Sr. I.T. Business Analyst/ Project Manager

Company: The ProSource Group, Inc.
Location: San Diego
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

One of our clients in San Diego is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager that has previous experience working within a company's Information Technology Department. Our client is looking for the best talent available and they have asked us to assist them in their search. This is a direct, full-time position with our client. A detailed job description is listed below.
Position Description: This Sr. I.T. Business Analyst / Project Manager position will primarily focus on investigating and analyzing activities and processes and looking to make them more efficient through the use of IT resources (both hardware and software). The BA/PM identifies and articulates the need for change, and facilitates that change. The BA/PM will identify and define the solutions that will maximize the value delivered by an organization to its stakeholders. The BA/PM will work across all levels of an organization and may be involved in everything from defining strategy, to taking a leadership role by defining the goals and requirements for programs and projects or supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Independently resolve highly complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the business needs, by applying advanced operational knowledge and process methodologies to the design of processes, models, and/or systems solutions
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into applications and operational requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Analyzes and defines processes of business/IT both "To-Be" and "As-Is."
• Provides references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation
• Proactively work with the technical team to ensure the functional requirements align with business processes and structure
• Provide knowledgeable feedback on system functionality and limitations to help guide business understanding
• Act as the business process SME during the design, development, and testing phases of a project
• Coordinate communication, training, and related change management activities
• Coordinate user acceptance testing of new technology solutions
• Help facilitate lessons learned and post-project review meetings
  Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst
  • 7+ years of experience working within the Information Technology Department
  • Previous experience with MS Project or Enterprise-wide PPM tools
  • Previous experience with MS Office Suite as well as MS SharePoint/Teams
  • Understanding of Software Development Lifecycles and various Software Development Methodologies
  • Requirements Elicitation experience
  • Metrics driven approach to measuring the success of projects
  • Effective communication with executive management
  • Excellent leadership skills to direct large groups at varying levels towards a common objective and conflict resolution
  • Solid understanding of change process and related processes and systems/ technology
  • Interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively in a team environment
  • Excellent organization, planning, and time management skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong ability to multi-task
  • High attention to detail
  • Professional verbal and written communication skills
  • Positive culture builder
  • Solid mathematical aptitude and effective project management skills
  • Ability to analyze and document complex business processes
  • Ability to think analytically and should be a problem solver
  • Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and information
    Candidates for this Senior I.T. Business Analyst / Project Manager role must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
    For immediate consideration, please email a Word or PDF version of your updated resume to Justin Williams at . Thank you for your time and consideration.
    Justin WilliamsManaging DirectorThe ProSource Group, Inc.

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