Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Unable to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
MOSAIC
WIC
MIS
healthcare
Job Details
Job Title: Business Analyst Specialist (Lead WIC Business Analyst)
Location: Austin, TX (Remote)
Remote with potential onsite as directed. Candidates must be local to Austin within a 50-mile radius.
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Rate: Open
Category: Applications / Software Development
I. Position Overview
Business Analyst Specialist to serve as the Lead WIC Business Analyst. This expert-level role requires comprehensive knowledge of business analysis, project management frameworks, and large-scale IT systems. The candidate will lead requirements documentation and gap analysis efforts supporting the WIC MIS (MOSAIC) system, working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The position operates under limited supervision and requires independent judgment, leadership, and initiative to deliver project objectives in a complex regulatory and program environment.
II. Key Responsibilities
Core Duties (95%)
- Develop, manage, and execute the WIC MIS requirements documentation project plan, including:
- Reviewing current MIS functionality
- Translating existing system behavior into clear, actionable requirements
- Gathering and documenting business and system requirements
- Conducting gap analysis against federal, state, and program regulations
(40%) - Utilize project management methodologies to ensure accurate, timely, and well-communicated documentation of business requirements for the WIC MOSAIC system
(40% combined with above) - Provide guidance, direction, and support to team members in:
- Analyzing current systems and documentation
- Developing business requirements
- Performing system and documentation gap analyses
(25%) - Develop subject-matter expertise in assigned applications and mentor team members; obtain stakeholder approval and sign-off on requirements and priorities
(20%) - Collaborate daily with technical and non-technical stakeholders to:
- Monitor project progress
- Identify, manage, and escalate risks and issues
- Provide regular status reporting
(10%)
Additional Duties
- Perform other duties as assigned
(5%)
III. Required Qualifications
Candidates must meet or exceed the following minimum requirements:
- 10+ years of business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
- 10+ years of knowledge and experience with project management frameworks
- 10+ years of experience with large-scale IT operations and IT industry trends
- Proven ability to define:
- Functional and non-functional requirements
- Functional specifications
- Business and system deliverables
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to:
- Resolve conflicts
- Work effectively across multiple stakeholder groups and organizational levels
- Demonstrated ability to create clear, complete, accurate, and actionable requirements documentation
- Experience ensuring system documentation aligns with regulatory and compliance requirements
IV. Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of advanced stakeholder management and negotiation experience
- 5+ years working with government regulations or compliance frameworks
- 5+ years of project management experience
- 5+ years leading teams or workgroups
- Experience interpreting policy and translating regulations into system requirements
- Strong experience in requirements elicitation techniques, including analysis of existing MIS functionality
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in:
- Business
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Computer Information Systems
- Management Information Systems
- Or a related field
- Experience gathering MIS requirements for a large organization
- Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements
- PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP certification (preferred)
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