About the Role
Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. The Senior Business Analyst will be an integral part in the development of the new generation of Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS). These systems will simplify the operations and management of clinical trials. The goal is to help reduce the cost and accelerate the speed to market for key treatments.
Responsibilities
•Research market trends, client needs, and industry regulatory standards to inform CTMS feature development.
•Lead stakeholder discovery sessions to capture pain points and translate complex business needs into system requirements.
•Define and document functional/non-functional requirements, user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and process maps.
•Partner with Product Managers, other BAs, and cross-functional teams to integrate CTMS solutions across Medidata's clinical technology suite.
•Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, QA, and Tech Writing throughout build, configuration, testing, and release cycles.
•Ensure deliverables align with technical specifications, quality standards, and defect-resolution workflows.
•Serve as a CTMS subject matter expert, supporting product launches, upgrades, and post-release enhancements.
•Active participation in Agile ceremonies, providing timely progress updates and risk escalations.
•Document architectural decisions, resolution logs, and maintain team knowledge-sharing to elevate overall capability.
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree (in a technical, quantitative or business discipline, e.g. business administration, management information systems, computer science, engineering, or related field).
•At least 5 years of Business Analyst or Product Management experience required in the clinical trial arena.
•Experience managing complex processes involving many stakeholders and competing priorities.
•Experience defining functionality and managing a story backlog using the Agile methodology and tools.
•Experience conducting workshops with a range of stakeholders to identify key user needs and pain points and creating technical documentation outlining the collected requirements.
Conditions
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, family leave, life and disability insurance, a generous pension, and 25+ paid holidays per year.
