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Position: IT Business Analyst
End Client: Healthcare Industry
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 month contract
2 maybe 3 rounds of video interviews
JOB DESCRIPTION
MUST HAVES
- clean resume
- clean LinkedIN profile
- Recent Healthcare industry experience
- 8 years of total experience
- Azure DevOps experience
- recent experience writing user stories and requirements for software development teams
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst with deep healthcare domain expertise to lead requirements discovery and delivery for complex technology initiatives within an Agile environment using the Scrum framework. This role plays a strategic and hands-on part in bridging business needs with technical execution, working closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, development teams, and senior stakeholders.
The ideal candidate brings strong leadership as a senior contributor, the ability to handle ambiguity, and proven experience delivering value across healthcare-focused IT solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a senior liaison between business stakeholders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and development teams
- Lead complex requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation efforts across healthcare initiatives
- Translate business needs into well-defined epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria aligned with Agile/Scrum best practices
- Partner closely with the Product Owner to support product vision, backlog refinement, prioritization, and roadmap alignment
- Collaborate with the Scrum Master to ensure stories are ready, dependencies are identified, and Agile ceremonies are effective
- Provide leadership during Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Own end-to-end requirements traceability throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Proactively identify gaps, risks, and dependencies and recommend solutions
- Support and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, including test scenario creation, execution support, and defect triage
- Document and optimize current-state and future-state workflows, business processes, and data flows
- Mentor junior or mid-level business analysts as needed
- Ensure solutions align with healthcare regulatory, compliance, and data privacy standards
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst, with significant experience in healthcare environments
- Proven experience working in Agile methodology using the Scrum framework
- Demonstrated experience collaborating directly with Product Owners and Scrum Masters
- Strong expertise in writing high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional documentation
- Experience supporting complex healthcare systems, workflows, and integrations
- Hands-on experience supporting UAT and partnering with QA and development teams
- Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills
- Ability to operate independently and lead workstreams with minimal oversight
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with healthcare standards and integrations (e.g., HL7, FHIR, X12, APIs)
- Experience with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, or similar
- Knowledge of healthcare compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA)
- Agile or Business Analysis certifications (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSM, PSPO)
Key Competencies
- Senior-level understanding of Agile and Scrum roles and practices
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Ability to influence without authority
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments