IT Business Analyst - RDT Biometrics and Clinical Evidence
Hybrid · Welwyn, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
The Principal IT Business Analyst acts as the primary bridge between clinical/scientific teams and product engineering, owning the vision, innovation pipeline, and feature delivery for the Study Designer product. Responsibilities include facilitating discovery workshops with medical experts, defining and owning the feature roadmap, authoring precise user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria, partnering with UX for wireframes/prototypes, pruning requests by value, maintaining a traceable living specification, translating clinical workflows into structured technical requirements, coordinating with architects and QA across the build cycle, supporting UAT design and execution, driving iterative delivery and backlog grooming, and guiding clinical/scientific leadership on how digital capabilities reshape study design. The role requires extensive collaboration across clinical, scientific, product, and engineering stakeholders, with a focus on delivering scalable, quality software that accelerates therapies to patients. Educational background should include a Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields, with advanced degrees preferred, and professional certification in business analysis is valued. The position emphasizes agile leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to translate complex domains into actionable product requirements and measurable outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science, or Information Systems is required; a Master's degree or PhD in a clinical/scientific/biomedical field is preferred
- Business Analysis certifications (e.g., CBAP) are highly valued
- 10+ years of experience in product management, senior business analysis, or hybrid product leadership with complex digital products
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in clinical trial design, clinical development, or closely related life sciences
- Proven track record of managing end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery to deployment
- Strong written and verbal communication across senior leadership and technical teams
- Experience with APIs, data models, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Experience with agile/scrum, backlog management, sprint execution, JIRA/Confluence/Productboard
- Ability to translate clinical workflows into structured requirements and collaborate with engineers
- Ability to lead, influence, and manage stakeholders in a highly regulated, scientific environment
- Demonstrated ability to design and verify usability and regulatory alignment in clinical software
- Knowledge of clinical trial processes and regulatory considerations
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to operate with ambiguity and drive alignment across cross-functional teams
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