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Own portfolio management, people leadership, process/methodology stewardship, and project/delivery oversight. Ensure rigorous ADLC (AI/Automation Development Life Cycle) execution with Lean discovery, measurable ROI/FTE savings, and audit-ready documentation. Provide functional leadership for AI and agentic automation initiatives, including use-case discovery, solution feasibility, responsible AI considerations, human-in-the-loop controls, and business value realization.\nKey Responsibilities\n1 · Portfolio Management & Governance\nOwn the BA portfolio across BUs/regions; manage intake via VIA/ServiceNow; maintain pipeline in Smartsheet; link Process IDs across Smartsheet, JIRA, and PSA.\nPartner with PMO on prioritization, capacity planning, and benefits tracking (ROI, FTE savings, cycle-time KPIs).\nLead governance cadences: Weekly/Biweekly pipeline & delivery reviews, Monthly BU governance, and Quarterly sponsor reviews.\nBalance per-BA workload (~10-12 projects); resolve cross-team dependencies and bottlenecks.\n2 · People Leadership\nManage and coach BAs/Sr. BAs: goal-setting, performance management, feedback, and career development.\nDrive upskilling on Lean, ADLC, tools (Power Automate, Alteryx, Python/SQL) and GenAI/agentic technologies (Copilot, Cursor, LangGraph) including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agent orchestration, AI-assisted requirements development, and responsible AI practices.\nAllocate resources effectively; support hiring, onboarding, and stretch opportunities.\nFoster a team culture of client focus, collaboration, ownership, and innovation.\n3 · Process & Methodology (ADLC / Lean)\nDefine and continuously improve BA standards, templates, and repositories (BRD, PDD, TFD, SDD; SharePoint/Confluence).\nEmbed ADLC end-to-end: Intake → L0/L1/L2 Discovery → Technical Discovery → Business Case → Build → UAT → Rollout.\nMaintain RACI, single approval flow, prioritization criteria, and evidence-based traceability.\nRun retrospectives; sustain continuous improvement and team playbooks.\nEstablish AI-specific BA standards covering problem framing, use-case suitability, prompt and knowledge-source requirements, model/agent evaluation criteria, human oversight, explainability, output validation, and post-deployment monitoring.\n4 · Project & Delivery Oversight\nAssure discovery quality and gate readiness; lead Go/No-Go decisions with clear acceptance criteria.\nOversee RAID management, change control (Major >16 hrs / Minor Align environments, access, data security, and governance with Architects and PMO.\nEnsure user stories, non-functional requirements, and traceability matrices are complete and testable.\nFor AI solutions, ensure requirements address data and knowledge-source quality, hallucination and accuracy risks, prompt security, access controls, human-in-the-loop review, evaluation metrics, and responsible AI governance.\n5 · Business Analysis & Solution Enablement\nDrive robust business cases (effort, FTE, ROI, payback period) with PMO/Finance inputs via PSA.\nProduce current/future-state process maps and L0/L1/L2 assessments; validate automation feasibility and value.\nSupport tool selection (RPA/Power Automate, Alteryx, Python/SQL, OCR, GenAI); assess API/GUI integrations.\nTranslate business needs into AI-ready requirements, including user journeys, prompt workflows, knowledge and data requirements, grounding/RAG needs, agent roles, orchestration logic, exception handling, human approval points, and measurable evaluation criteria.\nAssess the suitability of deterministic automation, predictive AI, generative AI, and agentic AI approaches based on process complexity, data availability, risk, scalability, and expected business value.\nMaintain full traceability from BRD/PDD through test coverage and production KPIs.\n6 · Stakeholder Engagement & Communications\nBuild trusted relationships with BU leaders, SMEs, Architects, and development teams across global time zones.\nFacilitate workshops, executive readouts, and governance forums; manage expectations and escalations.\nStandardize portfolio/delivery reporting (Power BI); champion CoE ways of working.\nDrive benefits realization tracking and coordinate smooth handovers to operations.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field\n6-8+ years in Business/Systems Analysis, Automation, or Digital Transformation\n3+ years leading Business Analysts or cross-functional delivery teams\nProven end-to-end ADLC delivery: Intake → L0/L1/L2 → BRD/PDD → UAT → Rollout\nPortfolio oversight with PMO: prioritization, capacity, governance, value realization\nDelivery fundamentals: planning, RAID, change control in Agile/hybrid environments\nLean-trained BA; process modeling (BPMN/Visio); benefits modeling; data-driven decisions\nTooling: VIA/ServiceNow, Smartsheet, JIRA, PSA, SharePoint; Power BI\nTechnical fluency: Power Automate/RPA, Alteryx, Python, SQL, OCR, GenAI/agentic tools\nPractical AI business analysis capability, including GenAI use-case discovery, prompt engineering, RAG and knowledge-grounding concepts, AI agent workflows, human-in-the-loop design, AI output evaluation, and responsible AI considerations.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in Automation processes or teams, Shared Services, Operational Excellence, or consulting environment; multi-region delivery.\nFinance or Life sciences or healthcare industry exposure.\nAutomation Anywhere, SAP, PSFT, Azure/Databricks, and enterprise integration (API/GUI) experience.\nITIL, data security, and governance awareness.\nProven executive stakeholder management and executive-ready communications.\nExperience defining business and functional requirements for GenAI or agentic AI solutions using platforms or frameworks such as Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, Cursor, LangGraph, or equivalent enterprise AI technologies.\nUnderstanding of AI solution risks and controls, including hallucination, bias, data privacy, prompt injection, secure grounding, explainability, human oversight, and model or agent performance monitoring\nPreferred Certifications\nLean Six Sigma - Green Belt or higher (Strongly Preferred)\nCBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or PMI-PBA - Preferred\nPMP (Project Management Professional) or PRINCE2 Practitioner - Preferred\nAgile Certifications (Scrum Product Owner and/or Scrum Master) - Preferred\nITIL Foundation - Plus\nMicrosoft Power Platform Certifications (PL-900 and/or PL-200) - Plus\nAlteryx Designer Core or Automation Anywhere Certification - Plus\nMicrosoft Copilot, Power Platform AI Builder, or equivalent Generative AI / Agentic AI Certification - Plus\nKey Competencies\nClient Focus & Stakeholder Partnership\nCollaboration & Cross-functional Influence\nClear, Concise Written & Verbal Communication\nInnovation & Continuous Improvement\nOwnership & Accountability\nBusiness Leadership & Strategic Thinking\nPeople Leadership & Coaching\nAdaptability, Flexibility, Organization & Planning\nAI Use-Case Discovery & Value Assessment\nPrompt Engineering & AI Requirements Definition\nResponsible AI, Risk & Governance Awareness\nExperience Profile\nThe ideal candidate is a proven manager of BA teams delivering automation and AI solutions within an enterprise CoE. They manage a cross-BU/regional portfolio through ADLC and Lean practices - from intake through rollout and benefits realization. Skilled in governance cadences, financial/benefits tracking, and compliance in regulated environments, this leader remains hands-on in discovery and requirements quality while providing portfolio and delivery oversight. The candidate also brings practical AI acumen, with the ability to identify appropriate GenAI and agentic AI use cases, define AI-ready business and functional requirements, evaluate solution outputs against measurable criteria, and embed responsible AI, human oversight, data protection, and governance controls throughout the delivery lifecycle.\nIQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com.\nIQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.\nAt IQVIA, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging empower our mission to accelerate innovation for a healthier world. 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