Business Analyst - Digital trialing

TN United Kingdom; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Business Analyst to drive significant transformations in digital science. This role involves collaborating with R&D and IT teams to leverage innovative technologies and enhance product biology processes. The ideal candidate will possess strong stakeholder management skills and a proactive mindset to navigate complexities. With a focus on developing a strategic IT roadmap, you will play a crucial role in delivering impactful initiatives that foster a culture of innovation and risk-taking. Join a stimulating international environment with flexible working options and generous benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous holidays

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5+ years in business analysis with strategic influence.
• Experience in Agile/DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a 3-5 year IT strategy aligned with business goals.
• Manage a portfolio of IT investments and oversee multiple backlogs.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

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07.05.2025

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In our continuing mission to enable digital science across Crop Protection Research and Development (CP R&D), we are looking for an enterprise-level business analyst to deliver a significant, high-value, and impactful transformation across the global Product Biology function. This role involves understanding how new inventions and technologies deliver innovative products to customers.

You will be curious, courageous, and committed to building a deep understanding of how processes and outcomes support the creation of new Active ingredients, from small chemical molecules to biologicals and new modalities like soil health and bio-stimulants. You will develop a stakeholder engagement strategy, support the creation of a change roadmap, and facilitate incremental delivery of new opportunities across the product biology lifecycle, from field trials to key product decisions.

Working beyond R&D with colleagues in science and IT, you will support multi-million dollar investments into DevOps teams, creating field experiments, capturing data, developing FAIR data products, and leveraging AI and digital applications from R&D into commercial digital products.

You will identify organizational needs, translate them into initiatives and epics for delivery teams, and maintain a steady delivery rhythm.

Accountabilities

• Define and maintain a 3-5 year IT strategy aligned with business goals.
• Ensure data products are FAIR.
• Manage a portfolio of IT investments.
• Oversee multiple backlogs in various capabilities and products.
• Contribute to the business analyst community, setting best practices, mentoring, and coaching.
• Promote a culture of considered risk-taking.
• Lead the development of a digital future landscape across R&D capabilities.
• Identify opportunities for breakthrough initiatives.

Experience/Previous jobs required

• 5+ years in business analysis across domains, from incremental to strategic influence.
• 2+ years in an Agile/DevOps environment.
• Experience in life sciences R&D is desirable.
• Awareness of emerging technologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to handle complexity and uncertainty.

Critical knowledge and education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Customer focus, teamwork, negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of advances in science and technology.
• Ability to operate independently in a complex environment while ensuring compliance.
• Fluency in English.

Additional benefits include a comprehensive package, flexible/hybrid working options, generous holidays, and a stimulating international environment. Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.