Informatics Business Analyst / Product Owner (Remote)

The Position

This role can be based anywhere within the Ontario province of Canada.

Impact Healthcare

At Roche, we foster a diversity of scientific approaches and embrace innovative ideas. Combining that with the seamless integration of our capabilities in Roche Pharma and Roche Diagnostics, we are uniquely positioned to achieve medical breakthroughs for patients and society. With our global spread of research, diagnostics and pharma development, data analytics and genomic insight teams, we are all working to translate science and research into

groundbreaking therapies and diagnostics.

What You Will Do

Do you have a knack for developing innovative IT solutions? Do you excel at translating business requirements into technical specifications? If so, we have a great opportunity at our Mississauga site.

As a Business Analyst/Product Owner (BA/PO), you will act as a primary point of contact for Informatics’ business customers and are responsible for the alignment of Informatics with Business Strategy, integration across functions, prioritization of portfolio and delivery of service levels to business customers. Own the design and delivery of product strategy and roadmap. Build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders, to position, sell, consult and shape solutions that answer business needs related to IT solutions and to work with service owners to conduct regular service level reviews with customers.

Stay current in the fast changing world of Informatics through research and establishing an IT network through Roche and external organizations. Develop and drive a work culture committed to compliance, quality and customer focus.

Key Responsibilities:

• On the basis of identified business needs be responsible for establishing fit-for-purpose user requirements and any related documentation as required by Computerized System Validation (CSV), agile frameworks (Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework) or Project Management Methodology
• Actively engage with the IT Business Partner, Product Manager and Subject Matter Experts to drive requirements analysis and determine priority and business value
• Drive cross functional teamwork by collaborating with Business Analysts within Chapter and across Roche to continuously harmonize and further develop skills and working practices specific to the BA capability
• Contribute to all areas of system implementation including but not limited to vendor interaction, system configuration, change control, qualification, deployment and training
• Strive for harmonization of business processes across functions, departments and sites by propagating common standardized data models, applications and technologies that are in line with the cross-functional or functional Informatics strategies and architectures
• Work with project teams to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as GxP, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), Health Level 7 (HL7) as well as internal policies and processes
• Collaborate with business and informatics stakeholders to identify business needs, lead the business case development for new initiatives including high level solution options and resource estimates. Support the business partner and IT Business Partner to obtain project approval from portfolio committees
• Translate business strategy into Informatics context and work with IT Product Managers, IT Business Partners and IT Architects to develop enhancement proposals and roadmaps that support the strategy

Who You Are

• Customer-focused, excelled at relationship-building using effective communication and presentation skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills with the ability to motivate and inspire assigned business units
• Exhibits Lean-Agile mindset; strong Business Analysis skills with the prospect of taking a Product Ownership role
• Skilled in gathering requirements, analyzing and documenting business needs, business processes, etc
• Able to formulate the business problem, business process modeling, understanding of GDPR regulation, and User Experience concepts
• Bachelor’s or an Advanced Degree in Information Technology, Life Sciences and/or a related discipline
• Strong team player, with a perspective that goes beyond his/her immediate area of responsibility
• Previous experience in biotechnology/life science industry is a plus
• Flexibility to travel up to 25% of time including outside of home country
• 5+ years in Business Analysis, Project Management, Project Lead, Product Ownership or Product Management
• AWS cloud, Snowflake, SQL skills are a plus
• Demonstrated success working in complex, globally-matrixed organizations

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.

As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.