Strategic Business Analysis Manager – Lead Transformation

First American Financial Corporation; Minnesota; Remote; USD 112,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

PTO / Paid sick leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American Financial Corporation is seeking a Manager, Strategic Business Analysis to lead a team of BAs/BSAs and guide analysis for major initiatives. You will liaise between business users and technology, ensure effective analysis for product and process changes, and advance center of excellence practices within the team.

You will mentor analysts, drive best practices, and partner with OCM, PMO, Product, Design and Engineering to deliver strategic outcomes in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Certifications: CBAP or IIBA Certifications, PBA, Agile certifications a plus.
• Demonstrated experience as a Lead BA or Business Analysis Manager with supervisory duties.
• Strong people leadership capabilities with an ability to influence and inspire change.
• Strong Business Analysis expertise with experience and knowledge in creating and maintaining analysis documentation, including but not limited to: process mapping, requirements elicitation, API analysis, writing test cases, capturing business rules, data analysis etc.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of BAs and BSAs leading analysis for various business process, product and transformation programs
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams from business, technology and external partners to identify business needs, and ensure appropriate analysis support is provided to meet business and system goals for various product and process initiatives
• Provide business analysis expertise and act as a Lead Analyst to analyze and document business needs on key initiatives
• Lead and mentor team in utilizing best practices in business analysis in efforts related to process improvement, automation, data and product initiatives
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of required supporting documentation following best practices (e.g. API, process maps, business rules, user stories, data validation etc.).
• Is a strategic partner, acts as a liaison between the business, OCM, PMO, Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Sets and manages team goals and objectives for day-to-day operations and projects
• Receives analysis support requests, assesses project needs and works with management to plan and assign analysis support
• Participates in hiring process, writes and conducts performance reviews, manages disciplinary actions, and other HR activities for the team as required
• Provides constructive feedback and mentors the team to support their knowledge development within Business Analysis and Business Systems Analysis
• Provides guidance to team in identifying business problems, completing gap analysis, researching alternatives, identifying business and system requirements, driving solutions, testing to confirm, gaining consensus, and implementing solutions for required applications.
• Participates in required stakeholder and partner meetings and provides subject matter expertise from a business analysis perspective
• Provides inputs to leadership and provides necessary reports and presentations to help inform roadmaps, budgets, resource planning and strategy
• Leads the creation of a Center of Excellence for the Business Analysis Practice.

Skills

Lead BA

People leadership

Communication

Business analysis

Agile experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced degree preferred

Certifications: CBAP/IIBA, PBA, Agile

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

First American Financial Corporation is seeking a Manager, Strategic Business Analysis to lead a team of BAs/BSAs and guide analysis for major initiatives. You will liaise between business users and technology, ensure effective analysis for product and process changes, and advance center of excellence practices within the team.

You will mentor analysts, drive best practices, and partner with OCM, PMO, Product, Design and Engineering to deliver strategic outcomes in an agile environment.