GH
Staff Business Analyst
Palo Alto, CA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$142k-$196kDetected 30 days ago
Data AnalysisData EngineeringComplianceStrategic CommunicationsHIPAAPatient CareBioinformaticsCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Company Description Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer.
- Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer.
- For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.
Responsibilities
- Data Stewardship: Maintain authoritative documentation of clinical data models, business rules, data mappings, and lineage. Serve as the source of truth for how clinical and genomic concepts are represented and consumed across the platform.
- User Democratization: Serve as a subject matter expert in oncology and genomic data workflows, providing guidance to users and stakeholders. Facilitate user training and support the adoption of new product features.
- Maintain authoritative documentation of clinical data models, business rules, data mappings, and lineage.
- Facilitate user training and support the adoption of new product features.
- If you need support, please reach out to Peopleteam@guardanthealth.com
- We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires.
Requirements
- 7+ years as a Business Analyst or equivalent, with the majority spent in genomics, molecular diagnostics, oncology, clinical data systems, or precision medicine.
- Deep domain experience is required
- You are equally effective in a room of clinicians, a product review, or an engineering planning session.
- Deep working knowledge of genomic data: variants, biomarkers, assay panels, clinical annotations, and how these translate into structured data within production systems.
- Familiarity with clinical data governance and data quality standards.
- Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment.
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
- A background screening including criminal history is required for this role.
- 7+ years as a Business Analyst or equivalent, with the majority spent in genomics, molecular diagnostics, oncology, clinical data systems, or precision medicine. Deep domain experience is required
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Health Informatics, or a related scientific discipline.
- Expert-level written and verbal communication, documenting data specifications, and stakeholder communications that are clear, precise, and actionable without further interpretation. You are equally effective in a room of clinicians, a product review, or an engineering planning session.
- Hands-on experience building or supporting clinical or genomic data applications.
- Querying data, running data analysis on analytics databases.
- Experience in HIPAA-compliant healthcare environments. Familiarity with clinical data governance and data quality standards.
- AI & Digital Fluency
- Demonstrate curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to critically evaluate and responsibly leverage AI-enabled tools in accordance with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of work.
- Hybrid Work Model: This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.
- The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. This range does not include benefits or, if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. Each candidate's compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, education, job-related skills, job duties, and business need.Primary Location: Palo Alto, CAPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $142,300 - $195,700Other US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $120,955 - $166,345If the role is performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is: $128,070 - $176,130
Compensation
- $142,300 - $195,700Other
- $120,955 - $166,345If the role is performed in
- $128,070 - $176,130
Benefits
- Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer.
- You will be embedded at the front of product development for Guardant Health's clinical and genomic data applications.
Company info
- Product Partnership: Operate as part of the product and engineering team, owning the problem space from early discovery through production release. Shape what gets built by driving clarity on requirements, domain and business context.
- Requirements Ownership: Own requirements end-to-end for clinical and genomic data products. Drive conversations with domain authority, challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and resolve ambiguity independently.
- We are seeking a highly motivated Staff Business Analyst with a strong background in genomics and oncology to join our team.
Equal opportunity
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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