About the Role
We are seeking a results-driven Business Analyst III to join Elsevier’s Clinical Learning Hub (CLH) team. The successful candidate will partner with business stakeholders to elicit requirements, analyze processes, translate business needs into technical specifications, and drive data-informed decision-making. This role balances business acumen with analytical rigor, delivering clear requirements, actionable insights, and practical recommendations to improve efficiency, adoption of AI-enabled workflows, and stakeholder outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and document business processes and requirements; translate into user stories and functional specifications
- Develop system specifications, process flows, and conversion strategies aligned with business needs
- Create technical and functional documentation for users and stakeholders
- Evaluate existing systems, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business, IT, remote developers) to ensure requirements are met
- Support solution quality by maintaining test scripts and contributing to tools, processes, and best practices
Requirements
- 3+ years of IT business analyst experience
- BS/BA degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience required; ISEB-qualified Business Analyst preferred if in the UK, IIBA CBAP if in the US
- Previous experience of working in an agile environment and using recognized development methodology; e.g., Agile, Scrum and Kanban
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements and processes; translate them into user stories, functional specs, and system/process designs.
- Evaluate existing systems, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend solutions based on business needs and best practices.
- Develop and maintain technical/functional documentation, process flows, and support tools/solutions aligned with quality and compliance standards.
- Collaborate with business, IT, and remote development teams to deliver solutions; support testing efforts including maintaining automated test scripts.
Technical Skills:
- Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and a strong understanding of the BA role across the full software development lifecycle; ability to gather requirements and translate them into user stories and functional specifications for complex projects.
- Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Aha!, Slack, Figma, AI tools, and Microsoft Office suite.
- Strong communication, documentation, and facilitation skills, including leading workshops and engaging stakeholders across all organizational levels.
- Technical aptitude in software analysis and design, UML modeling, and maintaining automated test scripts.
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of IT business analyst experience
- BS/BA degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- ISEB-qualified Business Analyst (preferred in UK) or IIBA CBAP (preferred in US)
- Experience working in an agile environment and using Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies
- Ability to gather, analyze, and document business requirements and processes; translate into user stories and functional specifications
- Develop and maintain technical and functional documentation, process flows, and conversion strategies
- Collaborate with business, IT, and remote development teams to deliver solutions and support testing
- Maintain automated test scripts and contribute to testing efforts
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Aha!, Slack, Figma, AI tools, and Microsoft Office suite
- Technical aptitude in software analysis and design, including UML modeling
- Strong communication, documentation, and facilitation skills, including leading workshops and engaging stakeholders
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
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