Technical Business Analyst III

Job Description

This specific work effort is to gather detailed requirements needed for a Project Portfolio Management System.

We have high level requirements gathered already. We need a BA to review them and then gather further detailed project/program, portfolio, and reporting requirements that we can include them with our RFP.

Team size: 10 direct team members, 30 individual contributors

Project initiatives: Primarily gathering requirements to streamline and standardize project and portfolio management through consolidating tools and implementing a new software application.

Applications used: Quickbase, P6, Oracle ERP, Coupa, Maximo, Microsoft Products, WinEst, DevonWay.

Candidate would be meeting with various team members to gather Project Portfolio Management System application requirements needed to support the management of projects. The gathered requirements will need to be put into finalized document to be included in the RFP.

This would include attending project team meetings and initiating 1:1 meeting with individual contributors to report back the project manager.

Requirements

Requirements

·        Education Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree): Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, management or other related field or equivalent experience.

·        Certification Requirements (Any Preferences): Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification preferred

·        How many years of experience are you looking for? Preferred 8 of experience in or knowledge of specific line of business and/or IT environment

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):

1. Requirements gathering background with IT integrations and IT application implementations.

2. Someone proficient in conflict management and prioritization of requirements (Someone who can say no.)

3. High proficiency with Microsoft Products. And the ability to create data visualizations and communicate highly technical processes to business professionals.

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

1. Intermediate knowledge of the International Institute of Business Analysis - BABOK processes.

2. Adaptability in a team environment.

3. Creativity and critical thinking.