Silver Springs, MD
12+ Months
Top responsibilities
• Independently initiates, investigates, documents, and analyzes clients’ systems requirements in complex project areas such as: new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.
• Independently assesses scope and impact of client business needs to define a project and leads partnering IT services in accomplishing those needs.
Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional requirements, IT functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.
• Develops complex business cases with cost, service, benefit and ROI dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
• Presents completed business cases for leadership approval.
• Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective IT solutions that support client business processes and functional requirements for complex IT projects or tasks on large IT projects.
• Evaluates existing application products that could address client requirements and develops recommendations where appropriate.
• Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies.
• Conducts and/or participates in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.
• Conducts workflows, process diagrams and gap analysis to identify system, application and/or hardware needs.
• Identifies overlaps and related processes.
• Collaborates with client in implementation of the planning, marketing, training and operating of automated systems.
• Designs and implements training programs for train-the-trainers for clients of new and enhanced applications.
• Provides product expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.
• Understands and delivers on Service Level Agreements.
• Performs risk analysis.
• Develops and implements communication and escalation plans and resolves issues.
• Uses the associated project planning tools.
• Provides knowledge transfer as appropriate.
Required Experience:
***These are the MUST HAVE items. If a candidate does not have these then they will be rejected!***
• 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst / Consultant
***5 years of experience with a Bachelor Degree***
• MUST HAVE Experience with Laboratory Information Systems and/or HL7 backgrounds ***They DO NOT need to have the HL7 Certification***
• Ability to interview business users, develop and document business requirements/ design specifications, and provide high-level estimates
• Familiarity with pathology and laboratory operational processes.
• Demonstrated collaboration, documentation, and presentation skills
• Thorough knowledge of Business Analysis practices.
• Demonstrated experience working in a SDLC environment.
Preferred Experience:
***These are things that we would like to see, but are NOT required to fill the position. These are NOT disqualifying items.***
• BA/BS degree
• Knowledge with PathNet a plus.
• Knowledge of KP Health Plan systems preferably within the Laboratory Information Systems domain
• Knowledge of Requirements and document management practices
• Knowledge of structured analysis or use-case based analysis
• Demonstrated ability to work with both Technical and Business management and staff
• Must have a strong team focus and ability to work well under deadlines
Required Education:
• High School Diploma
Skills to be successful in this role:
• Must have a positive attitude and the ability to collaborate and communicate with all levels of management
• Issue resolution and management
• Ability to integrate
• Adaptable
If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond back with an updated copy of your word-format resume OR call at 877-884-8834
ext 2226. In addition to your resume please provide the following information:
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