Senior Associate - Healthcare Business Analyst

Cognizant is a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business, and they are seeking a Senior Associate - Healthcare Business Analyst. In this role, you will support healthcare transformation initiatives by gathering requirements, analyzing business processes, and collaborating with various teams to ensure successful solution delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Support discovery and requirements gathering sessions to identify business, integration, configuration, and testing needs
• Analyze business processes and document functional and non-functional requirements for healthcare technology initiatives
• Translate business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria for Agile delivery teams
• Collaborate with business, development, testing, and implementation teams to validate requirements and support solution delivery
• Maintain requirements documentation, traceability, and change requests throughout the project lifecycle

Requirements:

• 5+ years of business analysis experience within healthcare payer, healthcare technology, consulting, or related industries
• Experience gathering, documenting, and validating business and system requirements
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, including user story creation and acceptance criteria development
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across business, development, testing, configuration, and implementation functions
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder engagement, and documentation skills
• Healthcare payer experience in claims, membership, provider, benefits, care management, or related business domains
• Experience supporting healthcare platform implementations, modernization efforts, or system integration projects
• Familiarity with requirements management and Agile delivery tools
• Ability to analyze business problems and recommend practical solutions
• Consulting experience and the ability to work effectively in client-facing environments