Optomi, in partnership with an innovative and fast-growing software company within the media/entertainment industry, is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst for their Alexandria, VA location! This Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for helping business partners implement technology solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a product, project or program, and communicating them clearly to teams.
What the right Candidate will enjoy:
- Competitive compensation!
- Large clientele with large budget projects!
- Opportunity for growth within a fast-growing company!
- Provide excellent leadership!
- Working at a innovate company!
Experience of the right candidate:
- 7 -8 years’ related experience, including:
- Experience in requirements gathering process for IT systems
- Experience in data migration, integration and governance
- Experience with MSSQL server, relational databases, and writing simple queries
- Experience with reporting, SSRS or Power BI .
- Experience developing support materials, including SOPs and Help Guides
- Experience leading joint application sessions
- Experience with tracking risks and changes
- Bachelor’s degree in technology-related field
- Professional in Business Analysis (PBI) preferred
- Strong understanding of user experience and risk management best practices
- Skilled in business process engineering and information governance
- Demonstrated knowledge of at least one software development methodology.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate technical/complex information both verbally and in writing
- Possess a “can-do” style and a demonstrated interest in understanding the business
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Effective time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple competing priorities and respond to emergency situations effectively
- Strong leadership skills coupled with a drive to innovate
- Ability to work well both independently and in team, establishing and maintaining cooperation, understanding, trust and credibility
- Ability to function and to adapt to new goals, practices, etc. within a dynamic work environment
- Proactively stays current in requisite skills within job scope, and incorporates knowledge and other feedback into work
- Consistently demonstrates respect for inclusion, diversity, and ethics
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- Aligns technology solutions with business strategies comprised of moderate to complex business processes.
- Establishes a strong, positive relationship with business units and Product Managers to identify and document business requirements.
- Prioritizes business line demands conducts and participates in planning and prioritization meetings with business representatives; develops a prioritized list of project work including software modifications, report requests, and other business system-related development work to reflect the priorities of the organization.
- Acts as a facilitator within all phases of the application lifecycle except development to assist the collective effort of business units towards their objectives.
- Ensures accurate translation of business requirements into functionality.
- Collaborates with product or project teams, business partners and IT leaders, and often leads planning efforts related to their work.
- Manages ambiguity and creates accurate project effort estimates.
- Recognizes the implications of business strategy changes and effectively engages project stakeholders.
- Develops training materials or process documentation; Supports and trains staff and business partners
- Investigates, resolves, and escalates problems and serves as escalation point for others.
- Supports Scrum Master and tech teams during application implementation, testing and development phase.
