Business Development Assistant Jobs in Alaska
Business Development Assistant jobs in Alaska are steadily active, concentrated in the oil and gas, maritime, defense contracting, and tourism sectors that define the state's commercial economy. The most hiring happens in and around Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, where employers like Doyon Limited, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, and Chenega Corporation regularly bring on business development assistants to support proposal writing, partner outreach, and contract pipeline management. Entry-level coordinators and senior-level specialists both find openings here, with government contracting support and Alaska Native corporation business development among the most in-demand specializations. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Business Analyst - Anchorage
Anchorage, AK, US, 99503
Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at HMS, a Gainwell Company carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
Summary
The Business Analyst - Anchorage at Gainwell, supports the the assigned contract () function by helping define business and reporting requirements, document processes and data rules, validate analytical deliverables, and provide operational visibility across transformation initiatives. Working with guidance from senior team members, this position connects business, operational, data, and technical teams so information is consistently defined, understood, documented, and used to support program decisions and long-term operational outcomes.
Your role in our mission
Business Analysis and Requirements
- Work with business, operational, data, and technical stakeholders to gather, document, and maintain requirements for routine and ad hoc reporting, analytics, dashboards, and performance measurement.
- Help translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, process flows, business rules, data requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Participate in requirements sessions, stakeholder interviews, and working meetings; document decisions, open questions, owners, and follow-up actions.
- Assist with reviewing requirements for completeness, consistency, traceability, and alignment with assigned contract and business operations objectives.
- Maintain requirements traceability and support controlled updates when business needs, source data, priorities, or delivery timelines change.
Reporting, Metrics, and Data Documentation
- Support the definition and documentation of KPIs, business rules, calculation logic, metric standards, populations, exclusions, targets, source data, and refresh schedules.
- Develop and maintain data dictionaries, data mappings, metric inventories, process documentation, and supporting data-governance artifacts.
- Assist with the design, validation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance-monitoring tools.
- Analyze operational and program data to identify trends, exceptions, risks, improvement opportunities, and questions requiring additional review.
- Prepare clear summaries, tables, and visualizations that help technical and non-technical stakeholders understand findings and next steps.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation to confirm that dashboard totals, KPI results, and detail-level records align within documented tolerances.
DHCS and Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate with DHCS stakeholders, including Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), Enterprise Data and Information Management (EDIM), Program Operations (ProOps), and other business teams to gather, validate, and maintain requirements and analytical assets.
- Serve as a day-to-day point of coordination for assigned requirements, reports, documentation, testing activities, and follow-up items.
- Communicate progress, questions, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed to the appropriate project or workstream lead.
- Contribute to integrated program reporting and executive-level performance visibility by preparing accurate, traceable, and timely information.
- Support program reviews, readiness activities, audits, and performance-improvement efforts by organizing documentation and confirming supporting evidence.
Project and Workstream Support
- Support assigned projects and workstreams by maintaining work plans, milestone trackers, action logs, deliverable lists, and status information.
- Track risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions; follow up with assigned owners and escalate overdue or blocked items to the project lead.
- Assist with meeting preparation, agendas, notes, action items, and follow-through to help keep work moving on schedule.
- Monitor assigned deliverables against target dates and acceptance criteria, and communicate potential schedule or quality impacts early.
- Support scope and requirement changes by documenting the requested change, business reason, affected deliverables, dependencies, and required approvals.
- Help prepare concise project status updates covering completed work, upcoming milestones, risks, decisions, and next steps.
Testing, Implementation, and Operational Transition
- Develop or maintain test scenarios, test scripts, expected results, requirements traceability, and defect documentation under the direction of the project or reporting lead.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing activities, document results, track defects, and confirm that issues are resolved or dispositioned before release.
- Support the transition of reports, dashboards, documentation, and reporting processes from implementation teams to designated operational owners.
- Assist with training materials, user guidance, standard operating procedures, knowledge-transfer sessions, and post-implementation support.
- Confirm that required documentation, approvals, ownership, and support procedures are complete before operational handoff.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information systems, data analytics, healthcare administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 2+ years of experience in business analysis, reporting, data analysis, operations analysis, project coordination, or a related discipline.
- Ability to gather information, document requirements, organize details, and communicate findings clearly.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Basic experience with data analysis, reporting, process mapping, testing, documentation, or dashboard tools through professional work, internships, coursework, or projects.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and willingness to learn unfamiliar business processes and technical concepts.
- Ability to work collaboratively in an Anchorage-based, cross-functional environment and manage multiple assigned priorities with guidance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience or coursework involving Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, SQL, Power Query, Python, or similar analytics tools.
- Familiarity with business-analysis methods such as requirements gathering, user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, traceability, and user acceptance testing.
- Experience supporting healthcare, Medicaid, government, public-sector, implementation, or transformation work.
- Familiarity with data governance concepts, including data definitions, data quality, business rules, mappings, ownership, and lineage.
- Exposure to Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Six Sigma, or other project and process-improvement practices.
- Experience preparing project trackers, meeting notes, status reports, test documentation, or operational procedures.
What you should expect in this role
- This position is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and supports the assigned contract and business operations. Work hours and required availability will align with approved program and DHCS stakeholder schedules. 8a-5p Alaska time.
- Preferrence to Alaska residents
- The role may require participation in stakeholder meetings, testing, implementation activities, readiness reviews, or time-sensitive program deliverables outside the normal schedule with advance notice when practical.
- Any approved remote or hybrid work arrangement must comply with Gainwell policies and applicable connectivity, security, and availability requirements.
Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
Photo will be taken during screening for verification in all steps of the recruitment process.
The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 30, 2026
#LI-HC1
#LI-Alaska
Please ensure you join all screenings, interviews and meetings from a quiet location with a stable internet connection.
Video is required for screenings and interviews, so please test your camera and microphone in advance.
Do not use AI tools, virtual backgrounds/filters, or visual enhancements during the interview.
The pay range for this position is $59,500.00 - $85,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at HMS, a Gainwell Company. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with HMS, a Gainwell Company, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about HMS, A Gainwell Technologies Company at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.
HMS, a Gainwell Company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. HMS defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.
Nearest Major Market: Alaska
Nearest Secondary Market: Anchorage
Business Analyst - Anchorage
Anchorage, AK, US, 99503
Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at HMS, a Gainwell Company carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
Summary
The Business Analyst - Anchorage at Gainwell, supports the the assigned contract () function by helping define business and reporting requirements, document processes and data rules, validate analytical deliverables, and provide operational visibility across transformation initiatives. Working with guidance from senior team members, this position connects business, operational, data, and technical teams so information is consistently defined, understood, documented, and used to support program decisions and long-term operational outcomes.
Your role in our mission
Business Analysis and Requirements
- Work with business, operational, data, and technical stakeholders to gather, document, and maintain requirements for routine and ad hoc reporting, analytics, dashboards, and performance measurement.
- Help translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, process flows, business rules, data requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Participate in requirements sessions, stakeholder interviews, and working meetings; document decisions, open questions, owners, and follow-up actions.
- Assist with reviewing requirements for completeness, consistency, traceability, and alignment with assigned contract and business operations objectives.
- Maintain requirements traceability and support controlled updates when business needs, source data, priorities, or delivery timelines change.
Reporting, Metrics, and Data Documentation
- Support the definition and documentation of KPIs, business rules, calculation logic, metric standards, populations, exclusions, targets, source data, and refresh schedules.
- Develop and maintain data dictionaries, data mappings, metric inventories, process documentation, and supporting data-governance artifacts.
- Assist with the design, validation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance-monitoring tools.
- Analyze operational and program data to identify trends, exceptions, risks, improvement opportunities, and questions requiring additional review.
- Prepare clear summaries, tables, and visualizations that help technical and non-technical stakeholders understand findings and next steps.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation to confirm that dashboard totals, KPI results, and detail-level records align within documented tolerances.
DHCS and Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate with DHCS stakeholders, including Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), Enterprise Data and Information Management (EDIM), Program Operations (ProOps), and other business teams to gather, validate, and maintain requirements and analytical assets.
- Serve as a day-to-day point of coordination for assigned requirements, reports, documentation, testing activities, and follow-up items.
- Communicate progress, questions, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed to the appropriate project or workstream lead.
- Contribute to integrated program reporting and executive-level performance visibility by preparing accurate, traceable, and timely information.
- Support program reviews, readiness activities, audits, and performance-improvement efforts by organizing documentation and confirming supporting evidence.
Project and Workstream Support
- Support assigned projects and workstreams by maintaining work plans, milestone trackers, action logs, deliverable lists, and status information.
- Track risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions; follow up with assigned owners and escalate overdue or blocked items to the project lead.
- Assist with meeting preparation, agendas, notes, action items, and follow-through to help keep work moving on schedule.
- Monitor assigned deliverables against target dates and acceptance criteria, and communicate potential schedule or quality impacts early.
- Support scope and requirement changes by documenting the requested change, business reason, affected deliverables, dependencies, and required approvals.
- Help prepare concise project status updates covering completed work, upcoming milestones, risks, decisions, and next steps.
Testing, Implementation, and Operational Transition
- Develop or maintain test scenarios, test scripts, expected results, requirements traceability, and defect documentation under the direction of the project or reporting lead.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing activities, document results, track defects, and confirm that issues are resolved or dispositioned before release.
- Support the transition of reports, dashboards, documentation, and reporting processes from implementation teams to designated operational owners.
- Assist with training materials, user guidance, standard operating procedures, knowledge-transfer sessions, and post-implementation support.
- Confirm that required documentation, approvals, ownership, and support procedures are complete before operational handoff.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information systems, data analytics, healthcare administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 2+ years of experience in business analysis, reporting, data analysis, operations analysis, project coordination, or a related discipline.
- Ability to gather information, document requirements, organize details, and communicate findings clearly.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Basic experience with data analysis, reporting, process mapping, testing, documentation, or dashboard tools through professional work, internships, coursework, or projects.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and willingness to learn unfamiliar business processes and technical concepts.
- Ability to work collaboratively in an Anchorage-based, cross-functional environment and manage multiple assigned priorities with guidance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience or coursework involving Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, SQL, Power Query, Python, or similar analytics tools.
- Familiarity with business-analysis methods such as requirements gathering, user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, traceability, and user acceptance testing.
- Experience supporting healthcare, Medicaid, government, public-sector, implementation, or transformation work.
- Familiarity with data governance concepts, including data definitions, data quality, business rules, mappings, ownership, and lineage.
- Exposure to Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Six Sigma, or other project and process-improvement practices.
- Experience preparing project trackers, meeting notes, status reports, test documentation, or operational procedures.
What you should expect in this role
- This position is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and supports the assigned contract and business operations. Work hours and required availability will align with approved program and DHCS stakeholder schedules. 8a-5p Alaska time.
- Preferrence to Alaska residents
- The role may require participation in stakeholder meetings, testing, implementation activities, readiness reviews, or time-sensitive program deliverables outside the normal schedule with advance notice when practical.
- Any approved remote or hybrid work arrangement must comply with Gainwell policies and applicable connectivity, security, and availability requirements.
Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
Photo will be taken during screening for verification in all steps of the recruitment process.
The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 30, 2026
#LI-HC1
#LI-Alaska
Please ensure you join all screenings, interviews and meetings from a quiet location with a stable internet connection.
Video is required for screenings and interviews, so please test your camera and microphone in advance.
Do not use AI tools, virtual backgrounds/filters, or visual enhancements during the interview.
The pay range for this position is $59,500.00 - $85,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at HMS, a Gainwell Company. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with HMS, a Gainwell Company, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about HMS, A Gainwell Technologies Company at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.
HMS, a Gainwell Company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. HMS defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.
Nearest Major Market: Alaska
Nearest Secondary Market: Anchorage
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Business Development Assistant Job Market in Alaska
A snapshot from current Alaska openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Human Resources
- Science & Research
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Alaska Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in business development assistant jobs across Alaska.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or a related field
- Experience supporting RFP responses, proposals, or government contract pursuits
- Proficiency with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or HubSpot
- Strong written communication skills for client correspondence and internal reporting
- Familiarity with Alaska Native corporation structures or federal contracting regulations
- Ability to coordinate across remote teams and work in Alaska's distributed business environment
Business Development Assistant Jobs in Alaska: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a business development assistant in Alaska?
Business development assistant roles in Alaska do not require a state-issued license, but employers consistently prefer candidates with a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or communications. Many Alaska employers, particularly Alaska Native corporations and federal contractors, also value familiarity with government procurement processes. Building experience through roles in administrative support, project coordination, or sales operations at an Alaska-based organization is the most direct path into the field.
Which companies hire business development assistants in Alaska?
Companies currently hiring business development assistants in Alaska include First National Bank Alaska, HDR, and WSP, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Alaska Native corporations, defense contractors, and energy sector firms represent the most consistent sources of openings in the state.
Which Alaska cities have the most business development assistant jobs?
Anchorage, Alaska, and Soldotna account for the largest concentration of business development assistant openings in Alaska. Anchorage drives the majority of listings as the state's commercial and corporate hub, while Fairbanks benefits from proximity to military installations and resource industry operations, and Juneau sees demand from state government contractors and maritime-related firms.
Are there remote business development assistant jobs in Alaska?
Yes, and more than many roles in Alaska. Business development assistants do much of their work through email, CRM platforms, and virtual meetings, making the role well suited to remote or hybrid arrangements. About 60% of business development assistant openings tied to Alaska are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with proposal coordination and market research tasks most frequently performed off-site.
How can I get hired as a business development assistant in Alaska with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying for administrative coordinator or sales support roles at Alaska Native corporations such as Doyon Limited, NANA Regional Corporation, or Calista Corporation, which regularly hire entry-level staff and provide exposure to proposal processes and federal contracting. A background in office coordination, grant writing, or project tracking translates well. Completing a certificate in project management or business communications gives candidates a visible edge when formal experience is limited.
Where can I find and apply to business development assistant jobs in Alaska?
You can find and apply to business development assistant jobs in Alaska on Migrate Mate, which lists current Alaska openings. Search the available roles, find the ones that fit your background and location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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