Business Analyst III

Pay Rate: $85 - $95/Hour

Description:

We are one of the most exciting pipelines in the Biotech / Pharmaceutical industry. Along with this growth comes a number of exciting opportunities to work with our expanding business areas. Within Research & Development (R&D) IT, there is a need to support the Regulatory Affairs organization team as a contract Business Analyst.

This person will be expected to partner with the Principal Business Analyst and the Regulatory organization to support a suite of systems.

The key activities for this position include:

• Lead/Co-Lead requirements elicitation sessions
• Develop process knowledge to translate to business and technical requirements
• Documentation of business processes and use cases
• Author of SDLC deliverables for review
• When required, support complex data migration activities, including Excel data mapping and repeated load processing activities
• Provide appropriate technical/functional software support throughout the life of the project
• Assist in testing preparation and implementation of new application
• Support development of training materials and facilitation of end user training sessions
• Contribute to the creation of operational support documentation
• Determine systems retirement/data archiving requirements and execute via standard processes, as needed
• Complete other ad hoc tasks requested of Principal Business Analyst

Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to interact with business users, technical IT groups, project managers, senior management, outsourced service providers, and vendors.
• 5+ years' experience as a business analyst, with command of business analysis techniques & tools, as well as SDLC & iterative systems development methodologies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to organize and present ideas in a convincing and compelling manner.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment; team player yet able to work independently with minimal direction.
• Familiarity with GxP, CFR 21 Part 11 and systems validation.
• Life Sciences, Biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.
• Regulatory and/or Parexel Insight Manager knowledge a plus.

Education:

BA or BS required and 5+ years of experience.