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Title: (ITLS) Drug Safety IT Business Analyst Lead
Location: USA-North Carolina-Research Triangle Park
Other Locations: USA-Georgia-Atlanta
Quintiles Information Technology Unit is completing the implementation of a global adverse event processing and analysis platform. This platform has been designed to support operations and services for more than 50 clients worldwide with access by several hundred lifecycle safety associates and management located on 4 continents. As adoption of the platform increases, our Global IT team will expand to support platform enhancements, operations for internal Quintiles resources, as well as, many collaboration partners accessing the platform from outside. We are seeking people with experience in technical areas along with knowledge of drug safety solutions and process to join our team.

We are seeking a top Senior Business Analysis candidate with at least five years LEAD experience of eliciting, analyzing, documenting and managing requirements for IT systems. The Sr. Business Analyst will be working on a initiatives that assist in the implementation and management of a Lifecycle Safety Platform. Candidate should have in depth experience completing business/functional requirements with experience of Use Cases and Agile methodologies being highly desirable. Must be a strategic thinker, results driven, detailed orientated and capable/comfortable of assuming responsibility for analysis assignments in order to work with minimal supervision.

This candidate should have experience working with formal development methodologies, be knowledgeable of various business analysis techniques and have experience maintaining requirements following a formal change control process.
* Minimum of five years of Business Analysis experience, with 2 in a Lead role
* Strong communication, organizational, prioritization and leadership skills
* Detailed orientated with strong analytical aptitude
* Experience in Business Process modeling
* Experience in Use Case development
* Experience in writing Business and Functional Specifications
* Experience with formal development methodologies
* Experience with various business analysis elicitation/analysis techniques
* Experience using a Requirements Management Tool - Top Team experience advantageous Familiarity with Prototyping/mock ups - Irise experience advantageous
* Workshop facilitation experience
* Must be able to lead group discussions and be comfortable eliciting requirements from geographically dispersed stakeholders
* Should feel comfortable and be adaptable in an environment with shifting priorities. Clinical/Pharma industry experience advantageous
* Familiarity with Oracle Argus (formally Relsys) or other drug safety and pharmacovigilance software platform
* BS degree in Computer Science or related field
* Experience with Agile methodology a plus
* CBAP certification
* Must be able to travel up to 15%