Senior Specialist, DDIT Development GCO Business Analyst
Job ID REQ-10050618
Apr 30, 2025
Spain
Summary
Are you passionate about transforming great science into great medicine? At GCO, we are the bridge that delivers at scale with sustainable speed and quality. We are looking for an experienced individual in the GCO (Global Clinical Operations) IT space to lead the end-to-end delivery of solutions that redefine how Novartis operates. As a Senior Specialist, DDIT Development GCO Business Analyst, you will drive the technology roadmap for GCO, enabling decision-making that directly impacts the success of Novartis through more effective product roadmaps, market analysis, and evaluation for acquisitions.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
* Engage with various user communities in GCO to identify high-priority subject areas, develop rationale, and perform scoping assessments to determine the feasibility of projects
* Conduct interviews with stakeholders to understand dependencies on business processes and develop clear end-to-end business process flows to ensure specifications strategically fit
* Highlight and identify gaps in existing functionality, review requirements with stakeholders, and develop clear and comprehensive requirement specifications to estimate cost, time, and resources for deploying solutions
* Liaise with the service development team to suggest high-level functional solutions, ensure consistency and traceability between user requirements, functional specifications, and testing & validation
* Support validation and testing to ensure adherence to security and compliance policies, perform change impact assessments, and formulate compliant approaches to development and deployment of changes
* Drive change management and uptake of emerging tools and ways of working
* University degree in Informatics, Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, or similar
* A minimum of 10+ years of experience in the Pharma or IT industry
* A minimum of 10+ years of experience as a business analyst, process expert, or business IT lead superuser
* Expert understanding of business process analysis & design and system architecture concepts
* Ability to solve complex business process/information challenges
* Proficient skills in global teams, collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, working in a matrix environment, and conflict resolution
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Knowledge of CSV lifecycle and experience as a Product Owner for platforms or large complex solutions
* Exposure to digital innovation projects and experience in data strategy, data science, or data standardization
Benefits & Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally:Novartis Life Handbook
Benefits in Spain include Company Pension plan; Life and Accidental Insurance; Meals; Allowance or Canteen in the office; Flexible working hours.
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role:please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
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