Healthcare Business Analyst; Hybrid

Overview

Stanford Medicine Catalyst was created to cultivate and advance the unmatched innovation that occurs  select the inventions and ideas with the highest potential to transform health and biomedicine at global scale and support them to evolve and prepare for commercialization through pilot projects, prototyping, deployment in active health systems, business planning, market analysis, connections with the investment community and development of future executive leadership teams.

Catalyst leverages the full range of Stanford resources, including the University and Stanford’s health systems (Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health). Catalyst was formed as part of the Stanford Medicine Integrated Strategic Plan and is supported by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the two CEOs of the health systems.

At Stanford Medicine we are inventing the future and improving patient lives every day. We invite you to join us in launching Stanford innovation to make a worldwide impact and interact with an amazing array of individuals.

We are seeking a Catalyst Business Analyst to facilitate and administer programs or functions under minimal supervision. The Catalyst program identifies strong candidates for translational projects inside the Stanford Medicine clinical areas to validate and de-risk medical innovations. The Business Analyst (BA) role is a critical part of this mission. This person will review candidate projects and may continue to assist a project’s development after selection.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for healthcare, the healthcare startup ecosystem, and the ability to communicate with and interface with entrepreneurs.

• The Business Analyst (BA) will assist in the execution of the Catalyst Evaluation process for projects seeking entry into the Catalyst program. Due Diligence includes:
  Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Business Plan Review, IT and Data Analysis, alignment with Stanford, SWOT analysis.
• Assess and provide recommendations to Stanford Medicine Catalyst Leaders for review and approval.
• Facilitate planning and operations for programs or functions with significant business, regulatory and/or technical challenges requiring subject matter expertise.
• Evaluate programs or functions, policies and procedures; identify issues and develop alternative solutions.
• Review and analyze trends to advise and develop recommendations to achieve or modify program goals.
• Represent the program within the department, unit or school; commit resources and provide information and/or training; represent the program at the university level and/or to external/internal stakeholders.
• Manage and contribute to the development of outreach strategy, including relationship development, communications and compliance.
• May develop and/or oversee budgets; manage finances including monitoring, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting.
• May lead cross-team efforts or direct other staff or interns to complete projects.

• A passion for health care and for the health care startup marketplace.
• Avid reader of health care entrepreneurial news streams.
• Analytical with a passion for data.
• Ability to understand entrepreneurs and what they are going through.
• Ability to bridge the needs and language of an academic medical center and industry.

• Other duties may also be assigned

• Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Business, Science, or a related field (preferred in many cases).
• Strong technical and quantitative skills with demonstrated ability to execute complex analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively to build influential relationships with senior management, executives and external partners.
• Experience managing projects/programs with successful delivery to deadlines.
• Experience with software such as Google Suite, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Airtable, Smartsheets, Mural, Lucidchart, Tableau;
  Illustrator a plus; CRM experience, preferably Salesforce.

• Demonstrated ability to…