Senior Business Analyst I

RELX Group; United States; On-site; USD 79,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is building a generative-AI powered clinical decision support tool designed to help healthcare professionals quickly find trusted, evidence-based answers at the point of care. The Senior Business Analyst I will partner with one or more business units and IT to deliver moderately complex IT solutions aligned with cost, quality and strategic targets.

You will gather requirements, document current processes, translate them into user stories and functional specs, and collaborate with remote

Qualifications

• Experience with gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into user stories/functional specifications.
• Ability to document current processes and define future state with clear business cases.
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with QA to define test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of new tools, standard processes and moderate solutions to meet core product needs.
• Analyzing, defining and documenting complex requirements and business processes.
• Developing complex systems specifications and process flows.
• Following established business processes, protocols and quality standards in the development and deployment of intermediate and complex solutions.
• Maintaining stakeholder expectations and raise appropriate issues to project managers, as necessary.
• Developing "trusted advisor" relationship with senior stakeholders through effective communication and efficient, quality execution on projects.
• Gathering business requirements and translate them into user stories/functional specifications.
• Identifying and documenting process improvements and functional specifications based on research of best practices and analysis of work group data.
• Creating moderately complex technical and functional user documentation.
• Performing moderately complex analysis on existing systems; identifying options for potential solutions and assess for both technical and business suitability.
• Working between remote development teams, internal IT and business to ensure requirements are being met.
• Collaborating in an Agile/Scrum environment: participate in standups, sprints planning, backlog grooming, and demos.
• Collaborating with QA to define and implement test strategies and acceptance criteria.

Job description

Senior Business Analyst I

Experience: Not Available to Not Available years

Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Skills: JIRA, Confluence, Agile, Microsoft Office, software development methodologies, frontend development, UX patterns, Claude Cowork, Claude Code

About the role

The Senior Business Analyst is a senior-level position that will work with one or more business units, supporting moderately complex projects aimed at delivering IT solutions and services that meet company cost, quality and strategic targets. The role will predominately focus on gathering and analyzing work group data, defining current processes and requirements, researching best practices and identifying and documenting process improvements and functional specifications.

About the team

This team is building a generative-AI-powered clinical decision support tool designed specifically to help healthcare professionals quickly find trusted, evidence-based answers at the point of care. It combines a massive curated medical knowledge base with conversational AI so clinicians can ask questions in natural language and get concise, clinically relevant responses backed by real scientific evidence.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of new tools, standard processes and moderate solutions to meet core product needs.
• Analyzing, defining and documenting complex requirements and business processes.
• Developing complex systems specifications and process flows.
• Following established business processes, protocols and quality standards in the development and deployment of intermediate and complex solutions.
• Maintaining stakeholder expectations and raise appropriate issues to project managers, as necessary.
• Developing "trusted advisor" relationship with senior stakeholders through effective communication and efficient, quality execution on projects.
• Gathering business requirements and translate them into user stories/functional specifications.
• Identifying and documenting process improvements and functional specifications based on research of best practices and analysis of work group data.
• Creating moderately complex technical and functional user documentation.
• Performing moderately complex analysis on existing systems; identifying options for potential solutions and assess for both technical and business suitability.
• Working between remote development teams, internal IT and business to ensure requirements are being met.
• Collaborating in an Agile/Scrum environment: participate in standups, sprints planning, backlog grooming, and demos.
• Collaborating with QA to define and implement test strategies and acceptance criteria.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• Intermediate understanding of software development methodologies, platforms, tools and languages.
• Competent proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective process documentation skills.
• Developing advanced IT research, software analysis and design skills.
• Confident in gathering business requirements and translating them into user stories/functional specifications on moderate or large projects.
• Prior experience with frontend development and UX patterns and practices.
• Experience using Claude Cowork or Claude Code.

Company Overview

Elsevier is a renowned global information analytics company that primarily focuses on providing scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research content, tools, and services. It is one of the largest publishers of academic journals and scholarly literature in the world. Elsevier operates in various domains, including science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and more. They publish a vast number of peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of disciplines. These journals act as platforms for researchers and academics to share their findings and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in their respective fields. In addition to publishing, Elsevier offers a suite of digital solutions and services to support researchers, scientists, and professionals in their work. They provide online platforms like ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Mendeley, which offer access to a vast repository of scholarly articles, research papers, and other scientific content. These platforms often serve as essential resources for software developers seeking to stay updated with the latest scientific advancements.

U.S. National Base Pay Range

$78,800 – $131,300. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

If performed in New Jersey, the base pay range is $93,016 – $148,584.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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