technical expertise. 

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will join the Customer Facing IT (CFIT) Team at the AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center, the largest biologics manufacturing facility within our global network. You will be encouraged to understand and prioritize business requirements from multiple collaborators, interpret these requirements for easy analysis and decision making, and provide insight & innovation to projects within your specialist area. You will also facilitate and lead design sessions with the business and implementation team to identify functional and technical requirements. Additionally, you will be responsible for defining project scope and goals for small projects that deliver or support delivery of effective solutions.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelor's Degree
-5 years of demonstrable experience

-Demonstrated experience working in a manufacturing facility

-Previous experience working with global partners
- Demonstrable experience of successfully managing IT projects end to end, both waterfall and agile
- Demonstrable experience of working with complex coordinated systems
- Strong engagement, communication and customer management skills
- Experience of working in a regulated environment
- Experience of virtual teamwork to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
- Experience of mentoring, coaching or developing others
- Experience of working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire 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 ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients. We combine cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data to develop life-changing medicines. We dare to lead, applying our problem-solving mindset to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. We optimise and revolutionise AstraZeneca by improving efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity. We're part of a global company that's investing in a bold digital strategy; to become a truly data-led enterprise that disrupts the entire industry.

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, crafting 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.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now!