Business Systems Analyst

Principal Software; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Software in Foster City is seeking a local on-site Senior Business Analyst. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with IT GxP processes and business process implementations, as well as strong communication and leadership skills.

This role involves working with cross-functional teams to gather business requirements, analyze processes, and design testing strategies while ensuring effective communication between technical teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years analyst experience preferred.
• Ability to elicit business requirements and translate into technical solutions.
• Expertise in modeling business processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to create Business Requirements.
• Act as liaison between technical teams and business community.
• Design comprehensive test plans for software and business processes.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Requirement analysis

Business Process modeling

Documentation

Tools

UML

SharePoint

Job description

PHARMACEUTICAL/BIO-TECH/LIFE SCIENCE EXPERIENCE PREFERRED.

IT GXP (Validation Process) EXPERIENCE PREFERRED.

Local on-site Senior Business Analyst with IT GxP process and Business Process implementation experience. The individual we are looking for is a seasoned Senior Business Analyst with strong core skills, including communication, leadership, taking the initiative, and driving for results with little support from other BA team members. This person will need to be able to work in a very fast‑paced and dynamic environment, yet bring organization and control to the track(s) of BA work they manage.

Mastered Skills

• Implement advanced strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing requirements
• Prioritize requirements and create conceptual prototypes and mock‑ups
• Master strategic business process modeling, traceability and quality management techniques
• Apply best practices for effective communication and problem‑solving
• Create clear and concise documentation

Minimum Requirements

• 7+ years analyst experience preferred.
• Ability to elicit business requirements and translate into technical solution design documents.
• Working knowledge of business processes, system development and process improvements.
• Proficient in gathering business requirements using UML, process flows and use cases.
• Expertise in modeling and mapping as‑is and to‑be business processes.
• Experience with complete software development life cycle.
• Understanding of technology capabilities and limitations.
• Experience with and strong understanding of various technologies and platforms, including end‑point devices (i.e., mobile devices, laptops, tablets, servers, etc.).
• Experience designing and reviewing test cases.
• Experience with QA (GxP) process methodology.
• Knowledge of SharePoint or similar collaboration portal.
• Self‑starter with strong problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders (IT Security team, Project Sponsor, Validation/Qualification team and Business counterparts) to elicit, analyze, and translate information creating Business Requirements, User Requirements, and/or Technical Requirements.
• Act as liaison between technical teams, senior management, and the business community, including managing communications between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Create and manage Traceability Matrix.
• Lead effort to obtain approvals for all types of Requirements.
• Manage user change requests and change process.
• Work with IT Security team, Project Sponsor, Validation/Qualification team and Business counterparts to gather and analyze information to develop new and update existing Process Flows and accompanying documentation (including swim‑lane diagrams and As‑is & To‑be documentation).
• Design comprehensive test plans to test the quality of software and business processes.
• Work with IT Security team and Business counterparts to gather information to create User Acceptance Test Strategy documents.
• Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing by providing test schedules, planning, test data, detailed test scripts and documenting test results.
• Lead effort to obtain approvals for UAT Testing Summary, including the creation of the summary itself.
• Work with Technical and Training Team to help Trainers develop Training Plan, Materials and Training execution.
• Manage Training Plan approvals.

Additional Information

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