Business Analyst – Institutional Review Office

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states.

Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

Institutional Review Office (IRO) functions as the central office for managing the ethical review and approval of human or animal studies conducted at Fred Hutch, with specific responsibilities for supporting the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
Business Analyst is responsible for providing support to the IRB and IACUC solutions in the Huron Research Suite, and for improving business processes of the IRO. A successful individual in this role applies knowledge of IRO business operations and needs along with knowledge of systems technology to identify, design, and coordinate information system modifications and implementations, serving as a liaison between business stakeholders, technical groups, and end users.

This role will have the opportunity to work at our campus or remotely based on business needs.

Support the implementation and ongoing improvement of IRO electronic systems

• Discover business requirements, then translate and document functional requirements and specifications for implementation, enhancement, or modification to the existing system
• Design IRO business rules, with input from stakeholders, in alignment with Fred Hutch initiative goals
  
  Configure systems for optimal process flows and efficient user interface
• Achieve quality project deliverables using appropriate tools and rigorous process
• Support system and/or process change with proper planning, timely execution, user training, and issue tracking and resolution
• Design, manage, document, and participate in system testing; solicit user feedback for integration into systems
• Review, develop, and/or update system user documentation of functional design changes and help coordinate for proper training of end users
• Track and propose post-implementation enhancement requests and work with applicable stakeholders to determine impact, urgency, and value

Collaborate with teams to achieve timely project objectives

• Work with applicable project resources to ensure successful project objectives, timelines, documentation, and deliverables
• Work with subject matter experts to gather requirements and model use cases
• Work with IRO personnel to understand IRO business needs; effectively communicate IRO business needs to other project team members
• Identify, troubleshoot, and solve cross-functional design issues, defects, and bugs in cooperation with system developers
• Provide excellent communication on all engagements
• Cultivate effective relationships within the IRO, Center IT, IRB and IACUC committees, across Fred Hutch, and with outside collaborators including vendors to support trust, consistency, and competence of the team

Optimize IRO business processes and associated documentation

• Discover, evaluate, optimize, and document IRO business processes
• Define workflow/routing within the IRO, identify gaps in process, and work with IRO management to successfully alter processes as needed
• Collect and analyze data to inform decisions about potential workflow changes
• Provide recommendations for process improvements, especially as it applies to system configurations or customizations
• Provide IRO staff training on new or updated processes, including system demonstrations when applicable

Perform IRO Support duties

• Provide first-line point-of-contact coverage of IRO Support email inbox, including consistent monitoring and timely triage of new messages
• Assist system users with questions/issues, and troubleshooting of technical problems, escalating to the appropriate resources when necessary
• Administer system security processes and proper access gating for the IRO systems
• Understand IRB and IACUC review systems and…