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Inventing for Life

Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI

AI summary of the role

This Senior Business Analyst role within Merck's GCTO RRO organization leads the identification, design, and delivery of automation, analytics, and AI solutions to improve clinical trial operations at the country level.

What you’ll do

  • Lead intake, assessment, and delivery of local automation, analytics, and AI initiatives, creating business cases and building or overseeing development of country tools.
  • Translate business requirements into functional/technical specifications and oversee build, testing, validation, and controlled deployment of solutions.
  • Develop or oversee development of analytics and visualization (e.g., operational dashboards, performance metrics) to drive data-informed decision-making.
  • Ensure solutions comply with ICH GCP, company policies, and local regulations; lead change management for local deployments.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in life science, business analytics, computing science, engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in data/analytics, process improvement, or technology-enabled transformation within life sciences/healthcare or comparable regulated environment.
  • Successfully designed and delivered automation/analytics/AI-enabled solutions (e.g., dashboards, RPA/workflow automation, AI/ML pilots) that produced measurable improvements.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders with hands-on project management in a matrix environment.

Technologies

Power BI · Tableau · SQL · Robotic Process Automation · RPA · AI/ML · dashboards · workflow automation · Agile · Lean

About Inventing for Life

Merck/MSD sells medicines, vaccines, and animal-health products globally, with oncology scale, vaccine franchises, and a large late-stage pipeline.

Public · 5000+ people

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Job Description The Senior Business Analyst (BA) – Automation, Analytics & AI (AA & AI) operates at the country level within GCTO RRO to identify, design, and deliver technology-enabled solutions that improve clinical trial operations efficiency, quality, and compliance. The role leads the intake, assessment, and delivery of local automation, analytics, and AI initiatives, creates compelling business cases, builds or oversees development of country tools, and scales fit-for-purpose solutions to other countries or the Region when applicable. The Senior BA reports to the Clinical Research Director (CRD) and partners closely with country, regional and headquarters roles and teams, such as, Regions Operational Excellence (ROE), regional/country stakeholders, Automation/Analytics/AI partnersI and, as needed, IT. As needed, the Sr BA may also support initiatives driven by Regional
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