USA - New Jersey - Rahway, United States of America
Onsite
Job Description
Responsibilities
As a Product Analyst within the Integrated Trial Monitoring Product, you will work across our area supporting programs which enable our business partners to operate without obstacles. You will build expertise on system validations and will have the opportunity to learn the end-to-end clinical process.
You will work with stakeholders at all levels across our company to uncover and communicate user needs. You will be instrumental in planning, designing, and conducting testing activities, engaging support teams, and compiling critical content for training and communication to users.
You will apply a structured approach to discover, document, and manage business process and stakeholder needs. You will also gather insight into user journey, behaviour, motivation, unarticulated problems, unmet needs and pain points.
You will work side by side with Business Stakeholders, Product Users, Product Managers, and Technical Leads and you will be providing close support to ensure that the IT solutions are both valuable and viable.
Additionally, you will:
Gather documentation related to the business process in clinical domain, document business/user needs and trace requests and responses to requests
Continuously broaden your expertise in the Clinical Trials business domain
Leverage business and user insights to form solutioning ideas and make prioritization decisions to maximize the value of the IT solutions
Work with the business to identify business value for our initiatives and determine the best way to measure that our solutions achieve the targeted business value
Be accountable for enablement, adoption, and growth of the Integrated Trial Monitoring product
Build knowledge of the existing solutions through IT communities and leverage these for the benefit the business stakeholders
Partner with squad members including but not limited to scrum masters, technical lead(s) and development team to manage high-quality product delivery leveraging Agile SDLC methodology
Work closely with stakeholders to ensure a healthy backlog of well-formed epics, features and user stories are maintained, which align with the overall roadmap and serve as requirements for the delivery squad
Follow and apply the Product Model principles to maximize the business value
Position Qualifications
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree with a preference for Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
Required Experience and Skills:
8+ years of experience as a Product management, Product/Business Analyst or similar role
Experience with working within a global team
Open and receptive to listening, able to ask thoughtful questions
Curious and persistent, able to discern pain points, simplify complex problems, conducting root cause analysis and identifying recommendations for improvements
Critical thinker who can effectively balance the needs of stakeholders and users, embracing new ideas/evidences to foster a collaborative atmosphere
Able to adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs
Ability to understand business issues and needs, and easy rapport with peers and executives
Able to keep work on confidential projects within a select group and maintain confidences
Adept at managing diverse relationships across expertise, geography, and culture, regardless of organizational hierarchy
Great organization skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate activity and responses among multiple people/groups
Self-driven with the ability to work in a self-guided manner
Outstanding English (written and verbal) communication skills – able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways
Desired Experience and Skills:
Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Understanding of the Clinical Trials domain from the data collection and management perspective
Experience with GxP validations, System Development LifeCycle (SDLC) or working with SaaS and COTS vendors
Required Skills:
Asset Management, Benefits Management, Business Documentation, Business Management, Business Performance Management, Business Planning and Control System (BPCS), Business Processes, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Relationship Management (BRM), Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Management System Development, Prioritization, Product Lifecycle, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System DesignsPreferred Skills:
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The salary range for this role is
$117,000.00 - $184,200.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
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NoTravel Requirements:
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HybridShift:
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