Business Analyst

Sunrise System Inc. is currently looking for

• At least 8 years of prior experience working in an analyst capacity on large and/or complex projects in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
• Familiarity with Drug Discovery in early Research and Development; ideal resources have a working knowledge of Life Sciences Biology
• Demonstrated partnerships working between scientific and technological roles to create digital solutions.
• Relevant expertise in the application of IT capabilities to drive business value in a Research & Early Development domain.
• Proven ability in gathering, tracing, translating, and managing complex requirements, business rules, and data

• Client is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to provide partnering support and lead establishment of a new digital LIMS capability within our East Coast early discovery research community.
• In support of the Client/Client Integration, IT has recently deployed a COTS LIMS system for the Thematic Research Center (TRC) teams to capture experimental data from laboratory instruments, perform analyses, and create reports across experiments. The integrated digital capabilities enable sample & reagent registration, tracking of inventory, and instrument file management. The solution will also be used as an approved Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) for work enabling Client' Mechanisms of Cancer Resistance (MoCR) initiatives.
• Through a concentrated effort, Client is seeking an experienced Sr. Business Analyst to provide business partnering support, stakeholder husbandry, change management, hyper care analysis, and coordination with technical support teams to establish the new capability within the TRC discovery community. The Sr. BA will drive the realization of value from the new system; shepherding users out of the legacy bespoke solutions using excel spreadsheets, PRISM, and heritage ELNs. The Sr. BA will also measure and assess the realization of proposed qualitative and quantitative benefits vs the original project investment targets, identifying gaps or surpluses. The Sr. BA will communicate to Sr. Leadership the overall success of the effort and propose and execute on approaches to ensure maximum value is materialized

• Work with Informatics team and scientific groups to plan Business Analysis / Business Partnering activities
• Provide business partnering support and management of the beneficiaries of the new digital capability
• Coordinate stakeholder assessments and management of stakeholders/sponsors
• Contribute towards and lead the Change Management Plan, partner with Informatics CM experts for training and onboarding needs
• Monitor and analyze hyper-care support needs; ensure support teams are focused on business priorities
• Update business processes and maps; reflecting the new "As-Is" state
• Collaborate with Informatics teams, subject matter experts, and stakeholder scientific groups to understand the experiments, workflows, and datasets that are now supported by the capability. Understand gaps outstanding from the new capabilities.
• Direct or tangential opportunities for IT to enhance the productivity and insight of MoCR should be captured & documented. Identify instances where existing processes may be streamlined or improved.
• Asses the delivered value vs. proposed value; understand & communicate the value realization gap.
• As needed, devise and execute on approaches to maximize value.
• Facilitate corporate IT changes that impact MoCR and serve as an advocate for MoCR needs
• Generate cohesive documentation of:

• Stakeholder maps, personas of Users
• Update Business Processes maps & Systems Process maps
• Record outstanding User Requirements / User Stories; Functional/Non-Functional requirements
• Change Mgmt. Plan
• Updates to the IT Support Plan
• Hypercare Analysis (e.g., Incident Pareto charts; uptake insights, etc.)
• Value Assessment Analysis / Value Realization planning

• Manage and maintain all requirements materials and traceability matrices
• Devise and execute a communication strategy in support of project adoption and uptake. Lead Sr. Leadership reporting and communications.

• At least 8 years of prior experience working in an analyst capacity on large and/or complex projects in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
• Familiarity with Drug Discovery in early Research and Development; ideal resources have a working knowledge of Life Sciences Biology
• Demonstrated partnerships working between scientific and technological roles to create digital solutions.
• Relevant expertise in the application of IT capabilities to drive business value in a Research & Early Development domain.
• Proven ability in gathering, tracing, translating, and managing complex requirements, business rules, and data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including technical writing / documentation; organizes and presents ideas in a convincing and compelling manner
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams; able to provide technical leadership
• Outgoing personality: self-starter able to work interactively and independently with stakeholders
• Possess strong business acumen; possess a broad, enterprise-wide view and understanding of strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D in a relevant scientific or technical domain
• Experience with process modeling tools (ARIS, Visio, etc.) to identify, capture, define, and analyze business processes
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Experience in Agile development / Agile product management teams.
• Lean Thinking / Six Sigma educated a plus.
• CBAP/CCBA Certification a plus
• Experience w/ the Sapio Sciences LIMS platform a plus