Job Description

THE POSITION:

The Senior Business Analyst (Sr. BA) serves as the primary liaison between Business, Product, and Data Engineering teams to successfully deliver data and analytics initiatives that support pharmaceutical commercialization.

The Sr. BA is responsible for gathering and documenting business requirements, managing end-to-end project delivery, facilitating Agile ceremonies, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality data engineering solutions. This role works closely with business stakeholders, Product Managers, Data Engineers, QA, Architects, and leadership to drive projects from concept through production deployment while maintaining project governance and stakeholder alignment.

The ideal candidate possesses strong business analysis, project management, stakeholder communication, and Agile delivery skills, along with an understanding of modern data engineering concepts including ETL/ELT, cloud data platforms, data warehousing, reporting solutions, and data integration.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Partner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document business, functional, and technical requirements for data engineering initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into Epics, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, process flows, and functional specifications using Agile best practices.
• Lead end-to-end project delivery by managing project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional coordination.
• Manage Agile delivery using JIRA, including backlog prioritization, sprint planning, story refinement, progress tracking, and Agile ceremonies.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Business, Product, Engineering, QA, and Architecture teams, ensuring effective stakeholder communication and alignment.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Architects to support data integration, ETL/ELT, cloud data platform, reporting, and analytics initiatives.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, release planning, deployment readiness, and Hypercare support to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Monitor project health through status reporting, dashboards, executive communications, and proactive risk and issue management.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, requirements traceability, governance artifacts, and SDLC deliverables while promoting documentation standards.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to optimize delivery processes, standardize methodologies, and enhance Agile and project governance practices.
• Mentor team members, foster collaboration, and promote knowledge sharing while demonstrating a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Perform all other duties as assigned

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel (< 5%)
• Hours (40 hours per week, 8am-5pm local time, Monday thru Friday; occasionally may require extra hours and weekend work if needed to meet project deadlines)

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations listed above.

Qualifications

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• Education (Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field)
• Experience and/or Training : 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Project Coordinator, or similar role supporting technology or data initiatives. Proven experience gathering business and functional requirements and translating them into actionable technical deliverables.
• Strong experience managing multiple projects simultaneously within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Hands-on experience using JIRA for backlog management, sprint planning, issue tracking, reporting, and Agile delivery.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Data Engineering concepts including ETL/ELT, data warehousing, cloud data platforms, APIs, SQL, and reporting solutions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality, accuracy, and attention to detail.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education (Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field)
• Experience and/or Training : 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Project Coordinator, or similar role supporting technology or data initiatives. Proven experience gathering business and functional requirements and translating them into actionable technical deliverables.
• Experience within the Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, or Commercialization industry.
• Experience supporting Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Analytics, or Cloud Data Platform initiatives.
• Familiarity with modern data technologies including Snowflake, GBQ, dbt, Qlik, AWS, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Understanding of release management, change management, and production support processes.
• Experience preparing executive-level dashboards, project governance reports, and portfolio status updates.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), CBAP, or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Experience working in regulated environments with an understanding of compliance, data privacy, and healthcare/pharmaceutical business processes.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The physical and mental requirements along with the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to reach, grasp, stand and/or sit for long periods of time (up to 90% of the shift), walk, talk and hear; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet, with frequent interruptions and multiple demands.

Additional Information

EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $105,00 to $130,000 and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). EVERSANA reserves the right to modify this base salary range at any time.

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EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. If this job posting includes a base salary range, it represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). This role is eligible for hire in select U.S. locations based on business and operational considerations. For a full list of locations, visit eversana.com/careers. More information about EVERSANA's benefits package can be found at eversana.com/careers. EVERSANA reserves the right to modify this base salary range and benefits at any time.