Senior Business Analyst (Manufacturing Domain)

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst (Manufacturing) to join Roche Pharma Global Technical Operations in support of our Enterprise Recipe Management initiative. This role is pivotal in identifying high-value business opportunities and pre-assessing their feasibility and size to build robust business cases.

The successful candidate will serve as a Pharma Manufacturing Domain Expert interviewing stakeholders, understanding cross-system business processes, designing improvement opportunities, documenting detailed EPICS, User Stories and help delivering them with the project team. This is a highly collaborative role that requires balancing the needs of business stakeholders with the capabilities of technical teams.

General Information

Location / Timezone: CET or NALA time zone (must be available during 3 7 PM CET "golden hours" for collaboration between EU and US teams)

Key Responsibilities

Interview business stakeholders, partner system responsible and domain leads to identify business opportunities and pre-assess their value, size and dependency to support business case creation

Design and document business process flow and user stories related to Emerson PKM (core application), integrations across MES, LIMS, ERP, and PLM systems, and reporting capabilities ensuring GxP compliance and data interoperability

Create functional specifications, architecture decision records, and technical documentation for PKM configurations, integration solutions, and reporting requirements

Facilitate alignment between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring shared understanding of business process and data flows, system capabilities and architectural design

Identify relevant Generative AI/ML use cases within the manufacturing context and support their implementation

Qualifications

Must-Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

5-10 years of experience as Functional Architect and/or Business Analyst/ Consultant in a pharmaceutical or Life Sciences environment

Hands-on understanding in product recipe design and parameter definition in any related manufacturing system (e.g. PLM, MES, LIMS, ERP)

Proven experience in system integration projects (DeltaV, SAP S4 HANA, ELN, MES, ERP, LIMS, PLM, or related)

Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate business needs into structured functional and non-functional requirements

Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional global environment

Understanding of manufacturing processes for drug substances and/or drug products

Demonstrated ability to de-escalate, keep discussions productive, and focus on outcomes

Availability between 3 7 PM CET for overlap with EU and US teams

Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Good to Have

Familiarity with ISA-95 / ISA-88 principles and enterprise-level integration concepts

Experience with SAFe Agile methodologies

Previous Roche experience or work in similarly complex regulated environments

Strong grasp of data interoperability, reporting standards, and business process mapping

Solid understanding of SQL databases, relational data structures, and reporting systems

Nice to Have

Proven ability to align architecture and process design across different IT domains

Exposure to global or multi-site manufacturing integration projects