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The Senior Business Analyst I role focuses on collaborating with both technical and non-technical teams to deliver IT solutions that meet company goals. This position entails gathering and analyzing data, defining processes, researching best practices, and documenting improvements.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include gathering business requirements, mapping current processes, writing functional specifications, engaging with project teams, uncovering trends through analytics, and advising business leaders on strategic planning.

Skills: Candidates should have expertise in requirements gathering and documentation, writing functional specifications, understanding SDLC/Agile methodologies, experience with enterprise systems, and strong collaboration and presentation skills.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include strategic thinking, change management awareness, and the ability to develop business cases demonstrating ROI and efficiency gains.

Location: Home based in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $80,000 - $120,000.

Do you have the ability and desire to communicate and collaborate with both Technical and Non-Technical team members?

About the role, The Senior Business Analyst I 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 leading drug information resource widely used in healthcare and pharmacy systems

Responsibilities

• Gathering and synthesizing business and technical requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and data analysis.
• Mapping and evaluating current-state processes, identifying inefficiencies, and formulating optimized, future-state workflows using industry best practices.
• Translating business needs into clear, actionable functional specifications that guide system design and development.
• Supporting solution design through active engagement with developers, QA teams, and project managers, ensuring end-to-end alignment of scope, quality, and business value.
• Utilizing analytical tools and methodologies to uncover trends, measure performance, and drive continuous improvement.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to business leaders, contributing to strategic planning by identifying systems and process changes that deliver measurable impact.

Requirements

• Requirements Gathering & Documentation – Expertise in eliciting business and functional requirements through stakeholder engagement, interviews, and workshops.
• Writing Functional Specifications – Ability to clearly translate business needs into functional/technical documentation for development teams.
• Understanding of SDLC/Agile/Waterfall Methodologies – Familiarity with how requirements flow through project lifecycles.
• Working Knowledge of Enterprise Systems – Experience with ERP, CRM, or custom applications, depending on the industry.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Work effectively with developers, QA testers, project managers, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitation & Workshop Leadership – Lead discovery sessions, JAD sessions, and solution reviews.
• Presentation Skills – Communicate insights, findings, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stakeholder Management – Navigate competing priorities and drive alignment across business units.
• Business Case Development – Ability to justify proposed improvements by articulating ROI, efficiency gains, or risk mitigation.
• Change Management Awareness – Understanding of how system/process changes affect users and how to support adoption.
• Strategic Thinking – Align project work with broader organizational goals and roadmaps.

Work in a way that works for you

 We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits

- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

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