Gco New Services Business Analyst

**GCO New Services Business Analyst**

**Competitive salary and benefits apply**

**Location: Gaithersburg, Central Cambridge, Paris and Hamburg.**

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We are focused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we think we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life.

Global Commercial Operations Overview

The Global Commercial Operations (GCO) team provides a range of enterprise wide services _(e.g. Omnichannel, Content, Learning Services, Global Meeting & Events, etc) _that enables the business to operate at the highest levels in an efficient manner. Our team is part of the larger Global Business Service (GBS) team that aims to do the same across multiple disciplines.
- The New Services Business Analyst will work with the Service Design Lead to help uncover, analyse and build new Global Services that are aligned to GCO/GBS’ overall ambition. This individual will need to have a strong ability to create clarity in ambiguity, develop new value through service development/transformation and articulate compelling visualization in support of our endeavours. Delivering in this role you will be expected to be able to:_
- Provide high quality analysis of new service opportunities using data and process maps for existing ways of working
- Challenge convention with thought provoking questions, alternatives and ideas
- Develop position papers, visualizations via presentations etc to explain options, approach and provoke the right level of solution discussions in pursuit of new service development
- Identify and anticipate areas that could be problematic in the course of new service development, facilitate challenge sessions with stakeholders to isolate and resolve solution weaknesses
- Partner with other areas of GBS, GCO, IT, etc in the development of simpler, faster more effective business solutions
- Gather external perspective and seek outside council from experts in respective area(s) of opportunity to provide balance and contrast in our solutions
- Facilitate information gathering sessions with any market or function that AstraZeneca operates within
- Provide project management and hands on development of the new services throughout the development lifecycle - implementation plans, change management approach, financials (as appropriate), process mapping (L0-L3), change content, etc
- Partner with Service Delivery teammates as needed in the course of new service development
- Develop business cases (where appropriate) for situations within a project or in the case of new services overall stories suited to the scale of the opportunity inclusive of financial, resource, compliance and business process components

This role will be responsible for following a specific methodology used in this area and where necessary updating to align with organizational changes. During the course of this work you will be expected to work closely with the GCO Service Implementation Lead and team members, other relevant areas of GCO/GBS, AZ employees within the markets, outsourced service delivery partners and AZ Information Technology partners.

In addition to identifying new opportunities, this role will need to ensure the Implementation Lead is kept apprised of what is in the pipeline - vision, objectives, benefits to minimize disruption in transition. Therefore, the two roles may overlap at points along the service development process in areas like business case reviews, piloting, etc. This role may also be responsible for service line extensions, updates or adjustments to existing services.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Manages and develops new GCO Services, utilizing techniques such as service blueprints, process modelling, requirement gathering and metrics analysis and financial modelling.
- Utilizes established standards and methodologies for service shaping
- Works closely with business stakeholders, outsourced delivery partners and Information Technology experts to design and build new or revised services.
- Identifies and ensures the relationship between GCO Services other internal or external stakeholders or delivery partners is clear and aligned
- Gathers external insight from within and outside of the pharmaceutical industry to model services that challenge existing convention while holding true to AstraZeneca’s values
- Acts as an internal consultant to the GCO team at large to refine our offerings and methods for delivering services.

**Requirements**:
**Minimum Preferred Education**:

- Bachelor Degree

**Experience**:

- 5-10 years of experience in process design or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in utilization of process design techniques
- 5+ years Pharmaceutical Commercial business
- Effectively interact with stakeholders in any area of the