Lead Business Analyst – Analytics Platform

Role Title: Lead Business Analyst – Analytics Platform

Location: Chennai

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth, and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial.

The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient.

The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come.

The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients.

We are seeking a high-calibre Business Analyst to join our axial product team. In this role, you will be the bridge between our SAP analytics vision and technical execution. You won’t just gather requirements; you will lead the strategic assessment and delivery of features within the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) platform. As a key member of the product workstream, you will lead all aspects of the end-to-end lifecycle of features within SAP analytics platform from performing impact assessments on quarterly release cycles to driving the feature roadmaps. Your mission is to ensure our analytics capabilities are not only technically sound but are strategically "landed" to drive maximum business value and user adoption.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with partners to understand needs of the analytics platform

• Work closely with various technical teams to ensure accurate implementation of analytics processes and capabilities required to build and govern analytics

• Conduct rapid impact assessments of quarterly SAP releases to identify high-value features.

• Apply the "Value vs. Readiness" matrix to prioritize features for the development cycle.

• Drive the infrastructure readiness and operating model requirements for new features.

• Continuously monitor and update processes, security role impacts to reflect changes in business requirements or technology.

• Proactively find opportunities where features can solve specific business pain points in EPO areas, driving higher adoption rates.

• Conduct feature demos, "What’s New" sessions, and internal marketing to promote adoption across EPO (Enterprise Process Owner) areas.

Essential for the role

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in ERP projects or analytics process mapping.

• Hands-on experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

• Knowledge of modern data analytics platforms and reporting tools.

• Ability to map complex business requirements to standard platform features,

• Good communication skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.

• Ability to produce high-quality written documents such as standard operating procedures, work instructions, and knowledge base articles.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a matrix team environment.

Desirable for the role

• Previous experience in a large scale roll out - SAC and Datasphere implementation.

• Familiarity with backlog management such as exposure to Jira (or a similar tool).

Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imaging yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and hope it’s yours

• If you’re curious to know more then we welcome your application. Apply now!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.