Career Center

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Institutional Review Office (IRO) functions as the central office for managing the ethical review and approval of human or animal studies conducted at Fred Hutch, with specific responsibilities for supporting the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).  

The Business Analyst – Institutional Review Office (IRO) is responsible for providing subject matter expertise and oversight in the implementation and support of the IRB and IACUC solutions in the Huron Research Suite.

Implement and support the IRO electronic systems

• Discover and document functional requirements for system implementation, upgrades, and integrations
• Configure systems for optimal process flows and efficient user interface
• Use appropriate tools to achieve project deliverables
• Support system and/or process change with proper planning, timely execution, user training, and issue tracking and resolution
• Design, manage, and participate in user testing, and solicit user feedback for integration into systems
• Track and propose post-implementation enhancement requests and work with applicable stakeholders to determine impact, urgency, and value
• Develop, update, and/or review system user documentation of functional design changes and ensure usefulness with training resources in support of Fred Hutch training efforts
• Provide coverage for IRO Support functions including inbox monitoring and triage, system maintenance tasks, user access, and issue problem-solving

Collaborate with teams to deliver on project objectives

• Assist the Senior Business Analyst and applicable project resources, including project manager(s), to ensure successful project objectives, timelines, documentation, and deliverables
• Work with subject matter experts to gather functional requirements and create use cases according to project standards
• Effectively communicate IRO business needs to IT project teams, and consult with IRO staff to support IT projects
• Solve cross-functional design issues in cooperation with developers
• Identify and troubleshoot system bugs with software vendor
• Cultivate effective relationships within the IRO, Center IT, IRB and IACUC committees, and across campus to support trust, consistency, and competence of the team

Optimize IRO business processes

• Discover, evaluate, optimize, and document business processes
• Define workflow/routing within the IRO, identify gaps in process, and work with IRO leadership to successfully alter processes as needed
• Collect and analyze data to inform decisions
• Assist the Senior Business Analyst to gather data and produce reports and metrics as requested

Perform policy analysis and assist the IRO in regulatory compliance

• Analyze new policy considerations and provide strong, coherent input to key stakeholders for establishing Center policy
• Aid IRO leadership in decision-making by providing sound judgment and transparent analysis
• Collaborate with other Fred Hutch departments to develop Center policies
• Create decision documents as a framework for documenting policy options
• Understand IRB and IACUC review systems and technical issues and facilitate problem-solving and resolution within and across these modalities
• Ensure system designs support compliance with regulations, laws, rules and policies that impact the review of research overseen by the IRO

Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related field.
• Minimum 5 years of IT business analysis experience managing Enterprise applications.
• Experience with application development lifecycle methodology as well as IT analysis mythologies such as process flow definition, data flow diagramming etc.

Preferred 

• 2 years of experience supporting business applications in a research or non-profit setting
• Experience in designing and leading requirements discovery sessions including use of interviews, document analysis, surveys, business process modeling, and workflow analysis
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Advanced technical skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
• Strong communications and customer service skills
• Knowledge of research-related policies and regulations, including FDA 21 CFR Part 11 preferred
• Experience in the applications that support IRB and IACUC Management preferred; including the IRB and IACUC solutions in the Huron Research Suite
• Familiarity with SQL preferred
• Certified IRB Professional (CIP) preferred

Please provide a cover letter and DEI Statement using the information below. 

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $74,358 to $111,536 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.??

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).?