Experienced Business Analyst - Medicaid

About the role

As an Experienced Business Analyst - Medicaid at Gainwell, you will lead business analysis efforts for complex, high-impact healthcare initiatives. In this role, you will serve as a Project Business Lead (BL), driving coordination across multiple Business Analysts and ensuring delivery of a cohesive, compliant, and end-to-end solution.

You will partner with project leadership and client stakeholders to translate business needs into high-quality system solutions that improve outcomes for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Medicaid members, and providers.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of business analysis leadership on a large, cross-functional system implementation or modernization effort.
• Serve as the lead Business Analyst and Project Business Lead (BL) on a complex, multi-workstream project.
• Oversee the full lifecycle management of structured solution changes across the BA team, assigning ownership, guiding development, and ensuring each item meets standards for documentation, coordination, traceability, and progression through approval, implementation, and closure.
• Act as a primary liaison to DHS, partnering with the Project Manager as a co-face of the project to lead requirements and design discussions.
• Lead and facilitate requirements workshops, design sessions, and solution walkthroughs, ensuring stakeholder alignment and consensus.
• Ensure end-to-end solution integrity by aligning requirements, technical design, operational impacts, and validating feasibility in partnership with the Technical Lead.
• Cook up with the Test Lead and testing team to ensure alignment of test scenarios and test cases, validate coverage across functional areas, and support defect triage during SIT/UAT.
• Enforce quality assurance standards across all BA deliverables, including final review, traceability validation, and readiness for PMO, Sponsor, and DHS review.
• Maintain project coordination and communication activities, including capturing and distributing meeting minutes, tracking status of work items, and providing regular updates to Project Managers and other stakeholders.
• Support the Project Manager in BA team resourcing, SME engagement, scheduling, and workload balancing.
• Coach and mentor BA team members, promoting consistency, accountability, and adherence to standards.

Requirements

• Nine or more years of experience as a Business Analyst or requirements lead, with demonstrated ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting Medicaid or healthcare system implementations (required).
• Demonstrated experience leading Business Analyst teams and coordinating across cross-functional business, technical, and operational teams on large, complex IT projects.
• Proven ability to lead requirements elicitation, design coordination, and delivery of complex system solutions.
• Strong knowledge of requirements elicitation and writing, SDLC/PLC processes, and alignment of requirements to testing and validation activities.
• Able to drive quality, consistency, and accountability across multiple contributors and deliverables.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to lead client-facing discussions and influence outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Healthcare Management, or related field preferred.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CAPM, or CBA preferred.
• Experience with healthcare systems, specifically Medicaid, is required.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools is beneficial.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with project management tools like JIRA or Asana.

Benefits

Gainwell offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $86,800.00 - $124,000.00 per year, with the actual salary determined by geographic location, internal equity, and other factors. The company also provides:

• Generous, flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) employer match
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement

Pay

The pay range for this position is $86,800.00 - $124,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Schedule

Working hours aligned to core business hours: 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM CST.

Application Deadline

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is July 16, 2026.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.