Product Analyst, Composition of Matter Product Line

Job Description

We are seeking an energetic and collaborative person to join the R&D IT Product organization as a Product Analyst in the Composition of Matter Product Line. In this role, you will be responsible for the lifecycle of digital solutions that help scientists aggregate R&D information into knowledge assets that facilitate creation of control strategies, decision making, and technology transfers of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.  The Product Analyst works on cross-functional teams that bring together science, technologies, capabilities, and talent to create products that deliver high impact business value, insight, and a fantastic user experience to scientists throughout the life cycle of the solution.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• maintain assigned applications as technical owner throughout their lifecycles

• develop a sufficient level of relevant scientific & technology domain knowledge to successfully partner with scientific teammates

• know the associated user base and their challenges as well as they do

• understand the external landscape and make comparisons that help make product decisions

• collaborate with a Product Manager to establish objectives and overall product strategy

• execute assigned work in the backlog including product discovery, process mapping, and solution delivery

Requirements:

• Education - Minimum B.A./B.S. in a scientific discipline such as engineering, biology, or chemistry or a technical discipline such as computer science

• Experience - Minimum 3 years professional experience working in the life sciences as a scientist or as a technologist working with scientists on teams

• Leadership – Prior accountability for achieving project outcomes through a direct or indirect team leadership role

• Communications – excellent oral and written communication skills within cross-functional teams

Preferred Skills:

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, ability to work in matrixed environments, eagerness to learn, and drive for data-driven decision making

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile methodologies (scrum, Kanban etc.), business process mapping, and contributing to solution design

• Hands on software programming skill sets a plus

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