Senior Business Analyst - Next Gen MES & Data Analytics

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst – Next Gen MES & Data Analytics

Location: Raritan, NJ (4 days onsite)

Position: Contract

Role Summary:

Seeking an experienced Business Analyst in Life Science Advanced Therapy to drive the Next Gen Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Data & Analytics initiative.

In this role, the BA will need to bridge the gap between business operations and technical delivery, focusing on the ingestion of MES data into Enterprise Data Lake (CDL) platform.

Collaborate closely with business and functional stakeholders, data engineers, and enterprise leaders to define, prioritize, and design high-value Data & Analytics (D&A) products built upon the ingested data.

Key Responsibilities:

Work Experience 5-7Years

• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and IT teams at the Raritan site to understand MES architecture, data models, and operational workflows.
• Define, document, and manage end-to-end functional and technical data ingestion requirements from MES to the CDL platform.
• Map manufacturing source data (e.g ., batch records, equipment telemetry, downtime events, quality metrics) to target CDL schemas.
• Translate business goals into actionable D&A user stories , and acceptance criteria
• Analyse the raw data and define KPI metrics and business rules for reporting and downstream analytics products.
• Maintain, prioritize, and refine the product backlog for MES-to-CDL ingestion and D&A product builds.
• Partner with Data Engineers, Solution Architects, and QA teams throughout the sprint lifecycle to ensure clear requirements and validate deliverables.
• Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT ), define test scenarios, and secure business sign-off for release.
• Ensure data ingestion patterns adhere to enterprise data governance, security, and quality standards.
• Create standard DOMDs, functional specifications, data dictionaries, process workflows, and user guides.