Senior Business Analyst with Lifesciences

Job Description

• Actively lead or participate in status meetings, requirements gathering and design sessions, user story refinements, implementation planning sessions, business reviews, defect triage prioritization, and effectively multi-task across multiple projects concurrently
• Clarify direction and business expectations as issues/questions arise
• Manage to project deadlines by Identifying tradeoffs when new features or changes are introduced; provide recommendation to manage and prioritize the product backlog
• Prioritize defects and label defects required for release, identifying workarounds, and managing changes to such specifications.
• Document and manage the lifecycle of Epics, Features, Stories. May coordinate and mentor junior staff members for this process.
• Partner with developers to ensure specifications are understood, followed, and implemented properly.
• Lead outreach to business stakeholders to ensure awareness and communicate changes, provide demos/training as needed
• Participate in UAT and lead investigations of any issues that rise within
• UAT, engaging appropriate support teams (IT, Operational, Vendor) for resolution; keep all parties engaged in such issue resolution apprised of status
• Work closely with UX designers to design user experience for all new pages and new functionality inclusive of error handling
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field; equivalent work experience can suffice for education
• Minimum 7 years of relevant technical or business work experience
• Demonstrate clear understanding of business process disciplines
• Communicate appropriately with many levels, from processors to senior management; esc…?
• Participate in UAT and lead investigations of any issues that rise within
• UAT, engaging appropriate support teams (IT, Operational, Vendor) for resolution; keep all parties engaged in such issue resolution apprised of status
• Work closely with UX designers to design user experience for all new pages and new functionality inclusive of error handling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field; equivalent work experience can suffice for education
• Minimum 7 years of relevant technical or business work experience
• Demonstrate clear understanding of business process disciplines
• Communicate appropriately with many levels, from processors to senior management; esc... Experience integrating business needs with technology capabilities Fundamental understanding of APIs is desired
• Work well with onsite and remote resources
• Knowledge of the Life Sciences industry is strongly required