ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, BUSINESS PROCESS ENGINEER

Location.
Barcelona, Spain (On-site) / 3 days working from the office.
About the D epartment   Sustainable, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable) data is integral to AstraZeneca's mission as a science-driven pharmaceutical company, serving as a cornerstone for the corporate strategy.
The incorporation of Data, AI, and Digital technologies is a foundational value driver for innovative science and a potential differentiator in the corporate landscape.
AstraZeneca’s R&D Data Office is at the forefront of enabling data and AI strategies.
It provides comprehensive data services, technology solutions, and data products, underpinned by robust data and AI policy and governance, to extract value from data that propels innovative scientific discovery.
Focused on impacting the R&D pipeline, the Data Office emphasizes three core areas.
advancing data and AI-powered scientific innovation, connecting a digitized R&D value chain, and pioneering best practices in data and AI governance.
The Position   The Business Process Engineer will be an integral part of Data Office’s Solution Delivery & Transformation team, tasked with upscaling and improving R&D’s data sharing ecosystem and delivery of data services.
This ecosystem facilitates efficient and compliant sharing of data within and beyond AstraZeneca to empower the innovative science driving R&D drug development.
A core part of this ecosystem are business processes that are being reimagined to achieve greater speed, user experience, simplicity and scale.
This will include a shift from manual, to automat ed and AI-enabled processing and will cover both ‘back-office’ processes associated to data management, governance, creation of AI and analytics-ready data, and also ‘front office’ processes that data consumers (e.
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data scientists) require.
The Business Process Engineer is crucial to the development of high-quality processes.
This position will suit highly collaborative, technically skilled and subject matter experts, capable of indepe ndently planning and taking a lead on business process improvement projects.
Day-to-day, this will involve understanding business requirements, working collaboratively to analys e and deliver new ly proposed data and business process flows and supporting project teams to reach agreements that can take proposals to production.
The Impact   As an essential role within our transformation team, the Business Process Engineer will directly support the introduction of a data sharing ecosystem that can harness the full potential data to meet the increasing demands of a rapidly evolving AI -enabled landscape central to the continued successful speed of scientific innovation and delivery of the     Typical Accountabilities   Analyse and evaluate current processes to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Design and document new processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance standards.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements and insights needed for effective and optimal process creation   Apply best practice in process analysis, development and optimisation activities and promote best practice across the Data Office   Using best practice and notation, c reate process flow diagrams, and associated guidance documentation to communicate workflows and practices clearly.
Conduct workshops and training sessions to ensure stakeholders understand newly developed processes.
Utilize data analysis techniques to support process layout and validation, as well as to identify bottlenecks.
Utilise best practice BA techniques around process requirement analysis   Test and validate new processes to ensure they operate effectively before handover to operational teams.
Collaborate with IT and data management teams to ensure that technical solutions support the created processes.
Educat ion, Qualifications, and Experience   Essential   Advanced degree (MSc) or higher in related subject, or equivalent professional skills   Professional c ertification in Business or Process Analysis from a re cognised body e.
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IIBA or BCS   Significant experience with Business Process Analysis, Design, Rollout, and Optimisation, both in creating new processes and uplifting existing ones.
Significant experience using BPMN to develop and document processes, using standard IT tooling   Experience planning and running design workshops with cross functional team   Strong engagement, communication and partner management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills   Experience working on projects in a complex global organization, including collaborating cross-functionally to deliver against objectives.
Awareness of latest data and technology trends   Desirable   PhD in related subject   P harmaceutical or life sciences industry experience, specifically in R&D   Experience within a Data focussed team   Experience in the fields of Data Governance, Data Privacy and Data Access   Experience using GB TECH BIC platform for storing processes   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.