Manager of IT Business Analysis
Summary
The Manager of IT Business Systems Analysis oversees the BSA function, managing the BSA practice and providing guidance and mentorship to team members. This role oversees the planning, managing and execution of a variety of requirements needs related to Information Technology projects and may serve as IT BSA as project needs arise. The Manager of IT Business Systems Analysis is embedded with the Information Technology Project Management Office (IT PMO) working with leaders to identify business requirements, scope projects, produce requirements and solution design specifications, communicate progress, and test solutions. This person collaborates with leaders to align high profile Information Technology Projects across multiple teams and stakeholders, both internal and external to the Information Technology department.
Responsibilities
Accountable for overall IT Requirements Framework & Management:
- Requirements Framework & Methodology
- Enterprise Strategy & Planning
- Solution Evaluation
- Requirements Elicitation and Collaboration
- Requirements Definition and Solution Design
- Requirements Lifecycle Management
- Engages with individuals and teams to ensure optimal performance, employee engagement, development, and collaboration within and across teams in alignment with Portfolio needs
- May serve as IT BSA as project needs arise
- Provides employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities to enhance their skills, motivation, and performance
- Enhance processes to increase employee engagement, commitment, and satisfaction
- Demonstrates the capability to identify top talent for recruitment
- Recruits, supervises, schedules, evaluates, and develops direct reports
What You'll Need
Education
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
- Expertise in the following Requirements Techniques
- Process Modelling
- Feature Modelling
- Data Modelling
- Data Dictionary
- Business Rules Analysis
- Use Cases and Scenarios
- User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
- Interface Analysis
- Data Flow Diagrams
- Data Mapping
- Supporting Tools (or similar tools)
- Google Suite (gmail, calendar, sheet, drive, docs, slides), Confluence, draw.io, Jira, Sparx Enterprise Architect
- Facilitation, negotiation and problem resolution skills
- Specific knowledge of business and systems analysis methodologies and tools
- Knowledge of current trends and innovations in technology infrastructure and SaaS applications
- 8+ years of experience on large initiatives with cross-functional teams, executed using various SDLC methodologies - waterfall, incremental/iterative, agile.
- Past project experience leading the analysis and management of requirements for complex projects, including business process improvement, system migration, commercially available software implementation, data migration/conversion, cloud migration, and reporting and analytics.
- SaaS experience and working in a cloud environment
- Experience applying Enterprise Architecture framework;
- EA Certification a plus
- Experience producing architecture blueprints - Conceptual, Logical and Data Architecture.
- Up to 10% travel
- Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.
How You'll Be Rewarded
Base Pay Range in Colorado: $126, 700- $168,000
Discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities.
Where You’ll Work
Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.
Customer Success: Always delight our customers.
Trust: Rely on each other.
Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.
At Workiva, you’ll enjoy:
Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
Involvement: Ability to participate in Employee Resource Groups, (Women in Tech, Women in Sales, Ethnic Diversity, Veterans, Rainbow (LGBTQ), Remote Employees, Caregiving) Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.
Learn more about life at Workiva: www.linkedin.com/showcase/workiva-life-and-careers/
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Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment. Effective October 18, 2021, proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to visit any Workiva office, attend in-person meetings, or travel for business purposes.
