Job Description :
Hi,
My name is Yateesh from Cygnus Professionals .
I am looking for an Lead Business Analyst (Airline Domain Atlanta, GA for one of my clients. Please find the information below.
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Job Description:
Title: Lead Business Analyst (Airline Domain)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: Full Time
The role of a Business Analyst (BA) is to work with business stakeholders to define and document the requirements of a project/program and to communicate those requirements clearly to stakeholders and the technical team in order to implement solutions that align to business needs.
The Lead Business Analyst manages the process of defining what a project is; why it exists and what it hopes to achieve; who are the users of it both internal and external; and how those users will interact with the finished project. The Lead BA manages the definition of project mission, vision, and objectives; helps the business define what is in and out of scope; assists them in eliciting requirements, organizing/grouping requirements into categories, prioritizing the requirements according to their importance and difficulty in building and implementing them translating and simplifying requirements, and documenting those findings. Business analysts also use requirements to drive the design or review of test cases and process change requests, and manage a project’s acceptance, installation and deployment.
In addition, the Lead BA take a leadership role in working closely with the business aimed at building an ongoing relationship as a trusted advisor to the business in matters beyond the scope of a single project and extending to other projects and business objectives and strategies.
The Lead BA also takes a leadership role in helping advance, create, implement, and manage best practices, including standard tools, templates, and methodologies. He/she coordinates with the business and with other members of the team, especially technical experts, to help ensure the success of the project, of the business, and of the continuing relationship with the business.
Functional Skills and Competencies, Processes and People:
3+ Years of Airline Domain Experience is a MUST
Direct the completion of project BA objectives, such as scope, requirement, analysis and solutions, business process modeling, UAT, and customer training, etc.
Gather, develop, coordinate, and maintain business requirements for various projects and/or systems from initial phase to final implementation, assuring requirements meet standards.
Create functional specifications and prepare wireframes/flowcharts
Analyze and decompose complex requirements, perform gap analysis, and recommend solutions
Prepare and deliver written and oral reports and presentations on the status of requirements management, project direction, risks, alternatives, business justification, etc.
Analyze project to determine its relevancy and congruency with the broader business strategy and objectives.
Take the lead role in working with the business to develop cost/benefit and capital authorization studies and risk analyses.
Develop use cases/user stories and functional specifications that are mapped to requirements.
Coordinate the capture of process models and functional testing, ensuring system is functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well integrated.
Work with the business to develop and manage user acceptance criteria.
Be an authority in functional area of specialization, analyze existing systems, and highlight areas of improvement
Ensure product deliverables’ quality, such as functional specifications, logical and physical data design, solution design and detailed design, UAT test plans, and completed solution
Interact with users, customers, other portfolios, and vendors, maintaining communication for the full life cycle of project.
Request the needed BAs for a project and get them oriented to work on the project.
Direct and delegate BA work effort, monitor individual BA performance and provide feedback to resource managers and/or program/project managers.
Provide user support and coordinate resolution of issues to include change management, root cause analysis, and appropriate escalation as needed.
Coordinate the process to analyze, evaluate, implement, and maintain systems developed internally and/or externally with an outside vendor.