Principal , IT Analyst - Proposals

• Proposal & RFP Management: Reviews RFPs, participates in proposal meetings, and ensures technical alignment with bid requirements.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Works across clinical, operations, technology, and security teams, identifying subject matter experts (SMEs) to obtain accurate proposal content.
• Technology Architecture & Compliance: Works with architects and product teams on architecture , estimation, and security compliance  
• Content Development & Quality Assurance: Crafts and refines proposal language to ensure consistency with technology products and compliance with client requirements.
• Risk Management & Continuous Improvement: Identifies proposal-related risks, collaborates on mitigation plans, and drives ongoing process enhancements for proposal excellence.
• SLAs: Evaluates technology performance guarantees to ensure consistency with service-level agreements (SLAs).

This position will analyze, evaluate and design/redesign business, IT or operational processes using scientific approaches such as Critical Thinking, Lean Management, ITIL, Design Thinking and structured systems analysis and design. Provide leadership to more junior IT Analysts through all aspects of the software development cycles. Be a hands-on analyst who can define user stories and acceptance criteria, assist with problem solving, root cause analysis, trouble shooting and coaching of junior it analysts on the team and ensure that requirements and acceptance criteria satisfy business needs. Demonstrate a high level of expertise in the `IT Analyst` craft. Help the team work through impediments. Clear impediments and escalate issues when needed. Drive usability and quality of the software developed within the area. Help the team manage changes. Plan, prioritize and deliver the detail behind enhancements. Work on a variety of enterprise applications and problems. Develop relationships with senior stakeholders across partner teams, addressing concerns and removing roadblocks to drive projects forward.

• Ensure that requirements and acceptance criteria satisfy business needs.
• Deploy business requirements through reliable business system configuration updates to enterprise applications.
• Help the team work through impediments. 
• Clear impediments and escalate issues when needed.
• Drive usability and quality of the software developed within the area.
• Helps the team manage changes.
• Plan, prioritize and deliver enhancements. 
• Work on a variety of enterprise applications and problems.
• Develop relationships with senior stakeholders across partner teams, addressing concerns and removing roadblocks to drive projects forward.
• Analyze issues with focus on identifying root cause and prevention.
• Help the team arrive at innovative solutions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Job Requirements

Responsibilities

- 6+ years related experience including a minimum of 3+ years of delivering requirements and testing in support of high quality, secure software in IT.
- Good presentation and communication skills. 
- Highly collaborative.
- Ability to execute on strategies to solve complex and open-ended business problems.
- Lead prototyping of potential solutions.
- Perform implementation reviews.
- Lead support of resolution of technical challenges.
- Proactive, can-do attitude.
- Take responsibility for ensuring success of all implementation.
- Technically proficient and hands-on.
- Mastery of QA methodology and problem solving tools/techniques.
- Experience with applying Design Thinking Techniques.
- Critical Thinker.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Creativity and show initiative.

General Job Information

Title

Principal , IT Analyst - Proposals

Grade

29

Work Experience - Required

IT

Work Experience - Preferred

Education - Required

A Combination of Education and Work Experience May Be Considered., Bachelor's - Computer and Information Science

Education - Preferred

License and Certifications - Required

License and Certifications - Preferred

Salary Range

Salary Minimum:

$93,955

Salary Maximum:

$159,725

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position may be eligible for short-term incentives as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Magellan offers a broad range of health, life, voluntary and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

Magellan Health, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tobacco-free workplace. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.
Every employee must understand, comply with and attest to the security responsibilities and security controls unique to their position; and comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and internal policies and procedures.

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