Fred Hutch · 21 hours ago
Business Analyst – Institutional Review Office
US-WA-Seattle
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$80K/yr - $121K/yr
5+ years expFred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting the IRB and IACUC solutions in the Huron Research Suite and improving business processes of the IRO, acting as a liaison between business stakeholders, technical groups, and end users.
Hospital & Health Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Support the implementation and ongoing improvement of IRO electronic systems
Discover business requirements, then translate and document functional requirements and specifications for implementation, enhancement, or modification to the existing system
Design IRO business rules, with input from stakeholders, in alignment with Fred Hutch initiative goals
Configure systems for optimal process flows and efficient user interface
Achieve quality project deliverables using appropriate tools and rigorous process
Support system and/or process change with proper planning, timely execution, user training, and issue tracking and resolution
Design, manage, document, and participate in system testing; solicit user feedback for integration into systems
Review, develop, and/or update system user documentation of functional design changes and help coordinate for proper training of end users
Track and propose post-implementation enhancement requests and work with applicable stakeholders to determine impact, urgency, and value
Collaborate with teams to achieve timely project objectives
Work with applicable project resources to ensure successful project objectives, timelines, documentation, and deliverables
Work with subject matter experts to gather requirements and model use cases
Work with IRO personnel to understand IRO business needs; effectively communicate IRO business needs to other project team members
Identify, troubleshoot, and solve cross-functional design issues, defects, and bugs in cooperation with system developers
Provide excellent communication on all engagements
Cultivate effective relationships within the IRO, Center IT, IRB and IACUC committees, across Fred Hutch, and with outside collaborators including vendors to support trust, consistency, and competence of the team
Optimize IRO business processes and associated documentation
Discover, evaluate, optimize, and document IRO business processes
Define workflow/routing within the IRO, identify gaps in process, and work with IRO management to successfully alter processes as needed
Collect and analyze data to inform decisions about potential workflow changes
Provide recommendations for process improvements, especially as it applies to system configurations or customizations
Provide IRO staff training on new or updated processes, including system demonstrations when applicable
Perform IRO Support duties
Provide first-line point-of-contact coverage of IRO Support email inbox, including consistent monitoring and timely triage of new messages
Assist system users with questions/issues, and troubleshooting of technical problems, escalating to the appropriate resources when necessary
Administer system security processes and proper access gating for the IRO systems
Understand IRB and IACUC review systems and technical issues and facilitate problem-solving and resolution within and across these modalities
Help ensure system designs support compliance with regulations, laws, rules and policies that impact the review of research overseen by the IRO
Assist with system maintenance tasks, including rollout of production patches after business hours
Communicate system outages or summaries of pertinent system-related updates to end users
Help IRO staff with basic IT needs, and coordinate with or help escalate to center IT when additional expertise is needed
Perform ad hoc system data queries or other reporting needs, as requested by IRO management
Perform other needed support, as delegated by the IRO Business Analyst Manager
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related field
Minimum 5 years of IT business analysis experience managing Enterprise applications
Experience with application development lifecycle methodology as well as IT analysis methodologies such as process flow definition, data flow diagramming etc
Preferred
2 or more years of experience supporting business applications in a research or non-profit setting
Experience in designing and leading requirements discovery sessions including use of interviews, document analysis, surveys, business process modeling, and workflow analysis
Ability to understand users' requirements and write technical specifications
Ability to develop and execute test cases
Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
Advanced technical skills
Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
Strong communications and customer service skills
Knowledge of research-related policies and regulations, including FDA 21 CFR Part 11 preferred
Experience in the applications that support IRB and IACUC Management preferred; including the IRB and IACUC solutions in the Huron Research Suite
Certified IRB Professional (CIP) preferred
Benefits
Medical/vision
Dental
Flexible spending accounts
Life
Disability
Retirement
Family life support
Employee assistance program
Onsite health clinic
Tuition reimbursement
Paid vacation (12-22 days per year)
Paid sick leave (12-25 days per year)
Paid holidays (13 days per year)
Paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks)
Company
Fred Hutch
Fred Hutch is an independent, nonprofit organization that also serves as the cancer program for UW Medicine.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
David Browdy
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Niki Robinson
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
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