Lead Business Analyst - Imaging

Medidata Solutions; Royal Oak (MI); Hybrid; USD 102,750 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Medidata Solutions in the United States seeks a Lead Business Analyst for the Imaging team. Based in Mason, OH or fully remote, you will collaborate with product managers, software engineers, QA, and business experts to enhance medical imaging capabilities used in clinical trials.

You will translate complex processes into clear requirements, define acceptance criteria, and guide Agile releases while training end-users and maintaining documentation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of business analysis experience in technology or pharmaceutical settings.
• Demonstrated expert competency leading and developing product documentation for multiple software projects.
• Thought-leader and active contributor to industry discussions on software development and clinical trial data.
• 4+ years experience working with Agile development on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a broad range of users to identify and document business processes and requirements; create user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Engage with IT partners to ensure business needs are translated into changes with high quality results.
• Manage the activities of other project resources by delegating assignments, following up on progress and reporting status.
• Understand QA processes and define acceptance criteria to ensure solutions meet requirements.
• Forecast and plan work using Agile methodology; monitor deliverables and ensure timely releases.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Planning

Regulatory knowledge

Medical imaging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Google Docs

Visio

Lucidchart

Jira

Cucumber

GitHub

Bugzilla

Rally

Job description

Location: This role will be based in Mason, OH, or fully remote.

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systemes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team:

The Lead Business Analyst is a key role in a dynamic team of product managers, software engineers, quality assurance managers, and business experts. The Imaging Lead Business Analyst supports a suite of products supporting medical imaging collection and/or analysis for clinical trials and in the healthcare space. The Lead Business Analyst works closely with multidisciplinary teams to continue to enhance the capabilities of the Medidata Imaging offerings.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a broad range of users to identify and document the business processes and requirements; create user stories and acceptance criteria to support the development and integration of business systems.
• Engage with IT partners to ensure business needs are correctly translated to support processes and systems changes with high quality results.
• Manage the activities of other project resources by delegating assignments, following up on progress and reporting status.
• Understand Quality Assurance processes and be able to define acceptance criteria to ensure solution/design meets business requirements.
• Ability to influence management to adopt enhancements in business processes or technology to increase optimal business performance.
• Experience working in complex systems architecture that integrates with multiple systems, understanding both the technical and functional aspects and ensuring that systems are integrated efficiently.
• Keep up with best practices and other related industries that could be incorporated into our technological roadmap.
• Understand networks, databases, object models and workflows in order to make key business decisions.
• Be able to accurately forecast and plan work using Agile methodology; monitor deliverables and ensure timely completion of software releases; this includes but is not limited to managing scope and dependencies.
• Effectively train end-users and maintain up-to-date documentation on system procedures.
• Define essential elements of product and solution roadmaps

Your Competencies:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills sufficient to present to C-suite level executives
• Expert analysis and problem solving skills to take on highly complex, interdependent problems at an enterprise level
• Detail-oriented planning and organization skills across multiple projects and organizations
• Expertise using tools used for client presentations, collaboration with other teams, requirements management, workflow definition, product issue management, and testing requirements. (for example, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Google Docs, Vizio, Lucidchart, Jira, Cucumber, GitHub, Bugzilla, Rally)
• Understanding of regulations related to data used in clinical trials
• Experience with medical imaging

Your Education & Experience:

• 4 year college degree
• 4+ years experience with progressively greater responsibility for business analysis at technology or pharmaceutical companies, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated expert competency leading and developing product documentation of features and functions for multiple software projects of various sizes and complexity
• Thought-leader and active contributor to industry discussion forums for software development or clinical research and clinical trial data topics
• 4+ years experience working with teams using a defined software development methodology including in-depth experience working with agile development on multiple projects, or equivalent experience

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location. Pay ranges for candidates in locations other than New York City, may differ based on the local market data in that region.

The salary range for positions nationally will be $102,750- $137,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, family leave, flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until we fill the position.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $102750 and $137000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.