Associate Product Analyst

Job Description

Brief Description of Position

We are looking for a professional with strong analytical skills and experience in product analysis to help us implement our vision and strategy to enable the software products within the Trial Financial Management area to power the business for the next decade plus.

Responsibilities

• As a Product Analyst within the Trial Financial Management 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, behavior, 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

Location

Primary: Rahway, New Jersey

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Position Qualifications

Education Minimum Requirement:

• High School Diploma required.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 2+ years of experience as a 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/evidence 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 confidence

• Adept at managing 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 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

• Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

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Required Skills:

Database Administration, Measurement Analysis, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Structured Query Language (SQL), Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$71,900.00 - $113,200.00

This 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

You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

08/23/2026

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