Business Analyst

BUSINESS ANALYST LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ Local candidates only. Required Skills:

• 5 years life sciences experience .
• 5 years of project SDLC such as Agile or waterfall experience .
• 3 years of Stakeholder and Vendor management .
• Local candidates only
• A bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience in business analysis or a related field.

• Strong skills in building and maintaining successful networks and relationships with key leaders across a single functional area to ensure IT projects are supported and successfully delivered.
• Organizes and presents ideas in a convincing and compelling manner.
• Persuades and influences others with effective verbal and written communication.
• Understands the value of process-centric approach to business analysis and capability development.
• Command of project management techniques and tools.
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• A track record of following through on commitments.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Experience leading and developing top performing teams.
• A history of leading and supporting successful projects.

• Requirements management :
  • Gather and Maintain consent capability requirements and systems integration requirements .
  • Identify and resolve gaps in requirements that may need to be addressed .
  • Facilitate the review of business requirements gathered internally and by vendor teams and obtain approval with project leadership and key SME's .
  • Maintain Requirements to support IT QM and QA related activities .
• Vendor & technical team support :
  • Manage multiple vendor activities, resolve gaps in requirements .
  • Support project team on day-to-day business need, scope, and requirements clarification .
  • Support the vendor technical teams and IT QA QM on validation activities .
  • Facilitate vendor demo, workshops and support identifying stakeholders for the workstream meetings .
  • Work closely with DCMS, Project Managers to ensure that the project timelines, risks, and dependencies are raised to the appropriate teams and resolved .
• Business stakeholder management :
  • Deliverables supporting IT BP stakeholder management & status updates .
  • Facilitate and support the UAT activities,
  • Help support business stakeholders on change management activities .