Director, Technical Business Analysis

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation's leading advocacy organization for children's healthcare, is seeking a customer-focused individual with excellent communication skills to manage multiple projects, build consensus in teams, grasp technical concepts quickly, and translate technical verbiage into easily understandable language in this newly created role housed in our Department of Information Technology (IT).

Reporting to the Director, Department of IT/CIO this individual will liaise between IT and AAP staff to create functional specifications and define business requirements for IT project requests, software enhancements, and process improvements, as well as, support AAP departments by ensuring internal developers and 3rd party vendors receive appropriate business requirements and specifications to deliver quality project solutions.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information systems, Business or related discipline required (Masters degree preferred), at least 6 years experience in business/systems analysis, including defining technology solutions that enable business objectives, leading large/complex technical implementations, writing business requirements or functional specifications, and leading teams required, with a proven track record of increasing levels of responsibility. Proficiency with project management methodologies and data modeling concepts essential. Excellent MS Office, Visio, PowerPoint, and MS Project skills required, along with solid working knowledge of relevant technology concepts such as relational databases, client-server, HTML, .NET, and Web- based architectures. Some evenings and weekend work required, as well as occasional travel.

We offer a competitive salary with an exceptional and comprehensive benefits package. Please send your resume and salary requirements referencing position HR/CLN/533 to:

American Academy of Pediatrics
Attn: Human Resources
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
FAX: (847) 228-5099
E-MAIL: resumes@aap.org

Please visit our Web site for more information about the AAP. The AAP offers an excellent work environment, competitive salary, and a very comprehensive benefits package. Additionally, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength diversity brings to our workplace. As a reaffirmation to our employee-focused culture, in 2005 & 2006 the AAP was named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Chicagoland area.