Life Sciences Business Analyst (Contract)

Magic Hat Consulting • Fort Washington, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Magic Hat Consulting (MHC), a boutique Life Sciences consulting firm, is hiring a contract Business Analyst to support client business and technology initiatives. The role partners with Commercial and IT teams to define business requirements, develop business cases, and support project execution. It requires IT experience and the ability to liaise effectively with Commercial business personnel. The position is local to the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area and requires onsite work multiple days per week. The contract role may have an opportunity to convert to full-time employment.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting business and technology initiatives.
• Consulting experience and/or Life Sciences experience.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with executive presence and the ability to work with stakeholders from leadership through front-line managers across Commercial and IT.
• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and managing business requirements, including conducting requirements workshops.
• Ability to translate 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, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate across technical and non-technical audiences and liaise effectively with Commercial/business stakeholders and IT teams.
• Must be local to the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area and able to work onsite multiple days per week.
• No third-party candidates will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand needs, document requirements, identify gaps, and translate objectives into clear, actionable requirements.
• Support business case development by defining business needs, evaluating potential solutions, and assessing costs, benefits, risks, and recommendations.
• Liaise between business stakeholders and IT teams to ensure business needs are understood and solutions align with business objectives.
• Manage project activities, timelines, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications to support project delivery.
• Lead requirements-gathering workshops and stakeholder discussions, develop project documentation, and support alignment and decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Perform current-state and future-state analysis and maintain requirements traceability.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), defect management, and production go-live activities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed