Lead Business Analyst

Position: Lead Business Analyst Duration: 1 year Location: Montgomery, AL Position Description:

• We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst who can support MES-CARES by proactively communicating with system users, managers, subject matters experts and product owners to elicit requirements.
• You will work closely with product owners, QA, operations, engineering, business analysts and many other cross-functional partners.

• Liaise with internal and external customers, and development teams to build products.
• Elicit requirements and critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources.
• Decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information, and distinguish user requests from underlying true needs.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates using natural language.
• Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met.
• Deliver requirements documents, use case, work flows, UI and other deliverables as assigned

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Strong analytical and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Ability to develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues.
• Must be able to work independently on all assigned tasks.
• Proficiency with MS Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) and Visio.
• Fully utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to track requirements, work items, bugs, deliverables and builds

• Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Knowledge of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Eligibility and Enrollment (E&E)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Proficiency with MS Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) and Visio
• Proficiency with MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) preferred

• Seven years' experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experience in facilitating product owners in gathering requirement and possess excellent writing skills to capture and document detailed requirements.
• Extensive experience with system requirements and their constraints/dependencies.
• Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions and requirements sessions.
• Extensive experience with Software Development Methodology.
• Process knowledge and experience with Agile Software Development projects.
• Experienced in developing and negotiating a win/win solutions to project issues

• Experience with Eligibility and Enrollment(E&E) for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) business areas.
• Experience Health Care Industry similar to Eligibility and Enrollment related areas.
• Working hands-on with all aspects of the System Development life Cycle Extensive experience with Change Management.
• Experience with project development methodology and able to apply methodology in a practical manner