PREREQUISITES Strong IT experience
Strong presence with senior management
Strong relationship development skills
4 year degree, graduate degree a plus
Summary: The Senior Business Analyst, IT – Global Business Partnership team will act as a liaison between IT and key requirements stakeholders. Candidate must have excellent client-facing skills, superior documentation and technical skills, and must possess the ability to think, write, and work independently.
The candidate should have at least 8 – 10 years of general business analysis experience, hands-on experience with UML, developing Use Cases, and performing Use Case, Sequence, and Activity diagramming as well as Business Process Mapping. The candidate should have exposure to requirements management tools such as BluePrint Requirements Center, Requisite Pro, or something similar.
The candidate will work closely with technical teams, the project manager, and with the Global Marketing team in the ongoing efforts to build out an enterprise data warehouse and reporting system for the Global Marketing division. The Senior Business Analyst will also play a key role in a variety of data acquisition and integration efforts, including soliciting and documenting requirements through to test plan and test script design and project delivery. Candidate must also possess a thorough knowledge of marketing and financial concepts and key performance indicators (KPI’s) for the global Hematology and Oncology markets.
“ Ability to engage in new subject areas and quickly establish understanding and credibility with the goal of collecting and documenting detailed data and reporting requirements from a variety of stakeholders
“ Validate, analyze, and document detailed business requirements; identify gaps between system capabilities and business requirements; and map capabilities to requirements to ensure that business needs are met
“ Assist in the creation, review and approval of functional system designs for new and updated product/service capabilities
“ Assist in the translation of business requirements into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
“ Develop and manage data to be utilized for UAT test cases
“ Maintain and update documentation as changes in systems and business processes occur
“ Work with Project Manager to resolve prioritization challenges
“ Assist with the development and execution of Change Management and training throughout the organization during the Implementation projects
“ Clearly document business needs via business requirements gathering automation tools to define use cases, report design specifications, and data flows
“ Document current state of data and reporting and plan the future state for business process
“ Minimum of 8 – 10 years experience as a technical or business analyst in the development of an enterprise data warehouse with familiarity in data warehousing concepts
“ Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to provide effective status communications to multiple levels of the organization
“ Familiarity with the following data areas:
“ Global Financial Budget and Actuals
“ Patient Duration
“ Market Share
“ Brand Forecasting
“ Dispense/Rx Data
“ Forecasting Data
“ Ability to write queries to select data sets from disparate data sources including Oracle, SQL, Access, Business Objects Desktop and Web Intelligence, and other tools
“ Strong attention to detail and the ability to engage personally with stakeholders as well as manage globally distributed teams
Skills/Knowledge Required: Please make sure your candidate has strong knowledge of the following:
“ 8 – 10 years’ experience as a technical or business analyst role in a data warehousing environment
“ Experience in marketing reporting and KPI’s
“ Demonstrated familiarity with Business Intelligence tools specifically Business Objects Desktop and WebI
“ Proven track record of creating User Requirements Documents, Test Plans, and Test Scripts
“ Demonstrated Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rules Engines or Process Automation
“ Project management experience
“ Knowledge of the SDLC for both COTS and Custom Build
“ Extensive knowledge and familiarity with BABOK
“ Experience in the management of distributed project teams
“ A desire to help our clients successfully meet their goals by helping them deliver on their project
“ Senior-level experience with the following software:
“ Blueprint Requirements Center
“ MS Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint
“ Business Objects Desktop and WebIntelligence