Business Analyst -BioInformatics

Business Analyst - BioInformatics ROCGJP00030804

A leading biotechnology company is seeking a Business Analyst - BioInformatics who is a self-motivated expert in business analysis who is passionate about improving healthcare. The successful candidate will collaborate with one or more internal business groups and IT teams to understand their main goals and needs. This will help IT teams create products that meet business needs and are valuable, stable, easy to use, and scalable. The ideal candidate has business analysis skills, knowledge of Agile Release Trains, experience in GxP-compliant environments, and expertise in Computer System Validation (CSV) to deliver regulated GMP IT products and capabilities.

Business Analyst - BioInformatics Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $65-$75/hr
• Worksite: Leading biotechnology company (South San Francisco, CA 94080, Open to remote candidates in the United States, Candidates located in South San Francisco are preferred)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program
• 40 hours/week, 8 Month Assignment

Business Analyst - BioInformatics Responsibilities:

• Work on two main product areas within the advanced therapies product line. The first area is Bioinformatics workflows & cloud, and the second is setting up genomics capabilities, specifically an NGS lab.
• Analyze/document current and future business process models, high-level requirements (scope), and detailed functional specifications or agile user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Guide and support other Business Analysts and Product Managers as they develop the detailed requirements or agile user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Lead/contribute to all acceptance testing efforts, including SAT, UAT, and dry runs.
• Effectively communicate with the IT development team and the extended project team.
• Independently make BA project decisions with impact at the process, organization, or program level.
• Tailor messaging to different target audiences and choose appropriate communication channels.
• Act as a Lead BA and/or Product Owner/Product Owner Delegate on large/global or multi-portfolio initiatives/projects.
• Actively look for opportunities to improve how business processes are executed.

Business Analyst - BioInformatics Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information technology.
• Strong hands-on experience in deploying a broad set of technologies end-to-end.
• Experience in and understanding of application development methodology, including Agile and Waterfall approaches, process modeling and re-engineering, user acceptance testing, organizational change management, and large-scale/global system implementations.
• Experience in GxP-compliant environments.
• Proven leadership abilities and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated success in handling initiatives of high complexity, high profile, and large scale/global programs.
• Proven skills in relationship building, influencing, customer focus, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Demonstrated ability to learn the business in unfamiliar areas quickly and remain curious.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and presentation skills; solid business acumen; and well-honed influencing skills are essential.
• Self-motivated and team-oriented; able to work both autonomously and effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team.
• Comfortable working with Google collaboration tools.
• Knowledge of Bioinformatics workflows and genomics data management
• Understanding of the needs and operations of a Wet lab, including Electronic Lab Notesbook and Labratory Information Management (LIMs) systems.
• Experience implementing IT solutions that need GMP validation.
• Experience working in an agile development team.
• Familiarity with agile methods and tools like User Stories, Story Maps, and Personas.
• Very proactive.
• Experience working with data systems that produce data, around and manufacturing.