Senior Business Systems Analyst - Epic Sciences

Epic Sciences, Inc. is developing novel diagnostics to personalize and advance the treatment and management of cancer. Epic’s mission is to enable the rapid and non-invasive detection of genetic and molecular changes in cancer throughout a patient’s journey.  The company was founded on a powerful platform to identify and characterize rare cells, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs).  Our technology helps match patients to targeted therapies and monitor for drug resistance, so that the best treatment path can be chosen at every clinical decision point.  Today, we partner with leading pharmaceutical companies and major cancer centers around the world.  Epic’s goal is to commercialize our technology to increase the success rate of cancer drugs in clinical trials and improve patient outcomes by providing physicians real-time information to guide treatment choices.

SUMMARY:

The Senior Business Systems Analysis is a technical role focused on leading technical teams responsible for producing specifications for technology systems.

• Leads initiatives to analyze complex business problems to be solved with automated systems
• Provides leadership for a team that provides technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements
• Brings expertise or identifies subject matter experts in support of multi-functional efforts to identify, interpret, and produce recommendations based on company systems needs
• Advises business groups by providing technical and strategic direction to identify and address business issues and opportunities.  
• Ensures that policies and procedures align with corporate vision.
• Selects, develops, provides feedback and mentoring and evaluates personnel ensuring efficient operation of the function
• Demonstrate proficiency with various diagramming techniques, such as flow charts, sequence diagrams, data models, etc.
• Demonstrate user interface wire-framing techniques
• Be able to provide program management support to Platform Team projects as needed

ELEMENTS:

Education/Experience:  

• 5 years’ experience as a Business Systems Analyst, or similar role
• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Strongly preferred: Healthcare or laboratory experience as Business Systems Analyst

Communication Skill:  

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required, a demonstrated ability to elicit functional and non-functional requirements from end users and provide high quality requirements to technical team members, a demonstrated ability to convey complex technical issues to non-technical end-users to facilitate high quality requirements

Interpersonal Skill:  

Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization, an inclusive style that ensures that all members of the project team and other key individuals have a voice in requirements and solution design, demonstrated ability to incorporate many points of view and maintain flexibility when finding solutions to challenges

Judgment:  

Provides insight re:  problem solving by offering novel approaches and incorporating new technologies, ability to design and lead (research, analyze data, interpret results, and provide summaries of same) projects and carry them to completion against a timeline.   

Execution:

Highly efficient at time management and prioritization; able to help the group establish timelines to accomplish complex tasks; ability to troubleshoot problems and generate effective solutions, may be a member of cross functional teams and provide counsel and guidance re:  possible uses of Epic platform technology.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES:

May perform additional duties as assigned or directed by management from time to time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. 
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Transition from standing and sitting often. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• General office environment. Daily exposure to PCs and networks. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. 

Epic Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to the principle of diversity

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