Senior Clinical Systems Business Analyst

US Remote

Emmes Group: Building a better future for us all.

Emmes Group is transforming the future of clinical research, bringing the promise of new medical discovery closer within reach for patients. Emmes Group was founded as Emmes more than 47 years ago, becoming one of the primary clinical research providers to the US government before expanding into public-private partnerships and commercial biopharma. Emmes has built industry leading capabilities in cell and gene therapy, vaccines and infectious diseases, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.

We believe the work we do will have a direct impact on patients' lives and act accordingly. We stive to build a collaborative culture at the intersection of being a performance and people driven company. We're looking for talented professionals eager to help advance clinical research as we work to embed innovation into the fabric of our company. If you share our motivations and passion in research, come join us!

Primary Purpose

This position supports "Essex, a Veridix AI company". Essex is a biomedical informatics and health information technology-focused consultancy founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rockville, MD. The Essex team comprises experts with extensive experience in strategically developing and managing complex health and biomedical information programs for clients in the Federal Government, research academia, and private sectors.

The Senior Clinical Systems Business Analyst is responsible for perform requirements gathering, information modeling, and process documentation tasks to support the development of biomedical and clinical informatics software and systems. The individual will specifically work on cancer research data repositories and interoperability tools to define the requirements for the components as they are identified, prioritized and developed. The individual will also provide guidance to the scientific and technical stakeholders.

• Ability to effectively gather, elicit, and document functional requirements and specifications from various stakeholders involved in clinical informatics projects.
• Develop story boards, develop requirements, and articulate specifications. Be able to communicate technical and functional information effectively both verbally and in writing to end users, clinicians, and software developers.
• Support data conversion and mapping activities relevant to implementation of clinical systems.
• Ability to manage relationships and stakeholder expectations in order to assure that all viewpoints are considered and to ensure effective cross-project communication.
• Preform in a Subject Matter Expert like manner, through a combination of training and experience, and understanding of varied health information management systems, policies governing health information and data management systems, and processes or stakeholder organizations which may be involved as components of complex biomedical informatics or healthcare informatics activities.
• Lead discussions and facilitate large workshops and small group sessions with technical experts, stakeholders, and clinicians, as needed, to drive these engagements in a solution-oriented manner towards strategic solutions in line with the client's business needs.

• Process Documentation Standards
  a. Use Case documentation
  b. Requirements documentation
  c. Process Modeling
  d. Story boarding
  e. Unified Modeling Language, Rational Unified Process (RUP), etc. are preferred skills
  f. MS Visio experience

• Experience in Information Technology and Data Analysis settings

• Experience managing client relationships independently.

• Experience with Clinical Trials, Clinical Data Management, HIE Interoperability, Life Sciences Research (e.g., Biomedical, Genomics, etc.) or Regulated Pharmaceutical (Clinical Trials-Related) Industries.

• Knowledge of cancer domain

• Communication (both oral and written)

• Knowledge of medical or scientific imaging (radiology, microscopy, pathology)

• Knowledge of semantics and ontologies related to cancer research helpful.

• Knowledge of Data Analysis or Data Visualization tools

• Knowledge of Program Management or Business Analysis (i.e. BPMN)

• Bachelor's degree and 4 years minimum experience (or Associates degree and 8 years related work experience) in information systems implementation, change management efforts, or business process redesign.

• Experience working in a regulated IT environment (i.e. GxP or other Federal regulations) (ideally pharma). In-depth knowledge of some aspect of biomedical research, clinical trials, or health informatics environment and systems interoperability (may be a combination of educational and work experience).

• Experience in Information Technology and Data Analysis environment

• Experience managing client relationships independently.

• Experience with Clinical Trials, Clinical Data Management, HIE Interoperability, Life Sciences Research (e.g., Biomedical, Genomics, etc.) or Regulated Pharmaceutical (Clinical Trials-Related) Industries.

• Experience with Microsoft Office, including advanced skills in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel (and ideally Access)

• Work for this position must be performed in the United States (required). Candidates local to Rockville, MD are preferred.
• Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for Public Trust positions. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Successful applicants will be required to travel to an NIH-designated facility for security badging within 60 days of hire. Expenses will be reimbursed.

Emmes requires all US based Clinical Research Associate new hires to be fully vaccinated before their first day of employment. All new hires may also be required to comply with other COVID-19 health and safety protocols, such as masking or testing. Emmes complies with all applicable laws regarding reasonable accommodations or exemptions for religious, medical, or other legally protected reasons.

Why work at Emmes?

At Emmes, your actions and hard work will have a direct impact on public health initiatives, both globally and in our local communities with opportunities for volunteerism through our Emmes Cares community engagement program. We offer a competitive benefits package focused on the health and needs of our growing workforce, including:

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