Business Analyst Indianapolis IN, 46204 Hybrid

Title:Business Analyst
Position Type: contract
Location: Indianapolis IN, 46204
12+ Months
Agency Interview Type: Webcam only
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Short Description:
The Business Analyst supports 
Office of Data and Analytics (ODA) in delivering data, analytics, business
operations, and data-governance initiatives associated with the(PHIG).

Complete Description:
This position is intended to provide business analysis, data governance, documentation, work management,reporting, and stakeholder coordination support for PHIG related work. The incumbent will translate business needs into actionable requirements; support data mapping, metadata, lineage, data-quality, and governance activities; and improve portfolio visibility through accurate work tracking, documentation,reporting, and stakeholder coordination.

The Business Analyst will serve as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams for PHIG-related data, analytics, reporting, infrastructure, and operational initiatives. The position will support the PHIG grant’s associated deliverables, timelines, reporting needs, and sustainability objectives.
The incumbent will gather, analyze, document, validate, and manage business and data requirements;facilitate alignment across stakeholders; and maintain the documentation and work-management artifacts needed to move PHIG initiatives from intake through implementation and operational handoff.
The position will provide dedicated support in two interconnected areas:
- PHIG portfolio and business operations support: Partner with the Portfolio Manager and the Business Operations Analysts to support intake, scope definition, requirements documentation, work planning, Azure DevOps tracking, status reporting, risk and issue management, stakeholder coordination, and grant-related project documentation for PHIG initiatives.
- PHIG data governance support: Partner with the Data Governance Team Lead and the Data Governance Analyst to document data definitions, source-to-target mappings, business rules, metadata, data lineage, data ownership and stewardship, data-quality expectations, decisions, and change-control activities for PHIG data assets and related reporting.
The Business Analyst reports to the Director of Data Governance and Business Operations and works closely with the Portfolio Manager, Data Governance Team Lead, Data Governance Analyst, Business Operations Analysts, ODA technical teams, IDOH program areas, grant stakeholders, vendors, and other internal and external partners.
While the position may support adjacent ODA activities when they directly enable PHIG objectives,grant deliverables, shared data assets, or PHIG sustainability, PHIG-related work is the position’s primary purpose and priority.
Job Duties

PHIG program support
- Support the planning, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement of PHIG-related data, analytics, reporting, business operations, and data-governance initiatives.
- Work with ODA leadership, program areas, technical teams, and grant stakeholders to define and document PHIG business needs, project scope, deliverables, dependencies, milestones, risks, assumptions, and measures of success.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and auditable PHIG project records, including requirements, work items, decisions, action items, status reports, risks, issues, changes, and supporting documentation.
- Support development of materials needed for PHIG grant management, leadership updates, stakeholder communications, implementation monitoring, and performance reporting.
- Identify dependencies and risks that could affect PHIG timelines, data availability, reporting readiness, project outcomes, or grant deliverables; document and escalate issues through established ODA and IDOH governance channels.
- Support activities that promote the long-term sustainability, usability, governance, and operational adoption of PHIG-funded data and analytics products, processes, and infrastructure.
PHIG data mapping and governance
- Lead or support end-to-end data mapping for priority PHIG data assets, including documentation of entities and fields from source systems through staging, curated, reporting, and analytic layers, as applicable.
- Document PHIG-related business definitions, reference and code sets, business rules, transformation logic, reporting calculations, and data dependencies.
- Coordinate with data owners, data stewards, program subject-matter experts, analysts, engineers, and vendors to resolve data-definition conflicts and obtain documented decisions.
- Support development and maintenance of PHIG metadata, business glossary entries, lineage records, data dictionaries, mapping inventories, and stewardship or ownership assignments.
- Assist with
documenting and monitoring PHIG data-quality rules, thresholds,
exceptions, remediation activities, and resolution status.
- Develop PHIG governance scorecards and progress reporting, which may include mapping
completeness, lineage coverage, glossary completeness, unresolved
data-definition issues, data-quality issue severity, and time to
resolution.


Requirements


- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited
university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Public Health,
Epidemiology, Statistics, Analytics, Programming, Business or related
field; or equivalent experience.
- 2 + years of relevant business analyst
and/or project management experience.
- Experience in gathering and documenting
business and technical requirements and use cases.
- Experience with participating in and
facilitating joint requirements gathering sessions.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt
and use Client tools, as needed.
- Exceptional analytics, conceptual, and
problem-solving abilities.
- Exceptional communication skills, both
oral and written.
- Excellent change management and
relationship management skills.
- Ability to be a bridge between business
and IT.
- Ability to work in a team environment
with multiple and fluid demands.
- Ability to support grant-funded
initiatives by maintaining organized, accurate, and timely project
documentation; tracking deliverables and dependencies; communicating
status and risks; and working within defined program, fiscal, reporting,
and compliance expectations.
- Ability to maintain effective and
professional working relationships with internal and external
stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of how to implement
and grow adoption of business applications is preferred.
- Familiarity with Informatica platforms
including Enterprise Data Catalog is preferred.
- Experience in leading workshops or
training sessions with a user community is preferred.
- Experience supporting federally funded,
grant-funded, or other externally funded initiatives with defined
deliverables, reporting requirements, implementation timelines, and
accountability expectations is preferred.
- Experience supporting rural health,
public health, healthcare access, health equity, health systems, community
health, or related initiatives is preferred.
- Experience supporting cross-agency,
cross-sector, vendor-supported, or multi-stakeholder initiatives is
preferred.
- Familiarity with grant-funded project
documentation, implementation tracking, outcomes reporting, sustainability
planning, or audit-ready records is preferred.

Skills:

	Skill	Required / Desired	Amount	of Experience	Expertise Rating	Move
	Familiarity with Informatica platforms including Enterprise Data Catalog is preferred.	Highly desired
	A bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Analytics, Programming, Business	Required
	2 + years of relevant business analyst and/or project management experience.	Required		Years
	Experience in gathering and documenting business and technical requirements and use cases.	Required		Years
	Ability to support grant-funded initiatives by maintaining organized, accurate, and timely project documentation; tracking deliverables	Required		Years
	Experience in leading workshops or training sessions with a user community is preferred.	Highly desired
	Experience supporting federally funded, grant-funded, or other externally funded initiatives with defined deliverables, reporting requirements	Highly desired
	Experience supporting cross-agency, cross-sector, vendor-supported, or multi-stakeholder initiatives is preferred.	Highly desired
	Familiarity with grant-funded project documentation, implementation tracking, outcomes reporting, sustainability planning, or audit-ready records	Highly desired
	Personal and professional integrity with strong work ethics	Required		Years
	Relationship Management: ability to develop and maintain relationships across IDOH divisions	Required		Years
	Project Oversight: ability to align priorities with strategic initiatives	Required		Years
	Decision-making: ability to identify root cause of issues and make sound and timely decisions to resolve problems	Required		Years
	Excellent critical thinking, time management, and communication skills	Required		Years
	Experience with data lineage tools and methods	Highly desired		Years
	Ability to understand the data analysis life cycle and its application in a business setting	Highly desired		Years
	Ability to take critical feedback in stride and adjust approaches accordingly	Required		Years
	Effective in building trust, respect, and cooperation among teams	Highly desired		Years
	Ability to use Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in a professional setting	Required		Years
	Experience with grant-funded projects or programs.	Highly desired		Years
	Experience with program documentation and compliance tracking.	Required		Years
	Experience with rural health, public health, healthcare, or health equity domain knowledge.	Highly desired		Years
	Experience with cross-functional and multi-stakeholder coordination	Required		Years
	Experience with data mapping, lineage, and metadata documentation	Highly desired		Years