AI Business Analyst

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • only w2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ai Business Analyst Onsite, Fosters City CA – No remote Independent Visa only Minimum 12 yrs Primary skills / experience (must have) • Must be able to quickly learn to use new systems • Strong, clear, concise written and oral communication • Ability to self-motivate and work independently • Provides proactive status updates • Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured, testable requirements • Experience defining metrics, KPIs, or success criteria aligned to business outcomes • Experience working for pharmaceutical company in development • Familiarity with AI/ML concepts (e.g., model outputs, evaluation, prompt-based systems, agent workflows) • Experience supporting AI/analytics use cases or data products • Experience working with iterative/experimental delivery models (0→1 prototyping) • Understand GXP system validation process • Basic SQL skills for data analysis and data verification. • Basic Python skills for data analysis. 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: • Input data expectations • Model outputs (predictions, insights, recommendations) • User interaction patterns (e.g., workflows, prompts, dashboards) • 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. Deliverables: • 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.