Functional Business Analyst

Title: Functional Business Analyst

Location: Waltham, MA (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Experience: 10+ year

Must have:

Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts.

Skilled in traceability, testing and validation.

Supports the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting.

Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design.

Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits.

Pharma industry is a plus

*We are not looking for an IT focused candidate, it is more facilities/management focused*

The Senior Business Analyst has experience performing business analysis and design either alone delivering small scale business change activities; or as a contributor to a large scale or global business change. The Senior Business Analyst operates with interactive communication, demonstrating inclusion and cultural sensitivity.

The role will partner with the Business Relationship Manager or Business Analyst colleagues to support the development of business cases, assist in business process design and ensure that proposed solutions meet established Exosome Diagnostics quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.

The Senior Business Analyst is expected to perform at Capable level in the following:

Business Needs Identification - Operates at a functional level in assessing and defining business need and areas for improvement. Proactively seeks out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals, proposing potential solutions through research.
Business Analysis Planning - Selects the appropriate analysis approach to a piece of work depending on its complexity, level of risk, known assumptions, constraints and dependencies. Proficient in scoping and recommending appropriate approaches. Capable of planning and managing their own activities to meet deliverables and deadlines.
Stakeholder Analysis & Change - Effectively identifies stakeholders and builds and maintains relationships according to individual stakeholder needs and levels of influence. Contributes to communication plans and change management for project and stakeholders.

Requirements :
Analysis and Design Definition
Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts.
Skilled in traceability, testing and validation.
Supports the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design.
Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits.
Business Case and Benefits Management Supports the business case definition, capturing business justification for investment including ROI and benefits realization.
Solution Evaluation - Analyzes and assesses solution proposals and able to articulate supporting reasoning. i.e. assessing business readiness, maximizing value vs. spend.

Work collaboratively with
1. Business Relationship Managers and Business Analysts to develop and maintain the business relationship, support business process change and act as point of contact for application development
2. Business customers to identify business requirements and effectively communicate impact, cost and benefits of new and changed demands. Support or facilitate User Acceptance Testing.
3. Process owners to identify and devise solutions that optimize business process performance, capability and competitiveness
4. IT Architecture, Delivery and Support to ensure clear understanding of requirements and effective testing so that the solutions delivered to the business are efficient and effective, meeting the customer experience expectations.
Work collaboratively with or take responsibility for:
5. Test Lead to define the testing approach and the components of testing to ensure traceability of requirements and effectiveness of overall solution.
6. Change Management/Communication Lead to ensure the Change Management and Communications plans and delivery support the Stakeholder Analysis.

Title: Functional Business Analyst Location: Waltham, MA (Onsite) Type: Contract Experience: 10+ year Must have: Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts. Skilled in traceability, testing and validation. Supports the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting. Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design. Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits. Pharma industry is a plus *We are not looking for an IT focused candidate, it is more facilities/management focused* The Senior Business Analyst has experience performing business analysis and design either alone delivering small scale business change activities; or as a contributor to a large scale or global business change. The Senior Business Analyst operates with interactive communication, demonstrating inclusion and cultural sensitivity. The role will partner with the Business Relationship Manager or Business Analyst colleagues to support the development of business cases, assist in business process design and ensure that proposed solutions meet established Exosome Diagnostics quality and compliance standards and business solution needs. The Senior Business Analyst is expected to perform at Capable level in the following: Business Needs Identification - Operates at a functional level in assessing and defining business need and areas for improvement. Proactively seeks out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals, proposing potential solutions through research. Business Analysis Planning - Selects the appropriate analysis approach to a piece of work depending on its complexity, level of risk, known assumptions, constraints and dependencies. Proficient in scoping and recommending appropriate approaches. Capable of planning and managing their own activities to meet deliverables and deadlines. Stakeholder Analysis & Change - Effectively identifies stakeholders and builds and maintains relationships according to individual stakeholder needs and levels of influence. Contributes to communication plans and change management for project and stakeholders. Requirements : Analysis and Design Definition Responsible for requirements management plans including elicitation, approvals, processes, RAID and scope impacts. Skilled in traceability, testing and validation. Supports the work with the business to identify functional and technical requirements, translating the requirements into design specifications reflecting Functional Design, User Interface Design and Business Process Design. Closely partnering with the Architecture team, ensuring the technical solution will deliver the agreed business benefits. Business Case and Benefits Management Supports the business case definition, capturing business justification for investment including ROI and benefits realization. Solution Evaluation - Analyzes and assesses solution proposals and able to articulate supporting reasoning. i.e. assessing business readiness, maximizing value vs. spend. Work collaboratively with 1. Business Relationship Managers and Business Analysts to develop and maintain the business relationship, support business process change and act as point of contact for application development 2. Business customers to identify business requirements and effectively communicate impact, cost and benefits of new and changed demands. Support or facilitate User Acceptance Testing. 3. Process owners to identify and devise solutions that optimize business process performance, capability and competitiveness 4. IT Architecture, Delivery and Support to ensure clear understanding of requirements and effective testing so that the solutions delivered to the business are efficient and effective, meeting the customer experience expectations. Work collaboratively with or take responsibility for: 5. Test Lead to define the testing approach and the components of testing to ensure traceability of requirements and effectiveness of overall solution. 6. Change Management/Communication Lead to ensure the Change Management and Communications plans and delivery support the Stakeholder Analysis.