Business Analyst (Biotechnology)

We're currently looking for a Business Analyst candidate for our client in the Pharmaceutical industry.

This job opening is fully remote, hover the client requires ability to work in Polish & San Francisco time zone (afternoon & evening meetings are a prerequisite for cooperation with users in the laboratory - 3 times a week 1-2 hours of meetings in 17-22 CET).

Must have Biology/Biotechnology knowledge:

• Cloning, PCR

• Sequencing and alignment

• Protein purification (SEC, Affinity chromatography, other)

• Protein analysis: SDS page and gel analysis tools, protein activity assays, concentration measurement, mass spectrometry, biacore

• Antibody discovery platforms (phage display, hybridoma, cell cloning)

• FACS, ELISA

• Cellular assays

  
  

Nice to have technical skills:

• Experience in using Swagger

• Deep awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Understanding of feature flags and environment staging

  
  

Nice to have Business analysis tools:

• Create User Stories, User Journeys, User Story Mapping, Domain Driven Design workshops, Design Thinking and numerous prioritization techniques (MoSCoW etc.)

• Operate on agile tools like Jira

• Awareness of the agile best practices in backlog management.

• Create diagrams to illustrate the workflows and system dependencies in LucidChart or LucidSpark

• Readiness to facilitate Sprint Review, Sprint Planning and Refinement meetings for the team. When necessary, refinements are conducted across projects.

  
  

Soft skills

• Resilient to stress and high workload (please note that this is a product used by very sophisticated users with high expectations - ability to negotiate in a diplomatic & assertive manner is a must).

• Motivation and interest in system thinking (the success of this role depends on awareness of the business cross-dependencies between multiple applications).

• Fluent in English

• Polish - nice to have

• Excellent communication skills

• Substantial ownership and accountability mindset

• Quick learner

• Self-organised, reliable and precise

• Be able to present the business knowledge in a simple and understandable form to the developer's team

• Available for travel once a year to the USA

• We’re searching for a workshop acumen; therefore, the candidate needs to be fluent and feel comfortable in facilitating and conducting large group meetings.