Principal Analyst- Buenos Aires or Hyderabad (Hybrid- must be willing to work EST hours)

Description

Principal Analyst- Buenos Aires or Hyderabad (Hybrid- must be willing to work EST hours)

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression supportive and engaged line management technical and therapeutic area training peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities

The Technology & Data Solutions (TDS) business unit is the Syneos Health accelerator for life sciences innovation. TDS houses our advanced technology acquisitions, homegrown products & applications, actively participates in new M&A and partnership activities, delivers critical insights as part of our integrated strategy for customers and drives enterprise-wide adoption and change management for innovative tech & data solutions. Our work supports getting meaningful new medicines to patients faster, with greater positive impact. This role will work on our client-facing technology suite which increases efficiency by connecting patients, sites, and sponsors throughout the clinical trial lifecycle. Our big data platform delivers analytics and transparency unparalleled in the industry.

Role Summary

The Principal Analyst serves as a strategic leader responsible for driving system analysis, ensuring robust product support, and guiding the design and delivery of advanced solutions. This role bridges business needs and technical execution by analyzing complex systems, identifying optimization opportunities, and translating requirements into actionable specifications. The Principal Analyst oversees application design and development processes, manages cross-functional teams, and ensures timely delivery of high-quality solutions. Additionally, this position provides hands-on support for enterprise healthcare analytics products, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining performance standards. With deep expertise in data modeling, modern cloud technologies, and healthcare data, the Principal Analyst plays a critical role in shaping innovative, scalable solutions that meet client expectations and advance organizational goals.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead system analysis to evaluate existing processes, identify gaps, and recommend improvements for data-driven and application-based solutions.
• Gather and analyze project requirements and specifications from clients and internal stakeholders (technical and non-technical) throughout the project lifecycle.
• Translate business rules and stakeholder needs into actionable analytic and application design specifications leveraging internal and external data sources.
• Provide product support by troubleshooting issues, analyzing root causes, and ensuring timely resolution to maintain product performance and client satisfaction.
• Contribute to application design for client-facing healthcare analytics products (dashboards, apps, widgets, automated reporting) ensuring usability and scalability.
• Manage development activities by coordinating with engineering teams, defining development guidelines, and ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards.
• Develop production schedules, test plans, documentation, and presentation materials that define project guidelines and milestones.
• Communicate project updates directly to clients through in-person demonstrations, virtual calls, and emails manage change requests effectively.
• Coordinate internal teams (data engineers, software developers, data scientists, product managers, dashboard developers, business stakeholders) and external resources (e.g., data vendors) to ensure timely delivery.
• Independently prototype analytic tools and resources for proof-of-concept scenarios, troubleshooting, and solution development.
• Manage multiple, complex analytic and application development workstreams and timelines, ensuring outcomes meet or exceed client expectations.
• Mentor and coach junior analysts and team members across the organization.

Qualifications

• Degree (BS/BA required, MS/MA preferred) in Information Systems, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6-8 years of experience in advanced analytics, application design, and managing development processes.
• Strong system design experience
• Experience developing and scaling REST APIs for various platforms
• Experience developing low latency, high availability applications
• Ability to deliver within a fast-paced agile software development environment
• Strong background in data modeling, and machine learning concepts.
• Experience collaborating with both onshore and offshore product dev teams.
• Strong experience with modern cloud technologies such as Azure, Oracle Cloud
• Strong experience with Databases Oracle, and SQL Server
• Expertise in creating custom and templated data models for operational, performance, and BI dashboards/reports.
• Proficiency in SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) familiarity with JavaScript & Node.js is a plus.
• Experience in application design principles and managing development cycles in an agile environment.
• Solid background in data modeling, and machine learning concepts.
• Experience of using Support Tools like ServiceNow, Jira.
• Experience collaborating with onshore and offshore teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

The Technology & Data Solutions (TDS) business unit is the Syneos Health accelerator for life sciences innovation. TDS houses our advanced technology acquisitions, homegrown products & applications, actively participates in new M&A and partnership activities, delivers critical insights as part of our integrated strategy for customers and drives enterprise-wide adoption and change management for innovative tech & data solutions. Our work supports getting meaningful new medicines to patients faster, with greater positive impact. This role will work on our client-facing technology suite which increases efficiency by connecting patients, sites, and sponsors throughout the clinical trial lifecycle. Our big data platform delivers analytics and transparency unparalleled in the industry.