Business Analyst Lead

Axa Xl; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Analyst Lead to oversee the Analysis practice within their Solution Delivery Center. This pivotal role involves managing resources, guiding analysts, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects aligned with business strategies. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in business and systems analysis, coupled with strong leadership skills to foster collaboration across diverse teams. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and teamwork, and play a crucial role in shaping the future of analysis practices while driving impactful change.

Qualifications

• Extensive business and systems analysis experience required.
• Ability to lead dynamic, virtual teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Manage analysis resource pool for successful project delivery.
• Guide analysts and ensure adherence to best practices.

Skills

Business Analysis

Systems Analysis

Team Leadership

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or IT

Relevant Certifications (e.g., CBAP)

Tools

Analysis Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

The Analyst Lead is accountable for the Analysis practice within the Solution Delivery Center. S/he will be responsible for staffing and allocations, overall performance of analysts across projects, maintenance and production support, and the implementation of analysis best practices, guidelines, and standards as determined by the enterprise. All Analysts in the Solution Delivery Center will report into the Analyst Lead.

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What will your essential responsibilities include

• Understand the business and GT strategies and how the application and project portfolio within the Solution Delivery Center contribute to the achievement of those strategies and goals.
• Manage the analysis resource pool, including hiring and allocation, to ensure the right resources are provided at the right time for successful delivery.
• Partner with peers to plan, solve problems, and implement organizational change.
• Maintain a current view of people supply versus demand, aligning this with business needs.
• Provide vision and goals for the team.
• Guide analysts on issue resolution and provide escalation framework via governance.
• Ensure utilization of recognized analysis tools, techniques, processes, and resources while adhering to AXA XL's approved methodology.
• Standardize on common methods.
• Provide mentorship and training to analysts as needed.
• Provide accurate project status information.
• Apply technology to reduce manual tasks and improve the company's requirements process.
• Build and maintain lasting relationships with all business stakeholders.
• Ensure analyst deliverables are met across sprint project and application teams within each domain for each release.
• Participate in product design reviews, ensuring quality practices are included in the SDLC.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to understand general business requirements and implement corresponding technical solutions.
• Extensive business and/or systems analysis experience.
• Experience leading and working with large, dynamic, virtual teams across time zones and offshore, with high resource utilization and productivity, including highly matrixed environments.
• Perform analysis on key strategic initiatives alongside leading the analyst team.
• Effective understanding of the business to influence change.
• Ability to manage business demand against current capacity.
• Understanding of software development principles and methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge of analysis principles, best practices, and methods.
• Planning and execution skills with the ability to provide creative solutions and make analytical decisions.
• Assist in project initiation, including defining scope, estimating effort, and identifying skills needed.
• Understand problems from all perspectives, analyze options and constraints.
• Experience in budget management, financial planning, and estimation.
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, especially Agile principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.