Applications Systems Specialist, Business Analyst

Job Summary

Coordinates technical resources and conducts demand feasibility analyses.  Acting as the critical connection between business units and digital technology teams to ensure effective collaboration and communication with sponsors, stakeholders, and project team to drive innovation, optimal project discovery and delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Feasibility Analysis: Collaborate with business leaders to articulate and document value propositions, vision and project scope; partner with vendors to gather requirements and costs. Translates business requirements into actionable technical specifications.
• Vendor Coordination: Gather and assess vendor requirements, including hosting needs, integration capabilities, configurations, and associated costs.
• Digital Technology Resource Coordination: Assign and maintain resource tasks across internal and external teams.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain credibility as a strategic partner with leadership and functional teams.
• Continuous Improvement: Ensure business value realization by identifying opportunities to add value. Lead change using positive and collaborative methods, setting the standard for demand management, and mentoring others in the demand management team.

Services Provided:

• Feasibility analysis of new projects and requests.
• Coordination between vendors and internal teams.
• Resource task management and status reporting.
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship building.
• Continuous improvement initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to lead a team, influence with and without authority, challenge the status quo, and create a competitive advantage for the organization.
• Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical subject matter to nontechnical audiences.
• IT technical acumen to effectively collaborate with architects, engineers and all digital technology team members.
• Experience in developing and understanding digital technology roadmaps including identification and understanding of technical requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills and track record of engaging with customers / cross-functional stakeholders at all levels, in a wide variety of situations, and demonstrated ability to listen, influence, and relate to customers / stakeholders in their own language.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a related field required
• 7-9 years of working experience in Healthcare, Information Technology required
• 4-6 years experience in Product Owner role required