Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst- Market Access

Location: Foster City, CA / Remote

Job Type: Full-Time

Domain: Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals / Market Access / Pricing & Contracting

Primary Skills (Must Have)

·                  Market Access Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the US Pharmaceutical Market Access ecosystem.

·                  Program Experience: Experience supporting Managed Care, Payer, PBM, Government Programs, and Specialty Pharmacy processes.

·                  Financial Calculations: Knowledge of Pricing, Contracting, Rebates, Chargebacks, and Gross-to-Net calculations.

·                  Program Compliance: Understanding of Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B programs.

·                  Formulary Knowledge: Knowledge of formulary management and payer access dynamics.

·                  Sales Alignment: Familiarity with pharmaceutical sales and market access business functions**.**

·                  Business Analysis Skills: Requirement elicitation and stakeholder management.

·                  Process Design: Process mapping, workflow analysis, and gap assessment.

·                  Documentation: BRD, FRD, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria preparation.

·                  Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

·                  Optimization: Business process improvement and optimization experience.

Soft Skills & Other Skills

·                  Communication Skills: Communicate effectively with internal and customer stakeholders.

·                  Communication Approach: Verbal, emails, and instant messages.

·                  Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive relationships with team members.

·                  Feedback Delivery: Provide constructive feedback during code reviews and be open to receiving feedback on your own code.

·                  Problem-Solving: Capability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.

·                  Mindset: Analytical mindset.

Role Summary

Client is seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst with strong Market Access domain expertise to support business initiatives across Pricing, Contracting, Government Programs, Rebates, Gross-to-Net (GTN), Managed Care, and Market Access Operations.

Why This Role Matters

This is one of the most important engagements for our customer.

Job Description of Role (What You''ll Do)

·                  Business Requirements Management: Partner with Market Access stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges, and opportunities.

·                  Prioritization: Gather, document, and prioritize business requirements for Market Access initiatives.

·                  Artifact Creation: Create BRDs, financial specifications, use cases, user stories, process maps, and business workflows.

·                  Alignment: Ensure business requirements are complete, traceable, and aligned with organizational goals.

·                  Market Access Process Analysis: Analyze current-state Market Access processes and identify optimization opportunities.

·                  Initiative Support: Support initiatives related to pricing, contracting, rebates, chargebacks, formulary management, and payer performance tracking.

·                  Impact Evaluation: Evaluate business impacts of process changes and technology enhancements.

·                  Solution Recommendation: Recommend solutions to improve operational efficiency and reporting accuracy.

Secondary Skills (Good to Have)

·                  Experience with Model N applications.

·                  Knowledge of Gross-to-Net forecasting processes.

·                  Experience working with Specialty Pharmacy and HUB Operations.

·                  Understanding of Patient Access and Patient Support Services.

·                  Experience supporting Government Pricing programs.