Life Sciences Business Analyst (Contract)

(NO Third-Party Candidates will be considered)

(Must be local to the PA/NJ area, onsite multiple days p/wk is required)

About Magic Hat Consulting

Magic Hat Consulting (MHC) is a boutique Life Sciences consulting firm that helps companies launch products with greater success and enhances overall commercialization and business transformation capabilities. We specialize in Launch Excellence, Marketing Excellence, Business Transformation, and delivering On-Demand Commercial/Functional Expertise.

Position Summary: Life Sciences Business Analyst (Contract)

MHC’s Business Analysts will support our client's business and technology initiatives, partnering with Commercial and IT teams to define business requirements, develop business cases, and support project execution. This is a Business Analyst role requiring IT experience and the ability to effectively liaise with Commercial business personnel.

REQUIRED: 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, along with either Consulting and/or Life Sciences experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Define business requirements: Partner with business stakeholders to understand business needs, document requirements, identify gaps, and translate objectives into clear and actionable requirements.
• Develop business cases: Support business case development by defining business needs, evaluating potential solutions, and helping assess costs, benefits, risks, and recommendations.
• Bridge IT and Commercial teams: Liaise effectively between business stakeholders and IT teams to ensure business needs are understood and solutions align with business objectives.
• Support project execution: Manage project activities, timelines, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications to support successful project delivery.
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment: Lead requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder discussions, develop project documentation, and help drive alignment and decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Perform current-state/future-state analysis and maintain requirement traceability.
• Hands-on experience supporting UAT, defect management, and production go-live activities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting business and technology initiatives.
• Consulting experience and/or Life Sciences experience required.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with an executive presence. Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders spanning leadership to front line managers across Commercial & IT.
• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and managing business requirements (experience conducting requirement workshops) and translating business needs into actionable solutions. Experience creating BRDs, FRDs, functional specifications, and process maps.
• Experience developing business cases and evaluating potential solutions, including costs, benefits, risks, and business impact.
• Strong project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with Commercial/business stakeholders and IT teams and communicate across technical and non-technical audiences.

These are contract roles with the opportunity to convert into full-time employment. If you're an experienced Business Analyst looking for dynamic consulting opportunities and enjoy working across business and technology teams, we'd love to connect! To apply, please submit your application at https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/magichatconsulting.