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We are seeking a detail-oriented Business Analyst with strong experience in stakeholder engagement, user requirements gathering, and Agile delivery to support Laboratory Information Management System (LMS) initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience working with laboratory environments (preferably HLA labs) and be proficient in translating business needs into clear, actionable user stories within Azure DevOps. This role will also require a platform-level perspective, supporting cloud-hosted environments, system integrations, and end-to-end data workflows across laboratory systems, instruments, and third-party applications.
DESCRIPTIONCore BA Responsibilities:
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with cross-functional stakeholders
- Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements with a strong focus on LMS workflows
- Translate requirements into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items in Azure DevOps
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment and clarity
- Support Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, retrospectives)
- Ensure requirements reflect laboratory workflows, compliance needs, and data integrity standards
- Collaborate with QA to support test case development and UAT validation
- Identify gaps, risks, and process improvement opportunities within LMS implementations
- Maintain documentation including process flows, use cases, and system diagrams
Platform-Level Responsibilities:
- Gather and document end-to-end platform requirements, including LMS systems, third-party integrations, and instrumentation interfaces
- Support requirements for cloud-hosted environments, including user access models (SSO, roles, permissions), environment strategy (Dev / Test / Prod), and release and upgrade workflows
- Define and document integration requirements: APIs (REST, HL7, FHIR where applicable) and data exchange formats and workflows
- Map end-to-end data flows across systems, ensuring traceability from instrument to system to external interfaces
- Identify and document system dependencies and constraints across platforms
- Partner with architecture and engineering teams to align on system design, scalability, and performance considerations
- Support validation and compliance requirements in cloud and integrated environments (e.g., audit trails, data integrity, Part 11 considerations)
- Contribute to release planning and readiness assessments, ensuring dependencies are captured and managed
Key Skills:
- Stakeholder communication and facilitation
- Requirements documentation and analysis
- Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Azure DevOps proficiency
- Process mapping
- Systems thinking across multi-platform environments
- Understanding of integration patterns and data flows
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Attention to detail in regulated environments
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Information Systems, or related field
- 7+ years of Business Analyst experience
- Strong experience in requirements elicitation and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to write clear, concise user stories and acceptance criteria
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Boards, backlog management, user stories)
- Experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS/LMS)
- Direct experience in a laboratory setting (clinical, diagnostic, or research)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in HLA laboratories
- Familiarity with lab workflows such as sample tracking, testing, and reporting
- Knowledge of regulatory environments (CLIA, CAP, FDA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11)
- Experience supporting cloud-based or SaaS platforms
- Experience with system integrations and APIs
- Exposure to data analysis, reporting, or SQL (nice to have)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Information Systems, or related field
- 7+ years of Business Analyst experience
- Strong experience in requirements elicitation and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Boards, backlog management, user stories)
- Experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS/LMS)
- Direct experience in a laboratory setting (clinical, diagnostic, or research)
- Experience with Agile / Scrum methodologies and supporting Agile ceremonies
- Experience with system integrations and APIs (REST, HL7, FHIR) and data exchange formats
- Familiarity with regulatory environments (CLIA, CAP, FDA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11)
- Experience supporting cloud-based or SaaS platforms, environment strategy, and access models (SSO, roles, permissions)
- Exposure to data analysis, reporting, or SQL
- Experience working in HLA laboratories
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
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What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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