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The Sr. Business Analyst is responsible for the analysis and evaluation of business requirements for the Association's product development and integration needs. This role needs to uncover user requirements using industry standard model-driven analysis techniques, make recommendations for process and business flows, and develop consensus on requirements.

As a Sr. Business Analyst, you will require strategic design and mapping of business requirements and solutions to system and technical requirements. You will leverage creative relationship building skills when interacting with AAMC business product owners, external vendors, IT, and program management staff.

Success in this Sr. Business Analyst role requires an innovative mind, excellent communication skills, a decent technical background, strong analytical experience, passion for creating high-performing resilient solutions, and the ability to build strong relationships across IT and business clusters. This role reports to the Technical Delivery Manager of Application Services in IT and will work closely with Business Product Owners to capture, document, and maintain business logic and product knowledge.

Senior Business Analyst will serve a key role in interfacing with the MCAT and PREview development teams and our business partners. Common activities include working with Product Owners to document requirements, grooming product backlogs, leading workgroup meetings, documenting the business logic and specification of MCAT and PREview products, engaging in best practice development initiatives, and providing insightful leadership.

Requirements Gathering

• Organize and lead meetings and workshops with stakeholders to understand current and future needs.

• Work closely with stakeholders to remove the ambiguity of user stories, refine user stories, and break them down to the proper size for sprint grooming.

• Analyze user stories to identify interdependencies and implementation sequences.

• Manage changes throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring proper approval and documentation of changes.

Collaboration with Stakeholders

• Coordinate with the Product Owner and business users on an operational basis and ensure a smooth flow of information on business processes and requirements to the development team.

• Work with the development team to get their input on requirements and refine them as needed.

• Identify and document areas of potential business risks and communicate these appropriately and promptly to management.

Support Agile Software Development

• Work closely with the Technical Delivery Manager to develop project and release plans.

• Facilitate and lead Agile ceremonies like backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives.

• Incorporate techniques for user story splitting as well as writing acceptance criteria that helps with test automation.

Support Large Scale and Complex Projects

• Coordinate with different Product Owners and Business Partners to understand and reconcile the requirements with utmost clarity.

• Identify and manage dependencies between products and other project components.

• Effectively manage and document changes to requirements and associated user stories throughout the project lifecycle.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related scientific or technical discipline required.

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, or similar role.

• Experience in effectively preparing and maintaining the business process, process flow analysis, and product artifact.

• Experience of requirements gathering techniques, user story techniques

• Possess a strong understanding of technical architectures and systems.

• Experience with participating in large-scale projects using Cloud Solutions.

• Hands-on experience with Agile projects, including Scrum and Kanban methodologies.

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.

• Knowledge of the RDBMS and data models.

• Basic understanding of at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Java, Python)

• Positive attitude with great teamwork and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work with a diverse set of coworkers located in both U.S. and offshore.

• Detail-oriented and strong analytical skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to learn quickly and think creatively.

• Reliable team player and can take a leadership role when necessary

Remote Work Eligibility

Compensation Grade Range and Mid-Point

The above annual compensation range and mid-point are general guidelines. For candidates who meet the criteria, the AAMC's compensation philosophy is to target the midpoint of the salary range. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations.

If a bachelor's degree is required, related work experience may be substituted in some positions. One year of college course work at an accredited institution is equivalent to one year of related work experience.

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The AAMC is committed to the policy of an equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, career advancement, and all other personnel practices. The AAMC will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, past or current military service, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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