Senior Business Analyst – Launch Planning & Strategy

HireLifeScience; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 117,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

HireLifeScience in Rahway, NJ seeks a Senior Specialist, Business Analyst, Launch Planning to lead business analysis and process design for Strategy and Launch Planning within the Content Supply Chain Orchestration team. This role applies depth of expertise to shape high-quality requirements and support consistent execution across processes.

The position requires strong analysis, stakeholder management, and process-mapping skills in a matrixed environment, with advisory support to managers,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in business analysis, standards definition, compliance requirements translation, or solution design within regulated enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to gather, document, and validate business requirements, translate them into process and solution recommendations.
• Experience supporting planning workflows, launch processes, or cross-functional business operations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business and technology teams.
• Experience with process mapping, user story development, workflow documentation, testing support, and change impact assessment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with focus on scalable solutions.
• Preferred experience with Adobe Workfront or similar enterprise workflow platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, document, and validate requirements for Strategy and Planning and Launch Planning solutions.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, process flows, business rules, and functional requirements to support solution design and delivery.
• Drive high-quality backlog refinement, prioritization input, and scope clarity in partnership with product and technology teams.
• Analyze current-state workflows and identify opportunities to improve planning processes, reduce complexity, and drive standardization across launch planning activities.
• Document future-state processes, decision points, and dependencies to support scalable operations.
• Recommend best-practice process improvements based on business needs, user feedback, and operational insights.
• Drive execution excellence during solution delivery by clarifying requirements, resolving questions, and partnering with delivery teams through design, build, testing, and deployment.
• Contribute to test planning, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and readiness activities to ensure solutions meet business expectations.
• Help monitor adoption, capture feedback, and surface enhancement opportunities after release.
• Provide advisory support to cross-functional stakeholders to align requirements and guide adoption of new planning capabilities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, technology, life sciences, or a related field

Relevant certifications or equivalent practical experience in business analysis or process improvement

Tools

Adobe Workfront

Job description

HireLifeScience in Rahway, NJ seeks a Senior Specialist, Business Analyst, Launch Planning to lead business analysis and process design for Strategy and Launch Planning within the Content Supply Chain Orchestration team. This role applies depth of expertise to shape high-quality requirements and support consistent execution across processes.

The position requires strong analysis, stakeholder management, and process-mapping skills in a matrixed environment, with advisory support to managers,