Business Analyst with LIMS experience

Senior Business Analyst with LIMS experience

Lansing Michigan 48933

Duration: Initial 1-year contract with a possibility of extension

Interview Process: One-hour in-person interview with the hiring manager and two additional members of the team.

Hybrid Work Schedule

Required onsite days- Wednesdays and Thursdays

Remote eligible days- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays

Candidates must be local to the Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles) at time of submission. This requirement is non-negotiable

Must have skills: LIMS, Healthcare, HL7 experience

Description:

The position is responsible for taking a lead role in the implementation of two new

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for the Bureau of Laboratories

and for providing ongoing maintenance and support of several Bureau of Laboratories

applications supported within our department. These applications are critical for tracking

resources and producing reports for Public Health. The resource is integral to

supporting and improving automated processes, streamlining critical business

processes, data integrity, SEM/SUITE compliance, and securing the applications. As a

lead, the resource participates in a variety of assignments that provides for the

enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects. The resource

also provides application oversight to business analysts in the team that support other

applications. Not having a resource on staff will lead to delays and errors on the reports

tha will have to manually process and delay support of applications and

projects. This would significantly reduce the quality of Public Health services provided

Job Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements from lab

stakeholders (scientists, technicians, QA/QC, management)

• Translate laboratory workflows into system requirements and user stories

• Conduct gap analysis between current processes and system capabilities

• Support implementation, configuration, and enhancement of LIMS and related

systems

• Collaborate with vendors and IT teams on system upgrades, integrations, and

issue resolution

• Assist in validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ) where applicable

• Analyze lab workflows (sample tracking, testing, reporting) to identify

inefficiencies

• Recommend automation and digital solutions

• Standardized processes across labs or departments

• Maintain SOPs, user guides, and system documentation

• Act as the bridge between technical teams and non-technical lab users

• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and user acceptance testing (UAT)

• Provide ongoing user support and training

• Understanding of laboratory workflows:

o Sample lifecycle (login, testing, reporting)

o Instrument integration

o Quality control processes

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related

laboratory science (such as Biology or Chemistry)

• 8 years of experience in requirements elicitation and documentation (BRDs,

FRDs, user stories)

• 8 years of Process mapping (BPMN, flowcharts)

• 8 years of Gap analysis and solution design

• 8 years of Stakeholder management and communication

• 8 years of Agile and/or Waterfall methodologies

• Experience with LIMS platforms (e.g., Clinisys, STARLIMS, Labware)

• 8 years of experience with data migration and system implementation projects

• 8 years of creating training plans and materials

• Experience with Azure DevOps

• Understanding of:

o System integrations (APIs, HL7, ETL processes)

o SQL and basic database concepts

o Data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)