Product Analyst

Our client, one of the fastest-growing providers of online solutions connecting physician offices and hospitals with their healthcare partners is currently seeking a Product Analyst.  The Product Analyst?s purpose is to consult with customers, provide assistance in determining vision and strategy through business case development, and architect compelling and pragmatic solution concepts leveraging their healthcare business process, enabling technology and customer knowledge.

 

The Product Analyst is a key member of the project team responsible for implementing healthcare e-commerce applications within a pre-defined work plan and rapid delivery methodology.  The Product Analyst will serve as a design project leader and domain expert, always focused on delivering valuable software applications.

 

Responsibilities:Works closely with Project Analysts, Project Managers, Engineers and other various team members to deliver system integration services that are needed to facilitate web-based transaction processing between physician offices and their trading-partner networks.  Consult with customers, provide assistance in determining vision and strategy through business case development and architect compelling and pragmatic solution concepts Create prototypes, design workflow, and screen presentation for concept design discussions with both internal and external audiences.Lead rapid, prototype-based, requirement gathering.Validate conceptual designs with the end user communityDocument and communicate requirements to internal and external teams.Develop and maintain product roadmap entries containing gathered requirement information necessary to develop, test and deploy features. Organize product priorities according to optimal release schedule. Oversee implementation process conducted by the Project Analysts including the requirements specification, conveyance and clarification to ensure that the approach meets the business case and gathered requirements.Assist in creating budgetary work estimatesLeverage and generate reusable design standards to be utilized across implementations.Promote solution benefits to support implementation decisions.Solicit/Analyze feedback from end user community through focus groups, usability studies and surveys and craft solution enhancement recommendationsGenerate a subject matter expertise.

 

Requirements:Bachelor?s Degree in a technical/business discipline.Consulting background as an analyst or senior analyst.Knowledge of managed care business transactions, including Member Eligibility and Benefits, Referral and Authorization management, Claim EDI, and Formulary/Pharmacy management.Minimum of four to six years? experience directly supporting the implementation of business-critical software applications and systems.Experience working with customers in rapid-based customer requirement gathering techniques and methods.Experience juggling multiple projects in a fast-paced environmentAbility to think in a creative, ?out-of-the-box? manner to come up with solutions.Strong business and technical writing skills.  Excellent presentation and communication skillsStrong leadership skills and initiative by working independently while effectively communicating with both external and internal clientsDemonstrable experience gathering and documenting business, functional, and non-functional requirements.Demonstrable experience building detailed functional specifications for use by both technical and non-technical readers. 

 

In addition to the above requirements, specific skills in any of following areas are highly desirable:Consulting background as an analyst or senior analyst with a national firm.Experience working in a multi-trading partner e-commerce integration environment.Experience designing web-based transaction applications.Basic experience with HTML and XML as well as HTML and XML editors.Experience working with a managed care transaction system (e.g. Amisys, Erisco, HSD, CSC, etc.).Experience working with IBM MQSeries, Tibco, MSMQ or similar integration software tools.Experience working with EAI, BPM, and/or BAM technologies.Some programming/systems experience, including SQL-based query construction and database schema proficiency. Microsoft SQL Server experience preferred.



Local candidates only please as relocation assistance is not provided.

 

About Us: MMR Recruitment Group, Inc. combines hands-on human resources experience in the software industry with a comprehensive understanding of the emerging Health Information Technology and Internet-centric industry. Our main objective is to provide client companies with access to talented, motivated candidates for professional, technical and management needs.  Our company philosophy is based upon listening to the details that are important in matching a client company with a candidate. This supports the creation of a subsequent employment relationship that is long-standing and mutually beneficial.

 

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