Why choose AstraZeneca Spain?
AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we’ve become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that’s committed to clinical development.
We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we’re contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Diverse collaborators
This is a speak-up culture that values collaboration. You’ll proactively bring your unique perspectives, experiences and skills to the table and seek the same from others. With our international team composition and the need for fast-paced collaboration, you’ll always be building new connections with colleagues.
Cutting-edge innovators
When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that embraces digital technology and data to transform the way we work and the work we do. Every day, you’ll help make history, empowered to ignite your creativity and build something enduring.
Resilient trailblazers
Here, the answers aren’t always available. So, you’ll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You’ll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact.
Agile movers
Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience.
Responsibilities
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.
ABOUT OUR IT TEAM
You will be joining R&D IT - an outstanding organisation at the forefront of the technology revolution in healthcare. It supplies the technology, engineering, data and analytics expertise which delivers the Data Platform underpinning AstraZeneca’s data and digital strategy. We are looking for data, technology and change experts to join R&D IT that will ensure this ambition is met.
In the R&D IT Imaging & Omics platform, we enable scientists to perform at their peak and lead a new way of working, combining pioneering science with both our digital capabilities and FAIR* data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise.
There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or transforming the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. A diverse set of minds that work multi-functionally and inclusively together. Be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives.
FAIR= Findable, Accessible, Inter-operable, Re-usable.
ABOUT THE ROLE?
You will be taking a leading role in helping to deliver transformative strategic projects to build next-generation R&D solutions. You will provide expert business analysis for the Imaging and Omics Platform across its different work streams, applying hands-on business analysis skills as well as building and supporting a community of analysts across the Platform to raise quality, standards, and analyst performance more broadly.
Typical Accountabilities
Analysis Practice Development – Define what good looks like in terms of analytical approaches, templates and tooling, and coach the platform analyst community to improve the quality of analysis.
Business Needs Identification - Assess and define business needs and areas for improvement, proactively seek out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals. Lead process improvement activities through identification of current AS-IS processes and refinement of TO-BE workflows to improve value to the business and our users.
Business Analysis Planning - Select the right analysis approach for a piece of work. Independently plan and manage activities to meet deliverables and deadlines. Ensure the quality of analytical work is delivered, both for your own and the work of others.
Stakeholder Analysis & Change - Identify stakeholders, and actively build relationships according to individual partner needs and levels of influence. Contribute to communication plans and change management to ensure stakeholder expectations are optimally managed throughout product delivery life cycles.
Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - Deliver requirement management plans in an agile framework, including requirement elicitation and prioritization support, risk and dependency identification and impact analysis. Lead the work with the Imaging & Omics Platform Architecture and Engineering teams to identify functional and technical requirements, to ensure technical solutions deliver the agreed business benefits.
Solution Evaluation – Collaborate effectively with the Imaging and Omics team Architecture and Engineering leads to assess solution proposals, supplying clear supporting reasoning for solution selection, including business readiness, time, cost and effort, alongside the business value anticipated.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?
A proven track record of delivering results
- MSc or BSc in Biology, informatics, Computer Science, Analytics or related quantitative field
- Strong bias for action and results
- Good written and verbal skills, fluent English.
- High level awareness of developments in the Information Technology marketplace
- Proficiency in planning, change management and problem solving
- Proven ability to relate and respond to business needs in an IT environment
- Experience of successfully deploying business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
- Practical usage of Agile Methodology, including capturing requirements as user stories and use of JIRA.
- Strong engagement, communication and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
Desirable for the role
- Experience of leading other analysts and evidence of raising their competency, capability and quality of output.
- Experience of working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors
- Formal certification in business analysis practice and or SAFe PM/PO
- Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context
- Exposure to User Centred Design and Design thinking (User Experience, User Interface Design and Business Process Design)
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
An award-winning company
We're passionate about being a great place to work, and 84% of our employees would recommend us as an employer. We've been recognised as a Top Employer in Spain, an EFR Family Responsible Business, and we achieved third place in Forbes Spain's Top 50 Best Places to Work list.
Inclusive environment
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible.
Work-life balance
Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.
Sustainability initiatives
We're committed to harnessing the power of science to become a more sustainable business. We've reduced our carbon footprint by over 9,000 kg of CO2 over the last two years, and we lead the European GoGreen Project, which aims to introduce environmentally friendly options in our fleet of corporate vehicles.
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