We are looking for a Strategic Business Analyst to join our team.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Strategic Business Analyst (SBA)to join the Business Strategic

Service team. The position is a contract position to assist in initiative discovery, research,

analysis, creation of technology solicitations such as Request for Proposals (RFPs). This

position will report directly to the Division Director of Business Strategic Services (BSS), which

is a division within the Department of Information Technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with a diverse set of stakeholders to generate detailed
• solicitation requirements and content.
• Facilitate business requirements gathering and author the artifacts from that effort such as
• Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Perform assigned primary and secondary research in support of business cases, technology
• research, and other Business Relationship Management deliverables.
• Ensure new technologies are well-research so the business can optimize achieve goals.
• Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to understand business performance.
• Create technology inventories, business architectures, process Swim Lanes (as is and future state),
• and technology comparisons.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of outcome and activity dashboards.
• Assist BRMs in creation of project hand-off documentation to Office of Strategic Excellence,
• Finance, and Project Management Office.
• Author business cases in support of new technology that includes financial analysis.
• Facilitate customer journey mapping sessions with customer departments.
• Describe and validate solutions that meet business needs, goals, and objects
• Demonstrate and leverage familiarity with financial analysis and budgeting concepts to produce necessary artifacts

Qualifications:

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• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, or related field.
• Job-related work experience at or for technology or government solutions providers or customers.
• Three years working at a public agency or with government customers.
• Five years conducting technology research and analysis.
• Eight years facilitating and producing business requirements.
• Five year of working experience authoring technology solicitation content such as RFPs.
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• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Capable of translating complex technical issues into clear executive level statuses.
• Proven ability to present to senior leadership.
• Ability to create compelling presentations and reports.
• Experience facilitating requirements gathering of business-level requirements.
• Technical Skills.
• Proficient in MS Suite (Word, Excel, Power-Point.).
• Experience in Visio, MS Project, and SharePoint preferred.
• Other Skills.
• Must be a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal and collaborative skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Experience: 

• ITIL and Business Analysis certifications in requirements gathering.
• Research & Analytics Experience.
• Working knowledge of how to generate graphics, analytics, and other dashboard and
• performance tracking visualizations.
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• Experience facilitating process improvement engagements.
• Experience creating and explaining business architecture and swim lane diagrams.
• Technical Skills.
• Experience facilitating customer-facing requirement gathering and/or journey mapping.
• Lead consulting experience with a large consulting firm a plus.
• Experience with Power BI
• Experience with Power Automate
• Financial analysis

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, with matching)
• Life Insurance Plan
• PTO
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Internet & Phone Allowance (for applicable roles)
• Wellness Resources (EAP)
• Pet Insurance
• Work-Life balance
• Flexible Hours
• Full-Time Permanent Positions

JW is a full-service IT Solution Provider assisting schools and private organizations with strategic and innovative IT-related projects. We take the time to learn about our clients to develop, implement, and monitor the projects to which we are contracted.  ​JW is a certified small, woman, minority-owned business through the National Minority Supplier Development Council.