Position: Senior Business AnalystWork Location: 35 Gatehouse Drive Waltham MA USA 02451Duration: 12+ Months Description:When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. Required:*We are not looking for an IT focused candidate, it is more facilities/management focused*The Senior Business Analyst has experience performing business analysis and design either alone delivering small scale business change activities; or as a contributor to a large scale or global business change.The Senior Business Analyst operates with interactive communication, demonstrating inclusion and cultural sensitivityThe role will partner with the Business Relationship Manager or Business Analyst colleagues to support the development of business cases, assist in business process design and ensure that proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs. The Senior Business Analyst is expected to perform at Capable level in the following: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 DefinitionResponsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts.Skilled in traceability, testing and validation.Supports the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design.Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits.Business Case and Benefits Management Supports the business case definition, capturing business justification for investment including ROI 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. Work collaboratively with1. Business Relationship Managers and Business Analysts to develop and maintain the business relationship, support business process change and act as point of contact for application development2. Business customers to identify business requirements and effectively communicate impact, cost and benefits of new and changed demands. Support or facilitate User Acceptance Testing.3. Process owners to identify and devise solutions that optimize business process performance, capability and competitiveness4. IT Architecture, Delivery and Support to ensure clear understanding of requirements and effective testing so that the solutions delivered to the business are efficient and effective, meeting the customer experience expectations.5. Test Lead to define the testing approach and the components of testing to ensure traceability of requirements and effectiveness of overall solution.6. Change Management/Communication Lead to ensure the Change Management and Communications plans and delivery support the Stakeholder Analysis.