Business Data Analyst

Job Description:

We are seeking two experienced Senior Business Data Analysts to support enterprise Clinical Data Governance initiatives during a major healthcare technology transition. These roles will partner with Clinical Operations, Data Engineering, Reporting, Compliance, and business stakeholders to establish and maintain a unified clinical data governance framework, ensuring a single source of truth across multiple operational workstreams.

One analyst will support Utilization Management (UM), and one will support Care Management (CM). Both roles will play a critical part in driving governance consistency, supporting system transition activities, maintaining data lineage and stewardship processes, and reducing data quality and delivery risks across the organization.

Responsibilities:

Clinical Data Governance & Strategy

• Support the operationalization of a unified clinical data governance framework.
• Maintain governance standards, processes, and documentation across assigned domains.
• Establish and maintain source-of-truth repositories, data lineage documentation, and governance artifacts.
• Support data stewardship activities and ownership assignments.
• Ensure governance decisions are documented and consistently applied across teams.

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Facilitate discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and working sessions.
• Gather, analyze, document, and manage business requirements.
• Develop:
• Business requirements documents
• User stories
• Acceptance criteria
• Process flows
• Functional documentation
• Translate technical concepts into business-friendly language and vice versa.

Data Mapping & Epic Readiness

• Support source-to-target mapping activities and data conversion efforts.
• Manage mapping inventories and validation documentation.
• Consolidate conversion-related documentation from multiple business and technical teams.
• Assist with migration readiness and implementation planning.
• Track and resolve data-related gaps, issues, and dependencies.

Governance Operations & Documentation

• Maintain governance repositories, decision logs, action item trackers, and risk registers.
• Manage documentation related to:
• Data lineage
• Metadata
• Taxonomy
• Sources of truth
• Data ownership
• Stewardship assignments
• Produce governance readiness metrics and executive status reporting .

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Partner with:
• Clinical Operations
• Reporting teams
• Compliance teams
• Data Engineering teams
• Business stakeholders
• System implementation teams
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across multiple workstreams.
• Drive follow-up on open issues, risks, actions, and dependencies.
• Support communications, training readiness, and stakeholder adoption activities.

Required Qualifications

• Experience as a:
• Business Analyst
• Product Analyst
• Systems Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Similar role supporting enterprise technology initiatives
• Demonstrated experience gathering, documenting, and managing business requirements across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong facilitation skills, including:
• Discovery sessions
• Stakeholder interviews
• Working sessions
• Cross-functional meetings
• Experience documenting:
• Business processes
• Workflows
• User stories
• Acceptance criteria
• Risks and issues
• Decision logs
• Ability to communicate technical and business concepts effectively.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
• Experience supporting:
• System migrations
• Technology implementations
• Enterprise transformation initiatives
• Proficiency with:
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Collaboration tools
• Documentation and requirements management platforms
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare, insurance, claims, care management, utilization management, or regulated business environments.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise platform transitions.
• Experience with:
• Clinical data governance
• Data stewardship
• Data lineage
• Source-to-target mapping
• Data conversion projects
• Familiarity with:
• Knowledge management platforms
• Document management systems
• Content management systems
• Enterprise authoring platforms
• Understanding of:
• Metadata management
• Taxonomy frameworks
• Access controls
• Approval workflows
• Document governance
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting change management, communications, training, and organizational readiness activities.
• Experience supporting Epic implementation or Epic conversion initiatives.

Key Competencies

• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management
• Business Requirements Gathering
• Clinical Data Governance
• Data Stewardship
• Process Analysis & Workflow Mapping
• Source-to-Target Mapping
• Data Lineage Documentation
• Meeting Facilitation
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
• Documentation Management
• Executive Reporting
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Change Readiness & Adoption Support
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking

Example Deliverables

• Stakeholder engagement plans
• Business and functional requirements documents
• Current-state and future-state process maps
• Source-to-target mapping inventories
• Data lineage and source-of-truth documentation
• User stories and acceptance criteria
• Governance decision logs
• Risk, issue, dependency, and action trackers
• Migration readiness assessments and checklists
• UAT scenarios and validation documentation
• Governance dashboards and executive reporting packages
• Communications and training support materials

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.