Senior Product/Business Analyst

Candidate will partner with business and cross-functional stakeholders to analyze business needs, identify opportunities, and support the development of product strategy and solutions. This role combines business analysis, design thinking, and future-oriented strategic methods to help shape product direction, anticipate change, and inform decision-making. 

Candidate will develop and manage various products roadmaps and define how products success and value delivery are measured for their products.  

In this role, you will 

• Apply futures thinking, trend analysis, forecasting, data-driven predictive analytics, and innovation planning to support broader business strategy and decision-making. Collaborate with business consultants to gather industry insight to help shape forward-looking plans and identify emerging opportunities and risks. 

• Travel as required and partner with business and cross-functional stakeholders to apply future-oriented analysis methods, using emerging trend assessment, scenario planning, and strategic insight generation to shape product strategy and anticipate future business needs. 

• Guide and manage the development, optimization and scaling up of various scientific IT solutions including business applications, API, plugins etc.  

• Collaborating with Product Line product managers and other stakeholders to contribute to products planning and strategy. This includes providing input on feature prioritization, market opportunity assessments, and identifying areas for improvement or innovation. 

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as product managers, engineers, and designers, to gather and document product requirements. This involves translating business needs into clearly defined and actionable specifications. 

• Conduct Product and Problem discovery workshops with stakeholders and users from different business areas  

• Define the evolution of the existing products based on the company and business priorities  

• Ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to by the product team; focus on Minimal Viable Product (MVP) and iterative, incremental delivery; manage backlog and measure value of the product; proactively manage and mitigate Project Risk 

Required Experience and Skills:  

• BSc or MSc in related field with at least 5 years’ experience in Pharma industry or academic settings 

• Future-oriented strategic thinking skills, with experience using structured methods to anticipate change and inform decision-making 

• Product management experience with Design Thinking, Problem and Product discovery and UX methodologies  

• Ability to analyze emerging trends, potential market shifts, and external signals to support product strategy 

• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and principles  

• Excellent problem-solving skills and high professional standards with strong ability to prioritize and work under pressure 

• Experience with end-to-end product delivery, Agile/Scrum development, software validation and SDLC best practices. 

• Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally, as well as being self-driven and independent. 

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
• Competitive salary & incentive pay
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system and referral scheme
• 5  weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40  paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner 

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