Business Analyst

Description

• Lead functional discussions with Japan business teams to capture requirements around sales, marketing, patient and hospital datasets.
• Translate Japan-specific business rules, KPIs and reporting needs into functional specifications and test cases.
• Ensure alignment with Japan commercial processes, including NHI price revisions, DPC hospital practices, wholesaler–distributor networks and generic drug uptake.
• Define and maintain functional documentation, business glossaries and data dictionaries for Japan commercial datasets.
• Apply strong expertise across IQVIA Japan, Veeva CRM, hospital sales data, prescription/claims data, patient data and pharmacy datasets.
• Provide insights into market access, sales force effectiveness, territory alignment and incentive compensation models in Japan.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure data workflows support Japan’s regulatory and compliance requirements (PMDA standards, data privacy laws).
• Oversee data validation, UAT coordination and release testing for Japan commercial data workflows.
• Define functional data quality rules and reconciliation processes for datasets (wholesaler vs. claims vs. Rx).
• Support governance teams in aligning with Japan data privacy, reporting and audit frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with client’s global and Japan-specific data governance and cataloging practices.
• Act as the primary functional liaison between Japan stakeholders and offshore/onshore technical delivery teams.
• Support Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, UAT sign-offs) by representing functional requirements.
• Provide training, documentation and functional walkthroughs to end-users and business leadership.
• Communicate effectively in Japanese and English, bridging cross-cultural gaps between business and technical teams.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in pharma/healthcare commercial data projects, with at least 4–5 years in Japan market.
• Deep expertise in Japan pharma commercial datasets:
• IQVIA Japan (prescription, sales, patient datasets).
• Veeva CRM Japan (field activity, detailing, multichannel data).
• DPC hospital data, wholesaler shipment data, claims & Rx data, NHI price revisions.
• Strong understanding of commercial pharma KPIs in Japan (market share, sales force effectiveness, call reach/frequency, territory alignments).
• Experience translating business requirements into functional design documents, data mapping and test scenarios.
• Knowledge of data governance, compliance and reporting standards in Japan pharma (PMDA, privacy laws).
• Strong documentation, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Skills

• Prior experience working with global pharma companies’ Japan subsidiaries (Eisai, Takeda, Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo etc.).
• Familiarity with Informatica IDMC/IICS, Databricks or data governance platforms from a functional perspective.
• Exposure to data cataloging, lineage and metadata management practices.