IT Business Analyst

Company Overview
Rhythm is a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the lives of patients and their families living with rare neuroendocrine diseases. We develop medicines for previously untreatable or undertreated diseases and provide meaningful support for healthcare providers and patients and their families. We recognize the courage it takes for patients and their caregivers to begin their journey of advocacy to find the answers they need. Their courage inspires us to challenge convention, ask bold questions and seek answers for them. Every day, we strive for excellence through our willingness to adapt, learn, and our tenacity to overcome barriers, together.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for driving initiatives and working as a liaison between business, vendor and other IT teams to assist in identifying, defining and documenting business processes and
  • software requirements facilitating communication and determining software objectives that align with business needs.
• Manage projects and initiatives in the relevant business areas as directed.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of relevant business areas to support business requirements by making recommendations, suggesting alternatives to proposed solutions, and building
  • high-quality requirements.
• Translate user requirements into clear, detailed functional requirements.
• Work with business and delivery teams to prioritize requirements.
• Manage requirements scoping throughout the delivery process.
• Create artifacts as appropriate, including business case documentation, scope documentation, and process flows.
• Support vendor and internal delivery teams as they develop, test, and deploy solutions.
• Document current processes and models to understand inefficiencies or gaps.
• Coordinate application support with the outside vendor and provide individual application support as needed.
• Create documentation across IT for application and support.
• Analyze the technical performance and reliability of products and systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics, Information Technology, or a closely related field, or equivalent.
• Equivalent is defined as any combination of education evaluated to be the equivalent of a US bachelor's degree.
• Must have four (4) years of experience involving business analysis of application systems in the life sciences or pharmaceutical domain including working with hospitals and/or laboratories from both functional and technical perspectives.
• The stated experience must include the following: translating application system business requirements into technical requirements; creating technical documentation; working in a large software development or configuration environment; working in a regulated business area such as laboratory systems or other GxP related work; and working using numerous CRM, ERP, data integration technologies, including: SQL, Integration Tools, Pentaho Kettle, ETL (Extract Transform and Load), Documentation platforms or other similar tools/systems.
• Reports to headquarters in Boston, MA. Eligible to telecommute up to 5 days from a home office within normal commuting distance of the Boston, MA office. Must be willing to work onsite at the Boston office as required for meetings, functions, and company events.

Employer Contact: Pamela Cramer, Chief HR Officer, [email protected]

More about Rhythm
We are a dynamic and growing global team spanning more than a dozen countries. At Rhythm we are dedicated to transforming the lives of patients living with rare neuroendocrine diseases by rapidly advancing care and precision medicines that address the root cause. Our team is passionate about expanding access to reach more patients and developing novel therapies for other rare neuroendocrine diseases, including congenital hyperinsulinism.
At Rhythm our core values are:

• We are committed to advancing scientific understanding to improve patients' lives
• We are inspired to tackle tough challenges and have the courage to ask bold questions
• We are eager to learn and adapt
• We believe collaboration and ownership are foundational for our success
• We value the unique contribution each individual brings to furthering our mission

Rhythm is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service, or any other class protected by state or federal law.
Headquartered in Boston, Rhythm is proud to have been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts