Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst / Functional Lead (P4) to play a critical role in driving functional excellence and delivery success for the VantusHQ commerce platform within the pharmaceutical domain. This role operates at the intersection of business, product, and technology, ensuring that solutions are aligned with customer needs, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
As a Functional Lead within an Agile squad, this individual will go beyond traditional business analysis by providing functional leadership, mentoring junior analysts, and owning end-to-end requirement quality and delivery outcomes. The role requires active participation across the delivery lifecycle, including backlog refinement, sprint execution, bug analysis, UAT support, and production issue resolution.
The ideal candidate will serve as a key liaison between stakeholders, translating complex technical challenges into business-friendly insights while representing the voice of the customer. They will ensure that commerce workflows—such as order lifecycle, integrations, and customer journeys—are designed and delivered with a strong focus on user experience, compliance, and operational efficiency.
This position demands a balance of analytical expertise, leadership capability, and hands-on engagement, making it a pivotal role in enabling high-quality, scalable, and compliant solutions within a fast-paced Agile environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as the Functional Lead within an Agile squad, driving end-to-end functional clarity and alignment across stakeholders
- Mentor and guide junior Business Analysts, supporting their day-to-day work, deliverables, and best practices
- Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to refine backlog, prioritize features, and align with business value
- Own functional design and requirement quality across the commerce platform, including order lifecycle, customer flows, and integrations
- Translate business needs into clear, structured functional requirements and acceptance criteria
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
- Serve as the liaison between technology teams and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless communication
- Translate technical challenges, constraints, and dependencies into business-impact language for Product Owners
- Play an active role in bug triage, root cause analysis, and production support, ensuring accurate functional validation.
- Lead and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities including planning, execution coordination, and validation
- Collaborate closely with QA teams to ensure test coverage, traceability, and quality assurance
- Support regulated pharma workflows, ensuring awareness of compliance, auditability, and data accuracy requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in functional processes, documentation standards, and delivery practices
- Ensure the squad meets delivery milestones with strong ownership and accountability
- Identifies and applies AI and automation opportunities to enhance business processes and drive efficient delivery.
Qualifications
- 8-12 years of experience in Business Analysis and functional leadership, preferred
- Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
- Experience in commerce platforms (eCommerce, order management, customer experience)
- Proven experience mentoring or leading junior BAs
- Strong expertise in requirements gathering, functional design, and process modeling
- Hands-on experience with UAT, defect management, and production support
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Understanding of system integrations, APIs, and end-to-end application flows
- Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business terms
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to balance customer experience, business goals, and compliance need
What is expected of you and others at this level
- Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
- Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
- Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
- Projects may have significant and long-term impact
- Provides solutions which may set precedent
- Independently determines method for completion of new projects
- Receives guidance on overall project objectives
- Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan
- Health savings account (HSA)
- 401k savings plan
- Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Work-Life resources
- Paid parental leave
- Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 09/08/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
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Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
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Skills Required
- 8-12 years of Business Analysis and functional leadership experience
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience with commerce platforms (eCommerce, order management, customer experience)
- Proven experience mentoring or leading junior Business Analysts
- Expertise in requirements gathering, functional design, and process modeling
- Hands-on experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and production support
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Understanding of system integrations, APIs, and end-to-end application flows
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to support regulated pharma workflows with compliance and auditability awareness
- Ability to identify and apply AI and automation opportunities
Cardinal Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cardinal Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Cardinal Health.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is frequently described as generous, including examples like multiple weeks of vacation, additional sick days, and in some roles even “unlimited” or untracked time off. Parental leave, paid holidays, and volunteer time further broaden the overall leave offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with added supports such as preventive care, telehealth/clinic access, mental health resources, and EAP counseling. Wellness programs and incentives (e.g., premium discounts tied to checkups or healthy lifestyle actions) add to the perceived breadth of healthcare-related support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match, along with programs like stock purchase/equity participation and charitable matching, contribute to a stronger total rewards picture beyond base pay. Additional financial supports such as disability coverage and early wage access also enhance the overall package.
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What We Do
Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in more than 35 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care. We are navigating the complexities of healthcare and providing scaled solutions to help our customers thrive in a changing world. We strive to be a trusted healthcare partner by driving growth in evolving areas of healthcare, while building upon our distribution, products, and solutions to meet customer needs.
