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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Northwestern Medicine is a leader in the healthcare industry focused on patient interactions. They are seeking a Business Analyst to lead the development of business requirements and facilitate communication between business operations and stakeholders.


Responsibilities

  • Must be able to demonstrate ability to fulfill responsibilities of the Business Analyst Associate
  • Identify and document emerging business requirements
  • Intelligently question business partner and knowledge worker preferences to identify unique value drivers
  • Properly prioritizes business lines and enterprise demands
  • Accurately translates business requirements into functionality
  • Manages requirements to meet performance expectations
  • Understands industry-specific trends that impact the organization
  • Clearly articulates benefits in business language
  • Manage ambiguity and create accurate project effort estimates
  • Accurately quantifies project-specific risks through the development lifecycle
  • Identifies solution interdependencies
  • Stays abreast of and creates awareness of technology developments related to business requirements
  • Identify commonalities and suggests a consistent approach across projects in the absence of standards
  • Guide team decision making
  • Provide stakeholders with accurate view of challenges
  • Effectively navigate conflict between multiple stakeholders
  • Shares best practices, process, and environmental knowledge

Skills

  • 2 years of Information Technology, business analysis specific experience
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Access, Exchange, Excel, Project and VISIO
  • Knowledge of system architecture and application portfolio
  • Knowledge of requirements management and/or prototyping tools (ALM, Jira, RallyDev, qTest, iRise)
  • Ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts and/or processes
  • Project management skills
  • Requirements definition and management through different delivery methodologies
  • SDLC, Iterative, Agile, OWF, and /or Scrum development
  • Problem solving and/or analytical thinking
  • Possess ability to manage workload, and manage multiple priorities, as applicable
  • Excellent written and verbal communications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology or related IT field
  • Business process management and modeling
  • BA Certification
  • Experience working for Healthcare Provider
  • Epic Certification

Benefits

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Loan forgiveness
  • 401(k) matching
  • Lifecycle benefits

Company Overview

  • Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care. It was founded in 1972, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://nm.org.

    • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Northwestern Medicine has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 75 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 70 in 2023, 78 in 2022, 35 in 2021, 39 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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