Work Schedule
First Shift (Days)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented Business Analyst with strong experience in stakeholder engagement, user requirements gathering, and Agile delivery to support Laboratory Information Management System (LMS) initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience working with laboratory environments (preferably HLA labs) and be proficient in translating business needs into clear, actionable user stories within Azure DevOps. This role will also require a platform-level perspective, supporting cloud-hosted environments, system integrations, and end-to-end data workflows across laboratory systems, instruments, and third-party applications.
DESCRIPTION
Core BA Responsibilities:
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with cross-functional stakeholders
- Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements with a strong focus on LMS workflows
- Translate requirements into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items in Azure DevOps
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment and clarity
- Support Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, retrospectives)
- Ensure requirements reflect laboratory workflows, compliance needs, and data integrity standards
- Collaborate with QA to support test case development and UAT validation
- Identify gaps, risks, and process improvement opportunities within LMS implementations
- Maintain documentation including process flows, use cases, and system diagrams
Platform-Level Responsibilities:
- Gather and document end-to-end platform requirements, including LMS systems, third-party integrations, and instrumentation interfaces
- Support requirements for cloud-hosted environments, including user access models (SSO, roles, permissions), environment strategy (Dev / Test / Prod), and release and upgrade workflows
- Define and document integration requirements: APIs (REST, HL7, FHIR where applicable) and data exchange formats and workflows
- Map end-to-end data flows across systems, ensuring traceability from instrument to system to external interfaces
- Identify and document system dependencies and constraints across platforms
- Partner with architecture and engineering teams to align on system design, scalability, and performance considerations
- Support validation and compliance requirements in cloud and integrated environments (e.g., audit trails, data integrity, Part 11 considerations)
- Contribute to release planning and readiness assessments, ensuring dependencies are captured and managed
Key Skills:
- Stakeholder communication and facilitation
- Requirements documentation and analysis
- Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Azure DevOps proficiency
- Process mapping
- Systems thinking across multi-platform environments
- Understanding of integration patterns and data flows
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Attention to detail in regulated environments
REQUIREMENTS
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Information Systems, or related field
- 7+ years of Business Analyst experience
- Strong experience in requirements elicitation and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to write clear, concise user stories and acceptance criteria
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Boards, backlog management, user stories)
- Experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS/LMS)
- Direct experience in a laboratory setting (clinical, diagnostic, or research)
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in HLA laboratories
- Familiarity with lab workflows such as sample tracking, testing, and reporting
- Knowledge of regulatory environments (CLIA, CAP, FDA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11)
- Experience supporting cloud-based or SaaS platforms
- Experience with system integrations and APIs
- Exposure to data analysis, reporting, or SQL (nice to have)
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Indiana is $103,100.00–$154,700.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
