Senior IT Business Analyst

The Role:

• Senior IT Business Analyst
• Donegal
• Permanent or Contractor opportunity
• Fully onsite role

Role Brief:

You will play a key role in the managing the sites overall IT business objectives. The role will Interface with all areas of the business & participate in all aspects of the manufacturing through implementation & day to day support.

Core Responsibilities:

• Actively dissect business processes to discover and document pertinent business requirements, identifying solutions, assessing feasibility.
• Steer the business unit towards innovative solutions that are not only feasible but also align with broader business strategy.
• Address the comprehensive IT needs of the business unit with expertise and foresight.
• Support the site, critical manufacturing systems, Interface with the business, assist with change control documentation and participate in testing schedules, delivery and testing coordination.
• Supports system software upgrades including planning and scheduling & testing with operations.
• Ensures policies and standards adherence is consistent with Corporate/ Division standards.
• Supports and enforces audit compliant policies and standards.
• Ensures Local IT has business continuity/disaster recovery plans and participates in testing of plans, as necessary and monitors results of business continuity testing.
• Act as the primary liaison between the IT and business areas, supporting applications, in areas such as Manufacturing
• Partner and collaborate with key IT staff of other divisions to support cross divisional business initiatives and explore IT synergies and efficiencies.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key software vendors as well as counterparts at other Pharma companies.
• Review and monitor area IT budgets, project capital/RCE expenditures and IT team budgets, project capital/RCE expenditures. Continually look for opportunities for cost reductions and cost avoidance.
• Lead and mentor junior staff.
• Coordination of local and remote resources for project delivery and support.

Skills: Brief:

• Experience working with operating procedures, policies and processes in a GMP environment - Pharma/Life Sciences or Medical Devices. Candidates without this experience cannot be considered.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies used for IT Manufacturing and/or R&D Lab: MES, OPC, LIMS, ERP, etc.
• Cyber Security controls monitoring, reporting and patch management in a high availability manufacturing environment.
• Data Analytics, Predictive Analytics or Asset Performance Management technology experience.
• Hands on experience interfacing with a database technology, example Oracle, SQL, RDS, etc.
• Demonstrated Cloud architecture experience with UNS an advantage
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to run multiple work stream projects in parallel.

Person Brief:

• Bachelor's degree in Computing or equivalent in Manufacturing or Engineering discipline.
• 5 years plus experience working in IT / MES environment with direct manufacturing systems exposure.
• Strong evidence of the delivery of complex IT projects in life sciences manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written & verbal communication skills are essential.
• The role is based on site in Donegal so you must be living in the area or able to relocate in a short time frame and be able to be onsite daily

We are hiring into our European team in the following countries: Ireland - Donegal

Fluency in oral and written English is a must. A second language (German, Danish, Italian, Spanish or French) is always an advantage it is but not essential.

What's next?
If you recognize yourself in this role, we'll be looking forward to hearing from you. Please apply
with a full resume and references that describe your abilities with regard of taking this leading
role in NNIT's Smart Factory team.

Apply now and make your mark!