The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) Inc. is a Fortune 500, multinational manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, headquartered in New York City. As the global leader in prestige beauty, we touch over half a billion consumers a year.  The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, distributed internationally through both digital commerce and retail channels.

The Business Analyst function is business facing role for the Global Regulatory and R&D Compliance organizations. As a functional subject matter expert, the Sr. Business Analyst, Regulatory & R&D Compliance has responsibility for the health of R&D, PSRA and core R&D/ PLM applications, in terms of quality and operational effectiveness from a functional & technical standpoint.

The Sr. Business Analyst, Regulatory & R&D Compliance works as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Senior Analyst understands business needs and priorities, uses multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations through bringing end to end process approach. This requires ongoing, proactive interaction with cross-functional global R&D and PSRA leaders and users while providing consistent communication with various IT functions. There is a key focus on managing the relationship with the business at both a strategic and portfolio level to ensure the IT organization has early insight into changing business directions in order to inform and shape IT demand.

For this role Regulatory, Product Compliance and R&D industry background is a required and consultancy experience in life-science (or related practices) are highly preferred.

KEY ACTIVITIES

• Analyzes business and user needs, establishes clear business value objectives, develops and discusses potential solutions, documents requirements, and revise existing system logic or business process difficulties to select, build or modify large, complex or mission critical information systems to achieve business value

• Performs Senior Business Analyst responsibilities working on large and complex software development, infrastructure, SaaS and/or Cloud solutions

• Applies analytical skills working with business and product owners to develop requirements and user stories stemming from product roadmaps

• Adds value to the delivery team by working with the business and product owner to create clarity around business objectives through the development of and refinement of user stories

• Applies analytical skills to document accurate business requirements and present these requirements in a manner that is concise, measurable and flexible enough to meet project and stakeholder needs

• Involves in the quality and acceptance of vendor analysis and testing of SOW deliverables in a project setting

• Prepares the documentation of requirements and test cases so that the requirements and test cases are unambiguous, aligned, consistent and not in contradiction with each other

• Works collaboratively within a delivery team at all levels with considerate ability to take ownership of tasks and complete them with minimal direct supervision

• Brings end to end process perspective to the solutions and move easily between big picture thinking and manages relevant detail

• Analyses complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations

• Navigates the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements

• Builds collaborative relationships with the business and vendors to ensure synergistic partnership

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Understanding of requirements from the business or stakeholder’s perspective and translating the requirements into the appropriate deliverables in an Agile/Scrum/ Waterfall delivery model

• Understanding of the SDLC activities expected to deliver custom developed and packaged applications and Agile Requirements Methods

• Understanding of all phases of applications systems analysis, the SDLC development methodology (Waterfall/ Agile) and GxP Validation policies

• Ability to understand and facilitate business process management modelling (Process Workflow documentation, As-Is/ To-Be analysis, etc.)

• Ability to use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making

• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently, maintaining project schedule and quality deliverables

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3  year(s) of experience working in IT system/software development projects and project management processes in highly regulated industries focusing on regulatory, product compliance and R&D/ PLM functions, Or min 1 years of consultancy experience in life science (or related) practice highly preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, management information systems

• Experience in Product Lifecycle Management Applications highly preferred

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.

• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.

• Excellent organization and customer support skills

• Ability to work in a fast pace environment with high delivery quality

• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity

• Strong work ethic and service –mentality

QUALIFICATIONS

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Understanding of current and future technologies

• Business acumen

• Business process modeling experience

• Application domain knowledge

• Product roadmap, requirements management, solution design & SDLC process and management

• Understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong Oral & written communications

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, JIRA, Visio, SharePoint

• Understanding of business functional areas

• Solid experience on SDLC processes and Agile/ Waterfall methodologies

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited universities with strong academic records

HIGH PERFORMING LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• Understands how contributions fit into overall strategy

• Demonstrates mindset receptive to change

• Seeks opportunities to grow breadth and depth of experience

• Actively seeks feedback from others to continuously improve

• Builds and leverages emotional intelligence

• Exhibits ability to influence without authority

• Adapts behavior in response to new information

• Recognizes unexpected learnings and shares results and insights

• Learns from experiences and understands that different situations may call for different skills and approaches

Minimum Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.

Minimum Years of Experience: 1-3

% Travel Time: 10

Licenses or Certifications: Agile, Scrum, SAFE certifications are desirable

We are an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is the global leader in prestige beauty. ELC is the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout the organization is a passion for creativity and innovation — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of the company’s founder Estée Lauder.