Principal Business Analyst (Advanced Analytics)

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Are you ready to join us as an IT Business Analyst, were you will liaise with our business partners and advise them on the data & analytics solutions and opportunities that will support their strategic ambitions?
The Global Region Data & Analytics department is responsible for delivering all data products within the EMEA & APAC & AMER regions. We are now looking for an IT (Principal) Business Analyst to join our Advanced Analytics group. The perfect candidate is looking for the next step in his/her career with a balanced mix of hands-on applying predictive models and data mining techniques, as well as generating new business demand and focusing on stakeholder management. You are proud, enthusiastic on the work you do and are always looking for opportunities to improve the data products our team makes.
Are you ready to join us as an IT Business Analyst, were you will liaise with our business partners and advise them on the data & analytics solutions and opportunities that will support their strategic ambitions?
The Global Region Data & Analytics department is responsible for delivering all data products within the EMEA & APAC & AMER regions. We are now looking for an IT (Principal) Business Analyst to join our Advanced Analytics group. The perfect candidate is looking for the next step in his/her career with a balanced mix of hands-on applying predictive models and data mining techniques, as well as generating new business demand and focusing on stakeholder management. You are proud, enthusiastic on the work you do and are always looking for opportunities to improve the data products our team makes.

You will facilitate workshops with our internal customers to gather their information needs, then connect with the technical teams to come up with the best set-up on how to implement the solution. You will play a key role in assessing and designing solutions from a functional perspective, while keeping our business partners informed.

• You will be the first point of contact for information needs and analytics capabilities towards the business stakeholders. You will need to consult with senior business leaders to translate business goals into data & analytics use cases and communicate insights back to business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and drive new use cases and data-driven product innovations, including awareness sessions, demos
• Participate as a business analyst in projects related to advanced analytics, this includes deep dives to identify business need and requirements, proposal creation, stakeholder management and reporting out to different levels in the organization.
• Support the team with analytical and technical skills as well as with strong communication skills and a positive can-do mindset
• Engage with IT technical teams and IT cross-functional teams to identify the best solution direction
• Support the end-to-end implementation of predictive models & clustering techniques in production.
• Collaborate with our IT security and privacy department on data privacy and data compliancy related requirements

Must Haves

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Data Science or Analytics
• An academic education in a relevant field (e.g. computer science, operations research, information management)
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management abilities, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in data mining and modeling techniques such as regression, clustering, classification, NLP
• Extensive experience in gathering, documenting, and challenging business requirements
• Able to explain technical concepts in clear words to non-technical stakeholders
• Good presentation and (data) visualization skills

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
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• You will be the first point of contact for information needs and analytics capabilities towards the business stakeholders. You will need to consult with senior business leaders to translate business goals into data & analytics use cases and communicate insights back to business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and drive new use cases and data-driven product innovations, including awareness sessions, demos
• Participate as a business analyst in projects related to advanced analytics, this includes deep dives to identify business need and requirements, proposal creation, stakeholder management and reporting out to different levels in the organization.
• Support the team with analytical and technical skills as well as with strong communication skills and a positive can-do mindset
• Engage with IT technical teams and IT cross-functional teams to identify the best solution direction
• Support the end-to-end implementation of predictive models & clustering techniques in production.
• Collaborate with our IT security and privacy department on data privacy and data compliancy related requirement