Senior Project Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Senior Project Analyst in the Boston MA/Waltham MA area. Hybrid 3 days Onsite
• Leads small projects or supports large projects/programs.
• The individual has a working knowledge of project management methodologies tools and templates and contributes to the development and maintenance of work products or change programs.
• They ensure that business requirements are effectively captured and are responsible for effective tracking and reporting of project management information and highlighting and supporting resolution of areas of risk in project delivery.
• Business Needs Identification Operates at a functional level in assessing and defining business need and areas for improvement. Proactively seeks out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals proposing potential solutions through research.
• Business Analysis Planning Selects the appropriate analysis approach to a piece of work depending on its complexity level of risk known assumptions constraints and dependencies. Proficient in scoping and recommending appropriate approaches. Capable of planning and managing their own activities to meet deliverables and deadlines.
• Stakeholder Analysis & Change Effectively identifies stakeholders and builds and maintains relationships according to individual stakeholder needs and levels of influence. Contributes to communication plans and change management for project and stakeholders.
• Requirements Analysis and Design Definition Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation approvals processes RAID and scope impacts.
• Business Case and Benefits Management Supports the business case definition capturing business justification for investment and benefits realization.
• Solution Evaluation Analyzes and assesses solution proposals and able to articulate supporting reasoning. i.e. assessing business readiness maximizing value vs. spend.
• Build business cases in support of key decisions and assisting in the development of supporting documentation
• Diagnose issues prioritize and escalate when needed
• Recognize areas for improvement and develop plans to implement
• Identify potential risks and mitigants
• Elicit and document project requirements in a variety of formats
• Schedule facilitate and take minutes of meetings with workstream leads
• Document and track project decisions and tasks
• Create and maintain project timelines
• Clear roadblocks to allow the project team to work efficiently and effectively

Additional

• Ensure that all work is carried out with regards to company standards and external regulations.
• Ensure efficient and effective management of project information quality of data and integrity of information supplied.
• Works within the governance structure of the KSQ program
  

Experience:

• Experience of using business analysis tools/techniques to design and deliver business change
• Strong engagement communication and facilitation skills including presentation and influencing skills
• Experience of working in a regulated environment
• Experience of working with third party suppliers/vendors
• Evidence of excellent communication skills and building excellent relationships internally and externally Business acumen
• Customer Focus
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Process Management
• Requirements Management
• Office Presence required in both Waltham and Cambridge

Desirable:

• Degree in relevant discipline or formal certification in business analysis practice
• Exposure to Agile Methodology
• Experience of working in a global organization
• Pharmaceutical business awareness//business domain knowledge