Sr. Principal Business Analyst

Job Title: Sr. Principal. Business Analyst

Duration: 15 months with potential for extension and conversion

Location: Bellevue, WA

Pay Rate: $75.00- $85.00/hr on W2

Open to Remote/Hybrid: Yes, but onsite preferred

Work Schedule: PST focus

Interview process: Virtual Interviews

Top 3-5 Must-Have Non-negotiable Skills Required

Ability to work with key stakeholders such as Product Management, the IDTF, Customer Experience, Finance and IT ensures that their needs are analyzed and clearly specified.

Ability to translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements / technical specifications in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team

Ability to support the technical team with preparation of documents for regulatory compliance to the FDA and other global standards

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Extensive experience on projects for software engineering and IT with a customer-facing product focus.

Is a bachelor’s degree Required? Yes. BSCS preferred.

How many years of recent experience does this person need to have? 12

Nice to Have Skills

Healthcare And/or Medical Device Experience Is Preferred

Anything else you would like to add:

Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment

Driven by the transcendent purpose that your work directly helps others

Must be collaborative, but able to make and hold decisions

Summary

The Sr. Principal Business Analyst will be responsible for supporting multiple large-scale projects concurrently related to product software and process development, including development of requirements, testing plans and process documents. Products include cloud-based software used to facilitate ambulatory cardiac monitoring and reporting.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Working with Product Management, the IDTF, Customer Experience, Finance and IT ensures that needs of key stakeholders are analyzed and clearly specified.
• Collects, analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Participates as a product and feature subject matter expert in product definition and support.
• Translates conceptual user requirements into functional requirements / technical specifications in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team.
• Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Working with the business leaders, develops process documentation and work instructions with a focus on quality and team efficiency.
• Defines and executes testing plan to identify functionality or data issues up stream in the development process and prior to implementation.
• Supports the technical team with preparation of documents for regulatory compliance to the FDA and other global standards.
• Identifies and solves strategic and tactical product and program problems.
• Drives cross functional decision making in the areas of program strategy, project scope, task and feature prioritization, and feature definition.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to team members in navigating product development and production support of a medical device.
• Supports the project manager in completing project plan tasks, managing team/stakeholder expectations for timeline and deliverables, drafting stakeholder communications and meeting project milestones.
• Other duties, as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of software development methodologies and process
• Proven experience building, maintaining and leveraging strategic and cross-functional relationships through effective communication and collaborative leadership.
• Proven track record of analytical ability, operational excellence and detail orientation.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management and communication skills-including verbal, written, negotiation and overcoming objections.
• Advanced analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
• Extremely organized and highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.
• Enjoys working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
  
  

Education And/or Experience

• BS/BA degree required in related Engineering discipline. Focus on Software and Project Management skills.
• 12 years required experience with Business Analyst / Project Analyst roles with demonstrable evidence of successfully partnering with customers and achieving shared goals and outcomes.
• Extensive experience on projects for software engineering and IT with a customer facing product focus.
• Healthcare and/or medical device experience is preferred.