Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis

General Information

Job Advert Title Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis Location Poland Function/Business Area Research Employment Class Permanent

Description

Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis
About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
As a Specialist, R&D Digital Product Management and Business Analysis, you will be responsible for participating in the implementation and ongoing support of our existing products and projects, driving business and technical requirements and delivery. You will also participate in cross-functional collaboration to define maintenance, upgrades, integrations, releases and decommissioning for assigned clinical and/or operational system(s).
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.
Key Activities for this role:

• Participate in the strategic assessment of continual improvement of information and systems incorporating innovation and industry best practices and vendor strategy for strategy development, roadmaps and planning.
• Manage the user acceptance test process to ensure business requirements are appropriately tested and risks identified and mitigated.
• Manage issues, escalations and managing the process for documentation and resolution of issues through triaging mechanisms
• Actively participate in SLC process including writing requirements, validation plans, testing plans and scripts
• Partnering with appropriate Digital, Quality and M&D functions to manage documentation and test strategies related to implementation of system enhancements.
• Be an active member of the team collaborating with key stakeholders and functions, as well as of relevant external stakeholders, including system vendors.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or manageme