Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager

uOttawa | Carrières - Careers; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager to enhance business efficiency through innovative solutions. This role involves analyzing operational needs, managing projects, and providing expert advice to senior management. The successful candidate will have a university degree and at least five years of relevant experience, demonstrating strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Join a dynamic team committed to fostering a culture of respect, teamwork, and inclusion, where your contributions will drive impactful changes within the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in supporting business units and IT needs.
• Expertise in project management and interdisciplinary team leadership.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze operational requirements and recommend system changes.
• Manage projects and lead Faculty development initiatives.
• Provide expert advice on business analysis and technology.

Skills

Business Analysis

Project Management

Customer Service

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Bilingualism (French and English)

Education

University degree in Computer Science

Degree in Business Administration

Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Project Management Methodologies

Analytical Tools

Job description

Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager

Apply locations: Ottawa, ON Roger Guindon Hall

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 8 Days Ago

End Date: January 17, 2025 (1 day left to apply)

Job requisition id: JR19922

Job Type: Employee

Duration in Months: 24

Job Family: Business Systems Analysis

# of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department: IT Project Management Office

Campus: Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation: UOITP

Date Posted: January 06, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE: January 17, 2025

Hours per week: 35

Salary Grade: UOITP Grade11

Salary Range: $90,424.00 - $112,432.00

Position Purpose:

The Business Analyst & Project Manager fosters an unwavering reverence for business improvement initiatives, innovation and customer service throughout the organization. The candidate works closely with various levels of senior managers in the faculty and in the clinical environment and supervises the evaluation of projects, procedures and operational requirements and makes recommendations that follow strategic and operational direction of the Faculty. The candidate must have a very thorough understanding of the business and clinical requirements and the technical knowledge in order to fulfill the requirements of the position. The candidate acts as an official liaison between Information Management Services and the client to identify new technologies, systems and procedures that could be applied to the Faculty’s advantage. The candidate manages projects, leads the Faculty development initiatives and acts as a team leader by supervising the implementation of solutions.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

1. Business Analysis: Analyses and evaluates operational requirements, process efficiencies, existing system capabilities and workflow to determine and recommend if changes or upgrades are possible within existing systems or if new system developments are required in order to increase the faculty business efficiency and environment.
2. Project Management: Manages projects, leads the Faculty development initiatives and acts as a team leader by supervising the implementation of solutions. Ensures that appropriate controls and progress reports are prepared regularly.
3. Expert Advice: Provides expert advice to various levels of senior management, faculty and clinical members on all matters associated to business analysis, technology recommendations and implementation strategies.
4. Business Requirement: Organises, specifies and models the client’s business requirements to ensure they are complete and unambiguous.
5. Project Delivery: Assists with the implementation of workflow changes in faculty operations by ensuring smooth technology solution transition.

What you will bring:

• University degree in computer science, in business administration, information technology or related field;
• Minimum of five years of related experience in supporting business units and their information technology needs;
• Experience in project management, including managing interdisciplinary teams;
• Experience in using project management methodologies, systems, techniques and industry standards and best practices;
• Experience in customer service to act as a resource person;
• Experience performing analysis and evaluations of business process;
• Ability to interact with senior management for strategic issues;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, under pressure and with very firm deadlines;
• Ability to guide management in the acceptance of business solutions;
• Advanced interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with Faculty business clients;
• Excellent analytical, organizational and priority-management skills;
• Bilingualism - French and English (oral and written);

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:

• Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project.
• Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results.
• Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs.
• Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s).

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion.