Analyste Business Senior

Groupe Ipsen
Paris, France
19 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
French
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Data Analysis Software as a Service Information Systems Data Integration Systems Development Life Cycle Requirements Traceability Systems Integration Information Technology Data Analytics GXP

Job description

  • Plan and facilitate discovery workshops, interviews, and working sessions to define business objectives, scope, pain points, opportunities, risks, and success measures.
  • Own the requirements lifecycle, including elicitation, analysis, prioritization, validation, approval, change control, and traceability.
  • Translate business needs into clear, testable business, functional, non-functional, data, reporting, integration, security, and compliance requirements, producing fit-for-purpose deliverables including business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, workflows, use cases, functional specifications, and RFP inputs.
  • Assess solution options and recommend approaches that balance business value, user experience, cost, timeline, risk, compliance, and technical feasibility.
  • Analyse current-state and future-state processes and recommend opportunities for standardization, simplification, automation, data integration, and digital innovation.
  • Assess business process and organizational impacts of proposed solutions and support change readiness activities.
  • Partner with data and analytics teams to define critical data elements, business rules, data quality needs, and reporting or analytical requirements.
  • Build trusted relationships with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, IT teams, vendors, and implementation partners across a global matrix organization.
  • Support stakeholder alignment through solution design reviews, testing, deployment readiness, training, and post-implementation adoption activities.
  • Embed applicable GxP, CSV, quality, cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory requirements into business and solution deliverables.
  • Partner with Quality and CSV teams on risk assessments, validation planning, requirements traceability, UAT, test evidence, and controlled documentation.
  • Ensure business requirements, business traceability requirements, and business analysis documentation is complete, accurate, approved, and audit-ready.
  • Contribute to business case development, benefits identification, and business scope definition.
  • Share business analysis best practices, mentor junior analysts, and contribute to the continuous improvement of business analysis standards and templates.

Requirements

  • 6-9+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, Product Analyst, or equivalent role supporting business and IT transformation initiatives.
  • 4+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, clinical research, quality, regulatory affairs, or medical affairs environments.
  • Demonstrated expertise in requirements elicitation, process modelling, workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and solution evaluation.
  • Ability to translate complex business needs into clear solution specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process models, test scenarios, and decision materials.
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, workshop and requirements gathering facilitation, and influencing skills, including experience working with senior business and IT stakeholders.
  • Working knowledge of GxP/CSV principles, regulated environments, data privacy, security, quality documentation, and applicable lifecycle controls.
  • Experience working with cross-functional IT teams, external vendors, system integrators, and SaaS providers.
  • Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
  • Experience with SaaS platforms, integrations, analytics, and data-driven solutions.
  • Experience preparing, coordinating, and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, work autonomously, and influence decisions in a matrix organization.
  • Knowledge of IT SDLC processes, with knowledge of GxP validation processes.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication, presentation, negotiation, and documentation skills.
  • Knowledge and Experience - Preferred
  • Experience supporting one or more R&D or Medical technology domains.
  • Experience contributing to business cases, effort estimation, and solution option evaluations.
  • French language proficiency

  • Education and Certifications - Preferred
  • Master’s or advanced degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • CBAP, PMI-PBA, PSPO, or Agile Business Analysis certifications.
  • Role Parameters
  • Direct reports: 0-2 contractors
  • Travel: N/A
  • Working type: Hybrid.

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