Senior Business Analyst

Key accountabilities of the function

Business Analysis: Execute the Business Analyst Agile Role by:

• Building a strong understanding of the assigned business processes, functions, roles and rules

• Owning the functional solution– the big picture story – of the initiative being delivered

• Collaborating with the Business to elicit requirements, define acceptance criteria, and maintain a prioritized product backlog

• Creating user stories to the level of granularity required by the team

• Clarifying inconsistencies and resolving issues to bridge the gap between user expectations and the delivered product

• Testing deliverables against a user story’s acceptance criteria to validate that the delivered product meets the business goals

Project Management: Lead the activities of assigned projects by:

• Utilizing BMW ITPM processes to direct the execution of IT related projects

• Coordinating business, IT and provider resources to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, cost-efficient projects

• Executing appropriate ITPM delivery tasks, activities and deliverables as necessary to ensure project success

• Managing key project management processes and artifacts to ensure successful project delivery

Scrum Master: Execute or support the Scrum Master Agile Role by:

• Leading the Agile team in the adoption and execution of Agile processes

• Planning and facilitating key Agile events including daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings

• Collaborating with the Product Owner to manage the Product backlog

• Clearing obstacles and enabling the efforts of the scrum team

Operations and Support: Support the objectives of the DevOps team by:

• Steering providers in the execution of support tasks

• Resolving escalated support topics

• Planning and executing upgrades and replacements to ensure that hardware and software components remain supported

• Executing ITSM/ITIL processes to ensure ongoing stable operations and alignment with SLAs

Coordination and Administration: Support efficient work processes by:

• Coordinating day to day activities with team members

• Leading and mentoring other team members as appropriate

• Coordinating release planning and off-cycle efforts

• Resolving or escalating risks and issues

• Executing resource planning and time tracking processes

Impact on innovations and changes:

• Balancing speed to market, product quality and cost in the design and implementation of technical solutions

• Developing technical solutions that appropriately account for both evolving technology and future business requirements

• Executing in an evolving agile environment

Purpose and subject of the interaction/communication with internal/external interfaces, negotiating mandate

• Close collaboration with IT colleagues and the Business in the design and implementation of technical solutions

• Performance of activities and interactions with our internal and external customers through verbal or written communication should reflect adherence to the company’s core values

Educational Background / Professional Knowledge and Experience / Other Skills

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Work experience, Leadership experience

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years IT experience

• 2 - 3 years project management

Preferences

• 1 - 2 years Financial Services industry