Job Title: Business Analyst – (Marketing Operations - supporting various marketing business partners)
Job ID: 37120
Location: El Segundo, CA 90245
Duration: 12+ Months with possible extensions
Interview Process: Phone/WebEx
Number of Positions: 1
*** Candidate required to be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National***
*** DIRECTV POSITION
*** Position can be remote (see preferred hours below)
*** Must be a US Citizen
Required Skills:
Business Analyst:
Project management Background (Highly Desired) :
Waterfall and Agile:
PPT, Word, Visio (or similar process flow documentation):
Top 5 Skills / Additional Job Posting Description Details *
TOP SKILLS REQUIIRED:
1) 5+ years IT business analyst, with experience in project management, or similar background
2) Candidate will NOT be part of the IT organization; Candidate will be part of the Marketing Operations group, supporting various marketing business partners.
3) Work location is in El Segundo. NPW/Contractor will work virtually.
4) Preference for candidate time zone (in order):
a. Pacific standard time
b. Mountain time
c. Central time
5) Candidate will be supporting video services for DIRECTV
6) Not that this can’t happen, I just don’t want to set this expectation this time around
7) For each candidate, I would like to view the candidate’s original resumes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. 5+ years IT business analyst, or similar background; Must have at least bachelor’s degree
2. Competent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
3. Interpersonal and consultative skills
4. Have background in both waterfall and agile methodologies
5. Analytical thinking and problem solving (must be solution oriented)
6. Must be a self-starter
7. Project management experience
8. Being detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
9. Proficient in PPT, Word, Visio (or similar application for process flow documentation)
10. Is an Avid listener
11. Stakeholder analysis
12. Facilitation skills
13. Organizational skills
14. Knowledge of business structure
15. Efficient in time management/ stress management
16. Must be comfortable to interact with multiple cross-functional teams (IT, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Sales Ops, Customer Experience, etc)
17. If candidate has project management experience, in addition to Business Analyst, great!
Roles & Responsibilities:
1) Assesses and/or formulating strategic and/or tactical plans based on company business initiatives.
2) Manages large and important projects affecting business units across the Company.
3) Prepare detail plans, detail schedules, resource allocation and assignment, critical path analysis, methodology, coordination within all IT functions, and conducting budget analyses.
4) May be involved in user requirement definition, recommending business solutions/alternatives, assisting in RFP development and evaluations, and assisting clients in defining new services that ride on new technologies.
5) May also be responsible for analysis of existing business processes, design and implementation of streamlined processes and leading client organizations in the identification, planning and implementation of business process solutions.
6) Works as a liaison to clients and other IT organizations as a subject matter expert on the business processes they represent.
7) May coordinate, evaluate and partner with technology vendors and outside consultants as needed.
8) Required to assess and provide solutions to various requests submitted by Marketing stakeholders.
9) Process flow documentation.
10) Create features for requirements via the Agile methodology.
11) Communicates offers and product requirements to various organizations such as Marketing Strategy, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Experience, Sales Ops
12) Responsible for translating business needs into technical solutions
13) Requires a bachelor's degree.
14) Experience: Typically requires 5+ years of experience in similar area of responsibility.