Business Analyst - Tennessee

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• Lead requirements gathering efforts for the design and development of a publication management system.
• Engage with diverse stakeholders, including researchers, faculty, librarians, compliance teams, and IT staff, to elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Translate complex scientific, bibliographic, and compliance needs into clear, actionable requirements for technical teams.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions to drive consensus across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Develop detailed artifacts such as BRDs, functional specifications, user stories, workflows, and process maps.
• Support validation of requirements through design reviews, testing, and user acceptance activities.
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and development teams throughout the project lifecycle.

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst supporting software development projects, preferably in research, academic, healthcare, or life sciences environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong Requirements Elicitation, Documentation, And Analysis Skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple stakeholders and manage competing priorities.
• Experience supporting Agile, iterative, or phased development methodologies.

• Educational or professional background in science, biomedical research, healthcare, or medical librarianship.
• Familiarity with publication workflows, bibliographic data, metadata standards, or research reporting.
• Understanding of publication-related concepts such as Peer‑reviewed journals, Author affiliations and collaborations, Grants and funding acknowledgments, Research compliance and reporting requirements.
• Experience working with libraries, research administration, or scholarly communication teams is a strong plus.

• Experience with publication management systems, research information systems (CRIS), or institutional repositories.
• Knowledge of identifiers and standards such as ORCID, DOI, Pub Med, MeSH, or similar.
• Exposure to data governance, compliance, or research integrity workflows.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar requirement‑tracking platforms.