Senior Business Analyst (Healthcare Domain) ____ 100% Remote (CST Time) _____ Contract

Senior Business Analyst

Location: 100% Remote Employment Type: Contract

Preferred Experience: Previous experience working with Cardinal Health Experience Level: 15+ Years

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to support enterprise-level initiatives in a healthcare supply-chain environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working with Cardinal Health or similar organizations (McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Medline), with deep understanding of business workflow analysis, functional requirements gathering, cross-functional collaboration, and supporting solution design for complex operational programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Conduct current-state vs. future-state gap analysis and define process improvements.
• Develop BRDs, FRDs, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Data Mapping, and functional models.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and requirement walkthroughs with business & technical teams.
• Support solution design discussions and clarify requirements for development and QA teams.
• Participate in UAT planning, test case review, and execution support.
• Ensure all documentation meets compliance, audit, and traceability standards.
• Assist in project planning, stakeholder communication, and change management efforts.

Required Experience & Skills

• 15+ years of overall IT experience
• 8-12+ Years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Preferred: Prior experience working with Cardinal Health or major healthcare distribution / medical supply-chain companies.
• Strong understanding of order management, inventory, procurement, logistics, or healthcare operations workflows.
• Proven experience writing clear functional requirements for enterprise systems.
• Ability to work in Cross-functional / Matrixed corporate environments.
• Strong communication & stakeholder management skills (executive + operational levels).
• Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall methodology.
• Proficiency in Confluence, Jira, Visio, Excel, and requirement modeling tools.
• BPM, CBAP, Six Sigma, or similar certification is a plus (not required).