Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EVERSANA provides commercialization services and solutions to the life sciences industry. The Senior Business Analyst serves as the primary liaison between Business, Product, and Data Engineering teams to deliver data and analytics initiatives supporting pharmaceutical commercialization. The role gathers requirements, manages end-to-end project delivery, facilitates Agile ceremonies, coordinates cross-functional teams, and ensures high-quality data engineering solutions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document business, functional, and technical requirements for data engineering initiatives
- Translate business requirements into Epics, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, process flows, and functional specifications using Agile best practices
- Lead end-to-end project delivery by managing project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional coordination
- Manage Agile delivery using JIRA, including backlog prioritization, sprint planning, story refinement, progress tracking, and Agile ceremonies
- Serve as the primary liaison between Business, Product, Engineering, QA, and Architecture teams, ensuring effective stakeholder communication and alignment
- Collaborate with Data Engineers and Architects to support data integration, ETL/ELT, cloud data platform, reporting, and analytics initiatives
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, release planning, deployment readiness, and Hypercare support to ensure successful solution delivery
- Monitor project health through status reporting, dashboards, executive communications, and proactive risk and issue management
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, requirements traceability, governance artifacts, and SDLC deliverables while promoting documentation standards
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to optimize delivery processes, standardize methodologies, and enhance Agile and project governance practices
- Mentor team members, foster collaboration, and promote knowledge sharing while demonstrating a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Skills
- Education (Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field)
- Experience and/or Training : 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Project Coordinator, or similar role supporting technology or data initiatives. Proven experience gathering business and functional requirements and translating them into actionable technical deliverables
- Strong experience managing multiple projects simultaneously within Agile/Scrum environments
- Hands-on experience using JIRA for backlog management, sprint planning, issue tracking, reporting, and Agile delivery
- Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Working knowledge of Data Engineering concepts including ETL/ELT, data warehousing, cloud data platforms, APIs, SQL, and reporting solutions
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Travel (< 5%)
- Hours (40 hours per week, 8am-5pm local time, Monday thru Friday; occasionally may require extra hours and weekend work if needed to meet project deadlines)
- While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to reach, grasp, stand and/or sit for long periods of time (up to 90% of the shift), walk, talk and hear; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet, with frequent interruptions and multiple demands
- Education (Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field)
- Experience and/or Training : 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Project Coordinator, or similar role supporting technology or data initiatives. Proven experience gathering business and functional requirements and translating them into actionable technical deliverables
- Experience within the Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, or Commercialization industry
- Experience supporting Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Analytics, or Cloud Data Platform initiatives
- Familiarity with modern data technologies including Snowflake, GBQ, dbt, Qlik, AWS, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms
- Understanding of release management, change management, and production support processes
- Experience preparing executive-level dashboards, project governance reports, and portfolio status updates
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), CBAP, or equivalent certification is preferred
- Experience working in regulated environments with an understanding of compliance, data privacy, and healthcare/pharmaceutical business processes
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