Lead Technology Business Analyst

Overview

Our client is a custom software design and engineering company. Using an Agile approach, they create web, mobile and business applications integrated with backend systems that drive organizations forward. They offer end-to-end services including strategy, interface design, prototyping, software engineering, systems integration, product rollout and coaching. They have a team described as the smartest, most passionate, never-fail around.

Our client has engaged ROSS (www.getROSS.com) to find them a Lead Technology Business Analyst. ROSS is an innovative leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), HR Technology, Recruitment and HR Professional Services. We’re a company of People Specialists helping companies align their People Strategy with their Business Growth.

POSITION SUMMARY

As a member of the Professional Services team, you will help to define, manage and deliver innovative and inspiring solutions for a range of organizations including many of North America’s top companies. Working with us as a Lead Technology Business Analyst means you’ll :

• Manage and define the reactive and proactive processes and activities required to design, implement, maintain, and improve technology solutions.
• Have experience in defining Functional Specs and understanding relationship diagrams associated to one of the following functional areas : Risk, Capital Markets and Retail Banking.
• Oversee the work package deliverable in a Program and ensure alignment with the Program Manager.
• Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
• Ensure business objectives are identified, understood, and accounted for in the development of technology solutions. Confirm the technology solution meets the business needs.
• Initiate and lead Service Projects; manage business-as-usual and ad hoc activities to improve service and / or reduce cost.
• Work with Professional Services and Sales teams in the translation of requirements into test cases and ensure application architecture and systems functionality meet business requirements.
• Monitor and track budget changes.
• Work with various areas throughout the organization to determine needs for new functionality for custom solutions.
• Research, evaluate, and document business / user / functional requirements; manage the design, testing, and implementation of technological solutions that enhance the value of the company's products and business systems.
• Utilize elicitation and modeling techniques to identify, interpret, and define specific business requirements.
• Coordinate analysis and alignment of stakeholders' requirement needs and facilitate requirements prioritization.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple functionalities for process development, implementation, and support.
• Drive creation of process requirements, functional requirements, and validation of solutions.
• Manage testing and process rollouts for complex or multiple consulting opportunities.
• Provide highest-level technical leadership and subject matter expertise in one or more technologies.
• Manage and allocate resources to multiple projects, addressing issues and escalating as appropriate.
• Ensure use of requirements traceability principles and change control processes in daily responsibilities.
• Interact with stakeholders (possibly international), team members, and management within or across organizations for communication, collaboration, and influencing.
• Design and implement process and tool improvements ensuring documented requirements meet quality standards.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a team member, you can expect competitive compensation, benefits and rewards, exposure to a variety of projects as well as access to leading developmental tools, training and technologies.

If you’re passionate, disciplined, fearless, creative, and want to build some badass software, send us your résumé and tell us what you’ve done, especially in the areas of agile development, cloud computing, Web 2.0 and high-performance user interfaces.

Referral information : If you’re not interested, but know someone who is; please help a current or former colleague in their career development by referring them. We offer a $300 referral fee. More details at http : / / www.getROSS.com / referral_fee.php.

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