Business Analyst

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Business Analyst and contribute to improving public health data utilization for informed decision-making. This grant-funded, remote position, based in the U.S., offers a salary range of $76,500-$108,650 per year, plus benefits, and is part of the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). You will collaborate with technical and non-technical teams at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, gathering requirements, ensuring developer understanding, facilitating user training and change management, and supporting the implementation of a public health data systems project. The role involves mapping data exchange processes, developing comprehensive reports, and supporting process improvement projects. This is a limited-term opportunity ending June 30, 2026. The position is fully remote for U.S.-based candidates.

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 writing Use Cases to document requirements
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes
• 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

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 and use cases and assure these are correctly understood by developers
• Develop comprehensive test cases at the application and multi-application levels
• Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

MBA or other related advanced degree preferred

Benefits

• Salary Range: $76,500-$108,650 per year, plus benefits
• Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
• Position End Date: June 30, 2026
• This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates