BA Pharma and Ai Job San Mateo area,California USA,IT/Tech

Position: BA with Pharma and Ai

We are looking for an AI Scientific Business Analyst who combines life sciences expertise with business analysis and AI product delivery. This role will partner with Product Managers, Business Leads, AI Engineers, and Data teams to define and deliver AI-powered solutions that support clinical research and drug development. The ideal candidate has a strong scientific background, understands clinical development processes, and can translate complex business needs into structured AI requirements that enable successful product delivery.

Primary (Must have) Skills

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, or related discipline

Academic or professional experience in:

Clinical Research
Clinical Development
Translational Science
Oncology or related therapeutic areas
Strong understanding of clinical development lifecycle and pharmaceutical development processes.
8+ years of Experience working within pharmaceutical R&D organizations.
8+ years of Excellent business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
Ability to convert ambiguous business problems into structured functional requirements.
5+ years of Experience defining KPIs, success metrics, and measurable business outcomes.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Self-driven with ability to work independently.
Experience managing UAT activities and stakeholder communication.

Key Responsibilities:

Individual contributor partner with Product Manager, Business Lead, AI Leads, and Data Lead to define AI use cases, including problem framing, success criteria, and measurable outcomes.
Translate business needs into AI-ready requirements, including:
Model outputs (predictions, insights, recommendations)
User interaction patterns (e.g., workflows, prompts, dashboards)
Apply foundational knowledge of clinical research and drug development to ensure AI use cases, requirements, and acceptance criteria accurately reflect scientific intent and business objectives
Act as the primary bridge between "what's needed" (business) and "what's possible" (technical) to ensure stakeholder alignment.
Leads requirements refinement, including current/future state analysis, requirements documentation, prioritization, feasibility alignment and stakeholder alignment.
Document user, functional and AI-specific requirements including data inputs, model output, user interaction workflows with acceptance criteria aligned to business outcomes and system behavior.
Owns User Acceptance Testing planning and execution.
Partners with Testing team to ensure requirements are testable and the solution is ready for release.
Update and maintain user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira/ADO.
Author formal User Requirements Specification (URS)/Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), when required
Partners with testing teams to ensure requirements are clear, unambiguous, and testable.
Produce current state and future state artifacts (process flows, data flows, impact summaries) as required to support solution design.
Lead or contribute to data specifications, source-to-target mappings, and AI input/output definitions in partnership with Data and AI teams
Develop User Acceptance Test (UAT) plan, scenarios, and test cases aligned to approved requirements.
Lead UAT, including coordination of test cycles, defect logging, and retesting.
Produce UAT test summary report supporting business acceptance and release readiness.
Provide regular status updates covering progress, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Document decisions, assumptions, and clarifications related to contracted scope.

Communication

Skills:

Communicate effectively with internal and customer stakeholders
Communication approach: verbal, emails and instant messages

Interpersonal

Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive relationships with team members
Provide constructive feedback during code reviews and be open to receiving feedback on your own code.

Problem-Solving and Analytical Thinking:

Capability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
Analytical mindset

Task/ Work Updates

Prior experience in working on Agile/Scrum projects with exposure to tools like Jira/Azure Dev Ops
Provides regular updates, proactive and due diligent to carry out responsibilities
Successfully understand business priorities, clinical workflows, and AI product roadmap.
Partner with stakeholders to define and document high-quality AI use cases and requirements.
Deliver complete business analysis artifacts including User…