Principal Business Analyst - Requirement Validation

Summary

The Principal Business Analyst – Requirements Validation (RV) is a senior-level role responsible for leading the most complex and high-impact requirements validation initiatives. This role serves as the primary driver for ensuring requirements alignment with contractual obligations, eliciting requirements from stakeholders, and delivering client-ready artifacts that demonstrate how requirements are met. The Principal BA acts as a trusted advisor to clients, leads the RVS team, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions. This role also leverages expertise in contractual analysis, facilitation, and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools to enhance the end-to-end requirements validation process. As a Principal Business Analyst - Requirement Validation at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

• Leads the interpretation of requirements from contractual documents, identifying key deliverables and priorities.
• Conducts advanced requirements elicitation sessions with stakeholders, utilizing techniques such as interviews, workshops, and focus groups.
• Ensures that elicited requirements are clearly documented, traceable, and aligned with project scope and contractual obligations.
• Oversees the end-to-end RVS process, including planning, execution, and delivery of client-ready artifacts.
• Defines the strategy for RVS discussions, ensuring alignment with project goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Leads the preparation of demonstrations and "How Requirements Are Met" documentation to support client validation.
• Serves as the primary liaison between internal teams, external stakeholders, and project leadership to ensure alignment and consensus.
• Guides and facilitates RVS sessions, ensuring active participation and addressing stakeholder concerns.
• Anticipates and resolves conflicts or challenges, driving collaborative solutions to maintain project momentum.
• Drives the creation, review, and finalization of RVS artifacts, including requirements traceability matrices, process flows, and demonstration scripts.

.... your role continued

• Ensures documentation accuracy, completeness, and adherence to organizational and project standards.
• Oversees the organization and publication of artifacts within ALM tools, ensuring traceability from requirements to optimize design, configuration and testing.
• Provides leadership and mentorship to junior and senior business analysts, fostering skills development and knowledge sharing.
• Establishes best practices for requirements validation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Represents the RVS function in client and internal leadership discussions, advocating for continuous improvement.
• Identifies potential risks and issues during the RVS process and implements mitigation strategies.
• Collaborates with project leadership to align on risk resolution and maintain project momentum.

What we're looking for

• Master’s degree in business administration, information systems, or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 8–10+ years of experience in business analysis with a focus on requirements validation and solution delivery.
• Proven ability to analyze and interpret complex contractual documents and translate them into actionable requirements.
• Extensive experience with requirements elicitation techniques and stakeholder engagement in large-scale projects.
• Expertise in ALM tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps) and requirements traceability processes.
• Familiarity with healthcare, Medicaid, CMS, or MITA frameworks is highly preferred.

Required knowledge and skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Proven ability to build consensus across diverse teams and foster strong client relationships.
• Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills to manage competing priorities and deliverables.
• Advanced knowledge of ALM tools and their application in requirements validation and traceability.
• Expertise in documenting and packaging RVS artifacts for client consumption, ensuring clarity and accuracy.
• Proficient in facilitating high-stakes discussions and capturing key decisions and insights.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex RVS initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with risk identification, mitigation strategies, and driving issue resolution in a timely manner.
• Strong ability to oversee and align RVS schedules and deliverables with project milestones and deadlines.

What you should expect in this role

• Fully remote options from most US locations and territories
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
• The deadline to submit applications for this posting has been extended until a suitable candidate has been selected.

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