Business Systems Analyst II

Title: Business Systems Analyst II
Location: South San Francisco, CA (Remote till COVID)
Duration: 6 months contract on W2 + High possibility of extension based on your performance.

Description:

The growing GRED IT Lab Engineering, Automation & Productivity (LEAP) group supports the IT needs of Clients Research and Early Development (GRED) laboratories.
LEAP seeks a talented business analyst to translate business strategy into technology-enabled solutions for groups across the GRED organization. Your responsibilities will include working across a diverse team of lab scientists and IT professionals to analyze and design business processes, elicit and manage requirements involving key business stakeholders, design user-centered systems, and document software solutions for lab operations.
You will join a growing LEAP team with a variety of skills and experiences in both technology and life sciences.
Together you will have the opportunity to shape and build a modern R&D environment that propels clients' drug development ambitions.
The client provides an exceptional research environment composed of internationally recognized leaders, state-of-the-art core facilities with cutting edge technologies, and a drive for innovation.
We foster a highly inclusive and collaborative community, and as such, you will interact closely with leading scientists, talented IT professionals and others, all working together to deliver life saving therapies to patients.

Responsibilities:
Provides business analysis for various LEAP and business processes, focusing on lab operations and scheduling Creates required project documentation such as: user requirements, epics/users stories, functional specs, risk, communication, stakeholder & change management, testing, deployment, and support plans Support GRED IT partnering efforts with labs to support key sciences and technologies by resolving ad-hoc inquiries via efficient collaboration with stakeholders or hand-offs to relevant support teams Identity, recommend, and implement opportunities for streamlining team and business processes Create and review training materials, assisting in training where necessary

Successful candidates will have many of the following attributes: Minimum education level is a bachelor's degree, preferably in a science or technology discipline
3+ years of business systems analyst experience
Knowledge of scientific applications and technologies
A focus on solution delivery, with excellent time management and organizational skills
Excellent interpersonal skills with your own team, technical IT partners, and customers
Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to non-technical audiences
Experience with knowledge management software (e.g. GSites, Confluence)
Experience with issue tracking software (e.g. Trello, JIRA)
Experience with lab instrument scheduling software tools a plus
Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to non-technical audiences