Project Manager/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develop requirement documentation that will translate business needs into requirements that can be understood by the solution development team
• Build relationships between business partners and the IT department regarding requirements, solutions, and priorities.
• Participate as needed in IT design reviews to ensure compatibility and interoperability of computing systems. • Develop a knowledge of system capabilities and functions of assigned application software. Use this knowledge to recommend optimal solutions to business requirements that best leverage the product.
• Manage special projects as assigned by IT management.
• Provide and implement ways to reuse requirements across projects.
• Ensure that proposed system features and requirements meet user needs and satisfy business objectives and initiatives.
• May assist in creating and implementing test plans mapped to documented requirements.
• Perform and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and/or BETA presentations as required on department-related projects.
• Create system documentation and show business performance trends as necessary.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as, meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner, and demonstrating respect for others.
• Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
• Report and escalate project-related issues to all relevant stakeholders.
• Develop a detailed plan to monitor and track the progress of projects and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary
• Track project performance to ensure progress and analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals.  

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience, bachelor's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Finance, Education, or Information Systems; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Industry certifications in business analysis, software systems, network or project management disciplines, preferred. CBAP® (Certified Business Analysis Professional) Certification, preferred

Core Skills

• Business analysis and Business process design and improvement
• Consultancy and Data Analysis
• Modelling business and data
• Architecture, analysis and design
• Systems development
• IT/technology solution testing
• Requirement analysis
• Data modeling
• UML diagraming
• Object modeling and Object-oriented concepts
• User story writing, User case writing and analysis, and User experience foundation
• Business systems programming and analysis foundation and Business case development
• Strategic product road mapping.
• Agile and project management methodologies