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IBM’s Industry Consultants are essential to our clients as they work to reinvent themselves for the future. Join our highly visible and highly skilled team of global consultants as we strive to accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM’s market eminence. If you are a forward-thinker and a curious intellectual, we welcome you to apply for your next exciting career challenge!Must be able to work on-site in Frankfort, KY 5 days a weekYour Role and ResponsibilitiesIBM Watson Government Health and Human Services is currently searching for a Business Analyst Lead to join our team.As the leader of a team of business analysts, you will be responsible for business analyst team leadership, people management, and direct client engagement. You will apply your deep experience as a business analyst in healthcare data and analytics and your passion for turning vision into reality as you and the teams you work with implement analytic, business intelligence and enterprise data warehouse solutions for Government Health and Human services agency clients.Responsibilities include defining and recruiting for a team of business analysts, implementing and executing an effective requirements analysis methodology, and applying these methodologies in client engagements to translate requirements into meaningful and detailed specifications for technical teams to then implement. You and your team will ensure that deliverables and functionality are clearly defined and testable with measurable acceptance criteria.Essential Responsibilities:
Accountable for the business analysis functional area, utilizing best practices and a standard business analysis methodology to be used within the project.
Provides leadership and direction for business analysts engaged in client-facing projects.
Determines resource allocations required to meet project demands, adjusts resource plans and resource assignments as needed to adapt to project changes, ensuring staffing levels align with project schedule and budget.
Makes leadership decisions that are impactful to the project and ensures overall project success.
Effectively communicates with and develops/maintains excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholder
Subject matter expert in healthcare care data management best practices, data analytics solutions (data warehousing, modeling, business intelligence solutions) and analytic methods and measures
Assist in the collection, review, and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans
Successful candidates will possess:
Demonstrated track record of success in leadership role in the analysis and refinement of business requirements for a government Health and Human Services system implementation
Proven ability to drive deliverables thru life cycles in a structured environment
Demonstrated effective interpersonal ability to collaborate with technical teams, delivery managers, project management, client management and customer stakeholders
Must be commutable or relocate to Frankfort, KY
5+ years Medicaid, MMIS or related experience required
5+ years business analysis leadership experience in large-scale IT solution delivery/implementation for a Health and Human services state government agency (such as Medicaid, MMIS, etc.)
5+ years hands-on business analysis roles within both Agile and Waterfall development lifecycles
Experience utilizing tools such as: Jama, Jira, CA Agile, MSOffice, etc.
Experience mentoring junior staff
Deep subject matter expertise in healthcare data management and analytics
Knowledge of query, reporting, database, and analytic business intelligence tools
IBM Watson Health is pioneering a new partnership between humanity and technology with the goal of transforming global health and revolutionizing many aspects of the medical and pharmaceutical industries, as well as government sectors. We aspire to improve lives and give hope by delivering innovation to address the world’s most pressing health challenges through data and artificial intelligence insights.What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
