Business Analyst w/ Biology Research in Cambridge at Cambridge

Job Description

The Business Analyst will serve as a technical & scientific resource to therapeutic area scientists (Immunology & Neurology), and translate scientific requirements into successful technical solutions and processes. S/he will be expected to actively gather scientific requirements, communicate with scientists to assure their understanding of existing tools, projects, and future direction, and meet their ever-changing needs. The position will focus on identifying IT infrastructure requirements for new lab instrumentation as well as assay data management & analysis for the therapeutic areas.
The key activities for this position include:
Developing the necessary documentation for IT solutions projects - i.e. statement of work, project objectives & metrics, business requirements, use cases, storyboards, functional specifications, systems & end-user documentation.
Assisting in solutions identification, selection, implementation, and testing, and working with the technical delivery team(s) for translation into solution, whether new development or COTS technologies.
Assisting in application configuration and migration of any historical data
Assisting in testing & QA for new implementations, enhancements, fixes, and maintenance releases
Serving as a "super user", trainer, and technical/functional software support expert during implementations and for prototypes & pilots; serve as an in-house expert and promoter for our application portfolio.
Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years experience as a business analyst, with command of business analysis techniques, methodologies, & tools, as well as SDLC & iterative systems development methodologies, and ideally in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry
Strong knowledge of drug discovery information systems & workflows for lab assay data & knowledge management, data query & analysis, lab automation, and high-content lab instrumentation. Familiarity or experience with one of more of the following (or similar applications):
In-vitro data management platforms such as Accord, ActivityBase, BioBook, etc.
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to interact with business users, technical team, project managers, senior management, outsourced service providers, and vendors
Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to organize and present ideas in a convincing and compelling manner.

Randstad Technologies is an EOE-M/F/V/D and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Randstad Holding nv, a $20.0 billion global provider of HR services and the second largest staffing organization in the world.

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Country: USA, State: Massachusetts, City: Cambridge, Company: Randstad Technologies.