REQ-10057870
Oct 14, 2025
Spain
Summary
Are you passionate about transforming data into meaningful business impact? As a Senior Specialist in DDIT Development Business Analysis for TRD, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how Novartis delivers safe, scalable, and innovative IT solutions to support global drug development. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence decision-making through data-driven insights, and help design systems that improve lab efficiency and compliance. This is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients by enabling smarter science through technology.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into IT solution specifications that are scalable, secure, and user-centric
- Conduct feasibility assessments and develop project rationale, scope, and cost/resource estimates
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify gaps and define functional solutions aligned with business needs
- Ensure traceability between user requirements, specifications, and validation/testing activities
- Support validation processes (OQ, PQ, UAT) and ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
- Drive user experience considerations in the design and deployment of new solutions
- Facilitate super user training and maintain alignment with internal IT systems and documentation standards
Essential Requirements
- University degree in Informatics, Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, or a related field
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical or IT industry
- Strong background in Lab IT systems such as LIMS, ELN, and chromatography platforms
- Proven experience as a business analyst, process expert, or digital lead in lab environments
- Solid understanding of GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, and computer system validation lifecycle
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills in a global matrix setting
Desirable Requirements
- Prior experience working in TRD with a strong understanding of TRD-specific business processes
- Familiarity with lab data integration platforms and digital transformation initiatives in R&D environments
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Location: Barcelona
Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Operations
Information Technology
Spain
Barcelona Gran Vía
ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Technology Transformation
Full time
Regular
No
