Business Analyst, Medicaid Systems Modernization

Business Analyst, Medicaid Systems Modernization

Job Location: Austin, TX, USA, 78751

Work Model: Onsite Shift: M-F, 8-5 Employment Type: Temporary FT/PT: Full-Time Estimated Duration (In months): 12 Min Hourly Rate($): 90.00 Max Hourly Rate($): 95.00

Serve as a key member of a major Medicaid systems modernization initiative focused on the design, oversight, and delivery of a new Medicaid application for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).

Partner with business and technical stakeholders to review, analyze, and evaluate business systems, user needs, and operational processes.

Lead business process analysis, process reengineering, requirements management, risk assessment, and solution design activities to support enterprise-level Medicaid system transformation efforts.

Provide project and product oversight for Medicaid IT-contracted systems and integrated project initiatives.

Develop documentation, standards, and processes that ensure consistent understanding, governance, and alignment with agency objectives and integrated solution strategies.

Analyze business challenges and recommend technology solutions that improve operational effectiveness, efficiency, and service delivery.

Prepare business cases, financial analyses, cost-benefit assessments, ROI evaluations, buy-versus-build recommendations, and risk mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems, operational processes, and user requirements.
• Elicit, document, validate, and manage business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs, business rules, program functions, workflows, and system development requirements.
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conduct business process mapping, gap analysis, and business process reengineering activities.
• Identify opportunities for technology modernization and process improvement.
• Create and evaluate solution alternatives and provide recommendations based on business value, feasibility, cost, and risk.
• Prepare financial analyses including cost-benefit analysis, return on investment (ROI), and buy-versus-build assessments.
• Coordinate project activities with vendors, contractors, business partners, and technical teams.
• Review project deliverables and ensure alignment with business requirements and agency standards.
• Support project scope management, deployment planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), and system integration testing activities.
• Identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Analyze Health and Human Services (HHS) policies, procedures, regulations, and standards to determine impacts on system functionality and business operations.
• Provide oversight for project documentation, application functionality delivery, and compliance with project governance standards.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, requirements workshops, and project status discussions.
• Support Agile and/or SAFe project delivery methodologies.
• Assist in developing agency processes, standards, and documentation to support integrated Medicaid solutions.

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**