CDC Foundation is hiring a
Business Analyst

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Business Analyst to support the development and delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, gather requirements, assure correct understanding by developers, and facilitate alignment towards planning and implementation of a public health data systems project.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience as a business analyst, project, or implementation manager
• Experience in health care, public health or government preferred
• Experience writing user stories and use cases to document requirements
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements
• Knowledge and experience with agile project management methodologies, principles and processes
• Training in project management (e.g., PMP Certification) and agile software development preferred
• Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out
• Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve outcomes
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints
• Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems
• Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts
• Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to technical and non-technical teams
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps)

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in requirements gathering/JAD sessions, working closely with Project or Product Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users
• Define and document requirements, acceptance criteria, user stories and use cases, and assure these are correctly understood by developers
• Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline
• Lead the technical team through smooth and continuous delivery
• Conduct and direct end-user testing responsibilities
• May perform data quality assurance; troubleshooting application and/or interfaces as problems arise and report issues
• Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions
• Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements