Business Analyst

Business Analyst – Intelligent Platforms Position Type: Contract, 6–12 months Category: Business Analysis / Digital Product Operations Location: Preferably in NJ Ideal candidates should have experience in business analysis, digital product operations, healthcare environments, requirements documentation, Jira/Confluence, and working across business, clinical, product, and technology stakeholders. Position Summary Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support discovery, requirements definition, and documentation for a next-generation intelligent clinical decision-support platform. This role will serve as a hands-on execution resource working closely with product and business leadership to translate early-stage strategy, stakeholder input, legacy process knowledge, and emerging clinical workflow needs into clear, actionable business and functional requirements. The ideal candidate is a structured thinker, strong facilitator, and exceptional documenter who can operate effectively in ambiguity. This is a business and product operations role focused on discovery, analysis, documentation, backlog readiness, and cross-functional alignment; it is not a technical engineering or software development position. Key Responsibilities 1. Discovery, Current-State Assessment, and Stakeholder Alignment · Facilitate discovery sessions: Partner with clinical, R&D, operational, product, and technology stakeholders to elicit needs, clarify objectives, and document current-state capabilities and workflows. · Translate ambiguity into structure: Convert high-level business concepts, early-stage platform goals, and stakeholder input into clear business needs, process definitions, and decision points. · Assess legacy processes and systems: Capture how existing tools, workflows, data sources, and manual processes operate today to identify dependencies, gaps, risks, and future-state opportunities. 1. Business, Functional, and Integration Requirements · Develop requirements documentation: Author clear and complete business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and related product documentation. · Map integration touchpoints: Document business-level data flows, system interactions, handoffs, and integration needs across clinical platforms and enterprise systems such as ServiceNow, Workday, data marketplaces, and related technology ecosystems. · Create process and workflow artifacts: Produce process maps, workflow diagrams, data-use logic tables, traceability artifacts, and other visual documentation needed to align business and technical stakeholders. 1. Product Backlog Readiness and Governance Support · Prepare backlog items for delivery: Translate approved requirements into well-structured Jira backlog items that are sufficiently detailed for grooming, estimation, and technical handoff. · Support governance and milestone reviews: Develop and maintain requirements traceability, business rule logs, decision logs, data definitions, and supporting artifacts required for formal review processes and executive milestone gates. · Maintain documentation discipline: Ensure requirements, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and open questions are captured, organized, versioned, and accessible in collaboration tools such as Confluence. Qualifications and Core Competencies Required Experience · 9+ years of business analysis experience, preferably in contract, consulting, or project-based roles requiring rapid ramp-up and independent execution. · Experience supporting digital product, data platform, clinical, healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated initiatives. · Demonstrated ability to document requirements for data-heavy products, analytics platforms, workflow tools, enterprise integrations, or complex operational systems. · Familiarity with regulated environment considerations such as GxP, HIPAA, SaMD, privacy, validation, compliance, or quality system constraints is strongly preferred. Required Skills · Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to convert complex stakeholder discussions into concise, structured, and unambiguous documentation. · Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, including comfort working across business, clinical, operations, product, and technology teams. · Hands-on proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and process-mapping tools such as Lucidchart, Visio, or equivalent platforms. · Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, surface risks and dependencies, and drive clarity in ambiguous or evolving environments. · Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect business processes, data flows, user needs, and system capabilities into coherent future-state requirements.