Business Analyst

Overview

The Business Analyst will support the development and delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making.

This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.

• Working within North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division Data Modernization Office the Business Analyst will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to gather requirements, assure that requirements are correctly understood by implementation teams, assure user training and change management, and facilitate alignment towards the planning and implementation of public health data modernization projects.
• The Business Analyst will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division Data Modernization Office.

This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for based candidates.

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in requirements gathering / JAD sessions, working closely with Project or Program Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
• Define and document requirements and use cases, and ensure these are correctly understood by implementation teams.
• Define and document implementation plans for data modernization projects, working closely with Project or Program Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
• Develop comprehensive test cases at the application and multi-application levels.
• Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
• Conduct and direct end-user testing responsibilities.
• May perform data quality assurance; troubleshooting application and / or interfaces as problems arise and report issues.
• Facilitate business / functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
• Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience as a business analyst, project, or implementation manager. 7 years preferred.
• Experience in healthcare information technology (IT) preferred.
• Experience writing Use Cases to document requirements.
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery.
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes.
• Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
• Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
• Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
• Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
• Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to technical and non-technical teams.
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Special Notes This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve.

Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.