Working Location: PENNSYLVANIA, CENTER VALLEY
Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid
Are you looking for a company that cares about people’s lives and health, including yours? Let’s inspire healthier lives, together.
Olympus, a leading medical technology company, has focused on making people’s lives better for over 100 years.
Our Purpose is to make people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling.
Our Core Values are reflected in all we do: Integrity – Empathy – Agility – Unity – Long-Term View
We deliver on our purpose and our core values by staying True to Life.
Job Description
The Lead Business Analyst acts as an intermediary between IT and the business and leads teams of business analysts (BA) to collect, clarify, analyze, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual design from which applications and solutions can be developed. The Lead Business Analyst encourages collaboration and close working between the BAs and other members of the delivery team (e.g., product owners, engineers, testers) as well as business stakeholders and subject matter experts.
The Lead Business analyst will aid in the planning and design of new systems for QA/RA. This includes gathering and analyzing data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems. The Lead Business Analyst will provide expert advice to articulate business problems and identify opportunities for service improvements. They have a good understanding of the organization’s enterprise architecture and relevant areas of the operating model (e.g., capabilities, business objectives, strategy, people, data, and processes). The Lead Business Analyst will provide leadership and insight to develop the technical capability in their respective teams over time.
The Lead Business Analyst will support the development efforts as well as being involved with test planning and execution. They will be responsible for compiling and generating based upon the findings, complete with possible solutions to systems issues.
Job Duties
- Business Analyst will work closely with stakeholders to understand strategic business needs and plans for growth.
- Lead a team of business analysts to translate business requirements into technical requirements and identify appropriate solutions, while aligning them with business priorities.
- Collaborate and work closely with a wide range of stakeholders across the business and other members of the Solution Delivery Team to collect, clarify and analyze business requirements.
- Provide expert advice and insight to ensure business requirements are captured and are translated into technical approaches and designs that can be implemented.
- Ensure business objectives and value of technical solutions are clear and well understood; ensure stakeholder buy-in.
- Be a liaison between the business and IT, ensuring the technical requirements and specifications are well understood by the technical teams.
- Provide guidance on or review specifications for change.
- Lead the team in assessing the impact of change and ensuring that appropriate change management/training plans are in place.
- Lead the team in conducting business process modeling to generate applicable scenarios for technology functional testing; support the business users in acceptance testing.
- Support the project manager in managing business issues; act as an escalation point to the business analysts for complex business issues.
- Based on a good understanding of the business, as well as the internal/external technology environment, articulate and propose opportunities for improvements in business processes or existing solutions.
- Support the testing and validation efforts where necessary and act as a liaison back to the business to resolve issues identified during testing and validation.
- Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
- Conduct research on software/applications to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts
- Provide quality assurance on all supporting documentation and ensure all is created and maintained according to organizational standards.
- Stay abreast with the latest technology changes, assessing their impact and potential value/risk to the business.
Job Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus on Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or manufacturing.
- Minimum8 years of experience as a Business Analyst to translate business requirements into design documentation and identify appropriate solutions.
- Deep understanding in one or more business functional areas, preferably in the medical device, diagnostics, or pharmaceutical industry.
- Experience with business process modeling.
- Experience of the Agile methodology and how to lead an agile project delivery.
- Certification in Project Management a plus.
- Demonstratable experience of working with a wide range of business and IT stakeholders in a large organization.
- Experience in making complex technical proposals to senior stakeholders.
Preferred:
- Demonstrable business and tech acumen.
- Demonstrable organizational skills.
- Demonstratable verbal, written and technical communication.
- Other Considerations (travel/hours availability, etc.): N/A.
Why join Olympus?
Here, people matter—our health, our happiness, and our lives.
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Visions coverage effective on start date
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Free virtual live and on-demand wellness classes
- Work-life balance supportive culture with hybrid and remote roles
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Educational Assistance
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- Volunteering and charitable donation match programs
- Diversity & Inclusion Programs including Colleague Affinity Networks
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
*US Only
**Limited locations
We care about your health and financial well-being and offer the resources you need to feel vital, confident and ready for wherever life takes you. Learn more about our benefit offerings at https://www.olympusamerica.com/careers/benefits-perks.
About us:
Our Medical business uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients and their safety.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
Olympus is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace
We recognize diversity in people, views and lifestyle choices and emphasize the importance of inclusion and mutual respect. We strive to continue to foster empathy and unity in the workplace so that our employees can fully contribute and thrive.
Let’s realize your potential, together.
It is the policy of Olympus to extend equal employment and advancement opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship status, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental) and/or a medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or service in the uniformed services, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants with Disabilities: As a Federal Contractor, Olympus is committed to ensuring our hiring process is accessible to everyone. If you need an accommodation in order to complete the application or hiring process, please contact Olympus via email at OCAAccommodations@olympus.com. If your disability impairs your ability to email, you may call our HR Compliance Manager at 1-888-Olympus (1-888-659-6787).
Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Pennsylvania (US-PA) || Center Valley || Information Technology (IT)
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