Software Business Analyst

Job DescriptionThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, crafting efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. We are looking for a proactive, expert individual to join a highly collaborative and fast paced software team committed to developing next generation software products.The Software Business Analyst, working with the Senior Manager, Product Management, will define and detail business specifications, application functionality, workflow requirements and perform business testing and will be the extension between product management and software development. You will be working in a team environment with business and technical resources as well as third party vendors. You will possess strong business relationship skills and a broad experience across a complex matrix organization.What will you do?

Serve as the main liaison between the business users and technical teams by planning and conducting the analysis of sophisticated business processes and business applications

Coordinate the gathering of user requirements by working with user groups to resolve issues, assess user needs, and recommend changes that improve productivity and efficiencies within existing applications

Develop documentation including, but not limited to, business requirements, design documents, use cases or user stories, workflow, training needs, and other documentation as needed

Identify and document the functional requirements vital to address business objectives, use cases and business rules

Identify, design and document system specifications including user interfaces, system navigation, interfaces to external applications, security, reporting and data conversion

Maintain a continuous improvement culture by recommending and driving improvement efforts to internal processes, cost optimization and automation opportunities through ongoing data analysis

Work with application teams to ensure alignment to established timelines, as well as the planning and execution of agreed upon project roadmaps

Plan, conduct, and direct the analysis of complex business issues

Coordinate and support beta/user acceptance testing programs

Coordinate Documentation and Training

Other duties as assigned

How will you get here?Education/Experience & Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree

5+ years of relevant work experience

Experience in an analytical role

Basic project management skills and understanding of project management lifecycle required

Software development background or understanding

Software development lifecycle knowledge

HLA experience highly desired

Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of domain experts, managers, and executives

Experience with eliciting, defining, and documenting user requirements, including identifying gaps in requirements resolving inconsistencies, and prioritizing requirements

Comfortable managing projects and timelines within a complex matrix environment & able to effectively lead a meeting

Able to work independently & possess strong time management skills

Results driven with an excellent attention to detail

Effectively manage and navigate intra-departmental relationships and work in assigned teams and groups as required

Demonstrate Thermo Fisher Scientific values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement

Compensation and BenefitsThe salary range estimated for this position based in California is $83,300.00-$115,000.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewardsThermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.