Business Analyst

About Amgen

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

About The Role

Role Description:

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.

We are seeking a Business Analyst with a strong background in Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, or Biotechnology to support the development, optimization, and success of innovative healthcare and scientific products. This role will be responsible for bridging business, data, and product teams, providing insights that drive product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and go-to-market effectiveness. The ideal candidate will have experience in analyzing scientific, clinical, and market data, identifying product opportunities, and delivering insights that shape data-driven product decisions throughout the development lifecycle.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product owners, scientists, clinicians, and commercial teams to gather, document, and analyze product requirements across the drug development, diagnostics, or digital health space.
• Perform through analysis of the business processes in different functions of organization and understand the data.
• Translate complex scientific and business data into actionable insights, informing product strategy, feature development, and prioritization.
• Track and analyze product usage metrics, KPIs, and feedback loops, using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or similar to visualize performance.
• Support clinical and R&D product initiatives by analyzing scientific datasets, publications, trial outcomes, and real-world evidence (RWE).
• Work closely with engineering and UX teams to ensure product requirements are translated effectively into user-centric solutions.
• Drive data-informed decision-making, enabling faster and more confident product development across regulatory, commercial, and clinical landscapes.
• Develop and maintain product dashboards, reports, and presentations for internal stakeholders and executive teams.
• Act as a liaison between scientific users, business leads, and technical teams, ensuring all perspectives are reflected in the product roadmap.
• Contribute to go-to-market planning, including product positioning, value proposition definition, and messaging based on analytical findings.
  
  

Functional Skills:

• Understanding and documentation of data flows.
• Documenting the processes of business functions.
• Knowledge of how system interacts with other applications.
• Use case documentation.
  
  

Must-Have Skills:

• 5–9 years of experience as a Product Analyst, Business Analyst, or Data Analyst in the Life Sciences, Biotech, or Healthcare domain.
• Strong understanding of drug development processes, clinical research, or medical device product lifecycles.
• Ability to work with and interpret scientific and clinical datasets, publications, regulatory documentation, and product usage data.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to present complex insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Agile product development, JIRA, Confluence, and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect scientific capabilities with commercial strategy and user needs.
• Ability to learn quickly, be organized and detail oriented.
  
  

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Educational background in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, or related field.
• Prior experience supporting products in clinical trials, lab systems, digital health, or commercial pharma platforms.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments (e.g., FDA, EMA, GxP) and compliance standards in the life sciences space.
• Knowledge of real-world evidence (RWE), electronic health records (EHR), or patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
  
  

Education and Professional Certifications

• Master’s degree and 5 to 7 + years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience
  
  

OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 to 9 + years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience
• Scaled Agile SAFe certification preferred
  
  

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Ability to learn quickly, be organized and detail oriented.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
  
  

What You Can Expect Of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.