IT Project Business Analyst - Remote

Company: IPG - Intertape Polymer Group
Location: Austin
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Company Overview Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) is a dynamic multinational organization that prides itself on its corporate culture of a family atmosphere that meets high achieving company performance. We are known for our competitive salaries and benefits packages and our emphasis on putting people first. Founded in 1982, and now grown to $1.5B in sales worldwide, IPG focuses on growth through organic and strategic means. Our diversified product lines support our mission to be the world leader in packaging and protective solutions. Come join the IPG family today! Title: IT Project Business Analyst Department: Information Systems Immediate Supervisor: Sr. Director, IT Project Management Status: Exempt Position Purpose: The IT Project Business Analyst is responsible for business aspects (i.e., technical, and operational) of the requirements and analysis phase of all IT projects. Responsible for ensuring that the final deliverable of a software development project meets all the intended needs of the business. IT Project Business Analyst will need to be able to understand the SDLC models and their specific activities to manage an application development project, deliver solid set of requirements artifacts, understand the project standards, develop, and implement solid test plans and test cases/scenarios to accurately test all aspects of the system and to maintain detailed and accurate documentation per project standards. Principle Accountabilities

• Develop, manage, and lead various IT projects in collaboration with IT Project Manager for development and management of project plans, define and deliver individual project deliverables, manage expectations working with all business and IT stakeholders, communicate and manage tasks and activities to a schedule with the team, and provide feedback to team members as appropriate.
• Perform requirements gathering and analysis to include analytical techniques, interview techniques, data gathering techniques facilitating creation of BRD business requirements documentation, business process map creation, rules and logic, data gathering to solve complex issues.
• Develop and implement test plans/scenarios to ensure successful delivery of a project.
• Lend support to various business and technology teams as necessary during project delivery.
• Communicate effectively in both verbal (i.e., day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written (requirements and design specifications) form, as well as have an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
• Accurately determine, assign, track and manage project task, activity, documentation, time information per internal standards. Work closely with IT Project Manager in ensuring the tasks are well documented, tracked and reported on timely basis. Accurately assess the risks associated with each solution design/project.
• Work closely with technical team members (Solutions Architect and Business Intelligence resources) in developing solutions meeting business requirements
• Support the development of team members from a professional and technical level.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Be able to travel as necessary, and perform additional job-related duties as requested.
• Related tasks as requested by supervisor Essential Skills and Experience
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of Business Analyst Experience
  • Advanced business acumen and strategic ability
  • Advanced analytical skills and knowledge of statistics
  • Experience managing multiple projects and project teams in various locations
  • Experience managing Software Development projects and knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methods
  • Thorough working knowledge of the SDLC models/methodologies, IT systems and their direct implementation to projects.
  • Leadership and management skills in leading technical personnel through the delivery of software development projects.
  • Strong business and systems analysis skills, test planning and testing skills, troubleshooting skills and experience with numerous environments and architectures.
  • Ability to apply common, object-oriented modeling techniques, including UML, use case, activity, and sequence diagrams.
  • Experience in data gathering and facilitation techniques.
  • Experience with requirements management, use case and modeling tools.
  • Experience with applying and general knowledge of various analysis and gathering approaches, methodologies, and models.
  • Demonstrated leadership and attention to detail skills through prior experience at the strategic and tactical/implementation levels.
  • Ability to coach, mentor, and train personnel within a technical organization.
  • Strong analytical and planning skills/experience with software development projects.

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