Business Analyst - Data

The Clinical Information Services (CIS) team is looking for a Business Analyst that is passionate about data!  As a BA on the CIS team you’ll be working to unleash the value of our big data platform. You’ll be the conduit between business stakeholders (internal and external) and the platform development and engineering team.  You will partner with cross-functional teams to as they work to leverage the CIS platform to support their data needs.  You will gather, analyze, validate and document business, organizational and/or operational requirements for various software and systems requests.

A day in the life:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to identify user requirements and seek opportunities to support critical business strategies, improve business processes, and educate teams about the strategic use of technology
• Translate business process or concepts into technical requirements (and vice versa)
• Define functional and non-functional requirements based on the needs of the users
• Review requirements and feature designs with users to validate feature improvements and strategy
• Work as part of project teams to create/enhance/implement business processes and supporting solutions ensuring requirements are delivered as agreed and on time
• Provide input and updates to project plans, resource tracking, issues and risks during projects.
• Assist with the development of products from conception to delivery and ultimately bug fixes and maintenance
• Draft detailed requirements & user stories
• Collaborate with Product Management leadership on the product roadmap.
• Work as part of a scrum team to track and report on progress towards product goals.
• Support the scrum team by exemplifying a culture of continuous process improvement
• Lead the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4-6+ years of related professional business experience, project management experience, and/or related product experience.
• A comfort level discussing big data concepts with both business and technical partners
• Reasoning and analytical skills to identify and resolve issues.
• Experienced in agile product development – Jira and Confluence experience a plus.
• Demonstrated success in shaping a new feature and bringing them through to production.
• Technical literacy related to software development and delivery. 
• Project management skills and abilities, with ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Organized, with ability to manage and prioritize several projects at once.
• Drive, initiative and creativity.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Presentation skills; ability to present and explain business requirements to all audiences.

Travel:

Some travel required

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran