Business Analyst

Location: Hybrid

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week in accordance with Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 36,000 trials and 11 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million users trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. Discover more at www.medidata.com.

About the Team:

The Business Analyst is an important role in a dynamic team of product managers, software engineers, quality assurance managers, and business experts. The Clinical Data Studio Business Analyst supports a suite of clinical research leading technology to power a wide range of operational users responsible for ensuring data quality and patient safety. The Business Analyst works closely with multidisciplinary teams to continue to enhance the capabilities of the Clinical Data Studio, the next generation of Medidata experiences.

We are looking for a candidate  who wants to understand how the solutions he/she is helping to design fit into the big picture and is energized by working with professionals that share the same mindset. The Business Analyst will be reporting to our Director, Product Management. Experience in designing, developing or implementing SaaS solutions as is familiarity with programming languages, data visualization, and clinical research.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a broad range of users to identify and document  in a business requirements document (BRD the business processes and requirements; create user stories and test scripts to support the development and integration of business systems.
• Engage with IT partners to ensure business needs are correctly translated to support processes and systems changes with high quality results.
• Manage the activities of other analysts and project resources by delegating assignments, following up on progress and reporting status.
• Understand Quality Assurance processes and be able to define and execute test plans to ensure solution/design meet business requirements.  Work with Internal Audit teams to validate and test controls in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and/or IFRS standards, and GCP standards.
• Management to adopt enhancements in business processes or technology to increase optimal business performance.
• Experience working in complex systems architecture that integrates with multiple systems, understanding both the technical and functional aspects and ensuring that systems are integrated efficiently and safely.
• Keep up with best practices and other related industries that could be incorporated into our technological roadmap.
• Understand networks, databases, object models and workflows in order to make key business decisions.
• Be able to accurately forecast and plan work using Agile methodology; monitor deliverables and ensure timely completion of software releases; this includes but is not limited to managing scope and dependencies.
• Effectively train end-users and maintain up-to-date documentation on system procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a life science, or quantitative or business discipline (business administration, computer science, engineering or a related field) and a minimum of 2-5 years of business analysis related experience.
• Experience as consultant, business analyst or product manager working on cloud based technologies.
• Familiarity with standard business analyst core competencies such as developing business cases, user stories, and workflow diagrams.
• Effectively communicate technical and non-technical information and processes to relevant stakeholders, and to describe business problems and use cases to technical audiences.
• Familiarity with database structures and components of web based applications.
• Familiarity with Agile software development principles and experience working in an Agile software development environment (e.g.prioritizing the backlog and creating stories).
• Experience working with Engineers with defining API requirements and testing API results.
• Desirable: Agile/Scrum, QA methodologies, Jira, AHA.

Preferred Competencies:

• Life Science experience and Clinical Trials and Rave experience and knowledge.
• Ability to proactively engage and build strong working relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Flexibility and attitude to achieve tight deadlines and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience with data migration and data transformation.

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC Metro Area is $79,500-$106,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the California Bay Area is $84,000-$112,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in Texas or Ohio is $70,125-$93,500.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in all other locations within the United States is $71,250-$95,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides best-in-class benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Inclusion Statement

As a game-changer in sustainable technology and innovation, Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, is striving to build more inclusive teams across the globe. We believe that our people are our number one asset and we want all employees to feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. It is our goal that our people feel a sense of pride and a passion for belonging. As a company leading change, it’s our responsibility to foster opportunities for all people to participate in a harmonized Workforce of the Future.