Global Associate Director Business Analyst P&P Solutions

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!
The Business Analyst (Pipeline & Portfolio) plays a central role in bridging business stakeholders and delivery teams, translating complex cross-functional requirements into clear, implementable solutions. Operating in a highly integrated, data-driven environment, this role ensures alignment, quality, and successful delivery of solutions—primarily within Salesforce-based platforms—while driving adoption and continuous improvement.

Job Description

• Your Key Responsibilities:

  Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Own the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, from elicitation through documentation, validation, and acceptance.

  • Translate complex business needs into structured user stories, functional specifications, and actionable requirements.

  • Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to ensure aligned understanding and outcomes.

  • Drive cross-functional alignment by identifying dependencies, impacts, and required decisions across domains and geographies.

  • Ensure consistency, traceability, and quality of requirements through adherence to standards and structured documentation practices.

  • Facilitate workshops, deep dives, and working sessions to clarify processes and resolve ambiguities or conflicts.

  • Support testing, validation, and user readiness through acceptance criteria definition and review of outputs.

  • Develop training materials and enablement activities to ensure effective adoption and business value realization.

  • KPI: Requirements Quality & Stability – Percentage of requirements delivered without major rework after development starts.

  What you’ll bring to the role:

  Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).

  • 5+ years of experience in business analysis within digital, IT, or data-driven environments.

  • Proven expertise in requirements engineering, including elicitation, documentation, refinement, and validation.

  • Hands-on experience working in agile delivery models with user stories, backlogs, and iterative development cycles.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence without formal authority across cross-functional teams.

  • Experience working in global, cross-functional environments with complex organizational structures.

  • Exposure to enterprise systems or digital platforms, preferably Salesforce-based solutions.

  • Basic understanding of business processes such as forecasting, portfolio management, or project management, with willingness to learn domain-specific systems.

  • Strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills with ability to structure complex challenges into actionable solutions.

  • Business fluent in English (written and spoken).

  Desirable Requirements:

  • Experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, particularly in portfolio, forecasting, or commercial processes.

  • Experience interacting with senior leadership, including preparing structured materials and supporting decision-making.

  You’ll receive:

  A competitive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, hybrid work models, and a strong focus on work-life balance. You will have access to continuous learning and development opportunities, career growth programs, and exposure to global projects. Sandoz also offers a collaborative and inclusive work environment where innovation and personal development are actively supported.

  Why Sandoz?

  Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

  With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

  Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

  Join us!

Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Communication Skills, Financial Modeling, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Stakeholder Management