IT Business Analyst

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, major corporations face significant challenges in meeting the diverse business needs across their vast operations. Element is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our LIMS team. As a Business Analyst, your role becomes crucial in navigating these challenges and bridging the gap between business requirements, specific lab requirements and digital solutions. In our organization, with its complex and diverse business needs, you will play a pivotal role in establishing requirements for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) program. By capturing and categorizing ongoing business requests, you will help create and drive the successful implementation of a robust LIMS program, enabling efficient data management and streamlined processes across our corporation. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our digital transformation journey and shape the future of our organization.

This position will be remote, yet international travel to various offices may be required as needed.

Job Duties:

- Collaborate with stakeholders to capture and understand business requirements for the LIMS program
- Establish a systematic approach to categorize and prioritize business requests, ensuring effective management and alignment with program objectives
- Conduct in-depth analysis of business processes, workflows, and data requirements to identify areas for improvement and optimization
- Translate business requirements into clear and comprehensive technical specifications for LIMS implementation and customization
- Collaborate with IT teams and vendors to ensure that the LIMS program meets the defined business needs and regulatory requirements
- Facilitate meetings and workshops to elicit requirements, gather feedback, and address concerns from stakeholders
- Conduct gap analysis to identify areas where existing systems or processes fall short of meeting business requirements
- Develop and maintain detailed documentation, including functional requirements, use cases, and test scenarios
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to define and execute testing strategies, ensuring that the LIMS program meets quality standards
- Provide support to end-users, enabling them to effectively utilize the LIMS program
- Stay on par with industry trends, suppliers and best practices in LIMS implementation, continuously seeking opportunities for program optimization

Job Requirements:

- Strong understanding of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and laboratory workflows
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect complex processes and translate them into technical requirements
- A talent for translating complex sets of processes and requirements into clear baseline assessments
- Proficient in requirements gathering techniques, such as workshops, interviews, and document analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- A knack for categorizing and prioritizing business requests, ensuring efficient management and alignment with program objectives
- Ability (or strong willingness to perfect) to analyse and reflect data in a BI tool, by using dynamic charts and datasets
- Familiarity with quality assurance and testing methodologies in the context of laboratory information
- Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and completeness in documenting business requirements and technical specifications

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