Framing and synthesis; Research operations, compliance, and oversight. [40]

Business Analyst

What this job does:

Elicit and document requirements, analyze processes and data, and bridge stakeholders and technical teams to deliver improvements (products, systems, operations, or strategy).

This job is similar to these lab/research tasks:

Analysis: quantify results and compare conditions; Coordination: manage collaboration timelines and handoffs; QA: run controls, replicate checks, validate data integrity; write SOPs, train newcomers, present results to committees.

Typical starting salary range

$83k to $135k

Salary estimate represented as 25th to 75th percentile. Gathered from recent job postings, Glassdoor.com, and Salary.com

Daily task breakdown

Requirements discovery & problem framing 30%
Analysis (metrics, market or operations data) 20%
Project coordination (Agile, timelines, stakeholder alignment) 20%
Testing/QA & rollout support 15%
Other (presentations, training, documentation) 15%.

Skills you'll use in this job:

Requirements gathering and clear documentation; process mapping; basic analytics (SQL/Excel) and metrics; stakeholder management; project coordination (Agile/JIRA); ability to test/validate solutions (UAT/QA).

Talk about these PhD skills in your resume and interview:

Translate your PhD to structured problem solving: define scope, turn qualitative needs into measurable requirements, run analyses, and iterate based on feedback. Emphasize writing (protocols/SOPs), coordinating across collaborators, and validating results with QA checklists.