IT Business Analyst II — Strategy & Solutions

Mayer Brown; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 107,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayer Brown in Chicago seeks an Analyst II - IT Business Analysis to define and manage business and functional requirements for strategic technology initiatives. You will lead workshops, translate business needs into actionable solutions, and collaborate with a cross-functional team including vendors, project managers, and SMEs to deliver value.

The role requires 1–3 years in business analysis, strong communication, and experience with SDLC in agile or hybrid environments; the firm offers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison between business and technology stakeholders to identify key business objectives; business processes and pain points and work with technology counterparts to propose effective technology solutions
• Elicits, analyzes, and documents requirements clearly and comprehensively by using various tools and techniques, and translate the business needs into appropriate functional and non-functional requirements
• Collaborates closely with user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) teams to ensure solutions are intuitive, user-friendly, and aligned with usability best practices
• Drives data gathering, review and analysis of data working closely with business partners to distinguish user requests from true needs
• Manages timely and effective delivery of various business analysis deliverables, including product vision and strategy, business and/or functional requirements specifications, product/sprint backlogs, requirements traceability matrices (RTMs), use cases, personas, prototypes, user stories, business process models, storyboards, workflows and data flow diagrams, user guides etc.
• Meets with stakeholders regularly to review and validate requirements, critical milestones and dependencies
• Adopts a structured change request process to evaluate the necessity, impact, and approval of any scope changes
• Mitigates possible delays, roadblocks, or issues encountered by remaining vigilant and proactive
• Resolves conflicts effectively and obtains stakeholder buy-ins by effectively managing expectations throughout the project
• Responsible for the alignment of user acceptance strategy, testing plans, defects management etc. to the project's business requirements
• Conducts targeted system testing in collaboration with the testers to ensure the quality and successful implementation of new systems
• Supports the creation and follow up of project related surveys and end-user communications that clearly explain technical concepts using non-technical language
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet firm goals and objectives

Skills

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Miro Project

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Visio

Miro

MS PowerPoint

MS Project

SharePoint

Job description

Mayer Brown in Chicago seeks an Analyst II - IT Business Analysis to define and manage business and functional requirements for strategic technology initiatives. You will lead workshops, translate business needs into actionable solutions, and collaborate with a cross-functional team including vendors, project managers, and SMEs to deliver value.

The role requires 1–3 years in business analysis, strong communication, and experience with SDLC in agile or hybrid environments; the firm offers