As Business Analyst you will work among the program eLIMS-NG, which is a suite of LIMS integrated applications supporting testing business in our laboratories worldwide.
Our teams and businesses are spread over different geographical areas and hence are multi-cultural. We strive to standardize business processes across these locations by assessing and analyzing their business needs. BAs are in the center of this effort to understand the lab processes, derive well-defined Business Requirements and lead them to delivery.
Main missions of the Business Analyst:
· Serves as the intermediary between the business stakeholders and the Product Delivery team, thus proactively communicates and collaborates with both sides.
· Drives and challenges business representatives (Business Process Expert) on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
· Contributes to the vision of eLIMS-NG as a Product, and aims at business satisfaction
· Is responsible for identifying new Business Requirements (coming directly from business stakeholders, KGDs, BPDs, Problems raised from Production, BRAB, internal assessment, etc.)
· As Business Process Owner:
o Is responsible for the evolution of Business Processes, described in Business Process Documents, in alignment with business and IT stakeholders. Identify areas of improvement.
o Identifies Business Requirements derived from Business Processes.
o Assesses the priority of underlying Business Requirements and contributes to their incorporation into the Product Roadmap.
As Business Requirement Owner or delegate:
o Is responsible for the elicitation of the Business Requirement and proper definition of its perimeter.
o Captures and describes non-functional requirements related to a Business Process (linked to performance, scalability, GUI aspects, …)
o Is knowledgeable about business Use Cases applicable to a Business Requirement.
o Calls for BPD (Business Process Document) and/or KGD (Key Group Document) updates when a requirement is not supported by already defined underlying concepts and processes.
o Conducts the approval of Business Requirement with business stakeholders and/or Business Requirement Advisory Board (BRAB).
o Aligns with Functional Architecture team to enable a functional design of the BR.
o Splits the Business Requirement into detailed User Requirements.
o Ensures with business stakeholders that Business Requirement breakdown represent a correct applicative answer to the need.
o Collaborates very closely with Product Delivery team (Product Owners and/or Functional Analysts) to ensure User Requirements are clear, understood and delivered in an appropriate way.
o Is responsible for ensuring that User Requirements delivered by Product Delivery team fit the actual business need.
You should have:
· Strong demonstrable skills in building business process models
· Strong facilitation and listening skills, with results oriented approach
· Ability to collaborate with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams
· Ability to write functional documentation where required
· Efficient time management and high-quality attitude
· Very good English language skills spelling/writing
· Very good team and communication skills
· Personal qualities: autonomous, ability to summarize, organized, pedagogue
In addition, experience in life science domain and/or LIMS systems will be a plus. A hands-on experience of working in a lab is highly valuable.
Ideally you should have a master degree in Scientific, IT or an Engineering Discipline, with proven track record as an Agile Business Analyst or Product Owner.
Soft skills:
Strong interpersonal relation skills: diplomatic, patient,
Good communicator in an international environment.
Keen eye for details be passionate for technical accuracy.
Eager to learn continuously: new tech, processes, and functional knowledge.
Position entails some travel.
