Saxon Global is hiring: Business Analyst in San Francisco

The Position We are seeking a talented and experienced business analyst to contribute to and help with development of informatics systems in Development Sciences Informatics (DevSci Informatics). The candidate will perform business analysis tasks as a member of the Informatics Systems team, to support software development efforts. In the process of performing this work, the candidate will communicate extensively with research heads, research scientists, research associates, analysts, software developers, DSI members and vendor representatives. Development Sciences is a translational science organization that plays a critical role in Genentech Research and Early Development of products at Roche. DevSci Informatics is accountable for leading the strategy and execution around data lifecycle management, data standards, analytics infrastructure, ongoing data operations and informatics systems. Duties include: Interacting with scientists, gathering requirements and understand business process Documenting stories, use cases, epics, business rules, gathering user feedback etc Quickly learn about dependent systems, projects and tools in our complex ecosystem Coordination with scientists and internal/external stakeholders Participate in product team meetings and provide subject matter expertise to the team Collaborate with Product Owners, Project Managers/Scrum Masters, Architects, Engineers, Developers, Quality Assurance, and User Experience Designers on scope, solutions, constraints, and risks Requirements: 3-4 years of experience doing business analysis in life sciences scientific software development Familiarity in early research stage pharmaceutical drug development General understanding of R&D processes and the scientific data lifecycle. Outstanding communication, collaboration, and analytical skills Excellent team work Familiarity with tools to document user stories, epics etc. such as Jira In depth knowledge of SDLC related to requirement gathering On site 3X/week and ability to meet early morning hours with EU dev team Desirable: An understanding of data standards, ontologies and taxonomies and their relevance to informatics systems for early drug development Knowledge of research for early research stage pharmaceutical drug development Familiarity for process and workflow management Familiarity with designing complex data models for scientific data Familiarity with APIs Education: Bachelor's or higher degree in a life sciences or computing field with one to two years of experience in Biotech/Pharmaceutical R&D Required Skills : They are looking for any type of BA/BSA with a scientific background. Specifically, if they have worked for any type of biotech/pharmaceutical/science company as a BA/BSA that would be perfect. Basic Qualification : Additional Skills : Will move quickly! Only about 2 rounds of interviews and I will be able to prep you well for it. Background Check :Yes Drug Screen :Yes Notes : Selling points for candidate :Will move quickly! Only about 2 rounds of interviews and I will be able to prep you well for it. Project Verification Info : Candidate must be your W2 Employee :No Exclusive to Apex :No Face to face interview required :No Candidate must be local :Yes Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No Interview times set :Yes Type of project :Assessment/Analysis Master Job Title :Bus. Analyst: Functional Branch Code :San Francisco