Technology Business Analyst Lead - American Electric Power

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Job Summary

Job Description

What you’ll do:

• Provide the organization with visibility into the long-term roadmap for functional and technical changes to the portfolio.
• Ensure all Business Analysts are aligned to expectations for the quality and thoroughness of deliverables; review the work of less experienced Business Analysts and ensure consistency across the portfolio.
• This role may also function in the capacity of a Technology Business Analyst Staff role as needed to support advanced business and project analysis for the most complex and largest projects.
• Leads business analysis on strategic enterprise projects across the organization Partners with Enterprise Architecture to adopt a framework to transition artifacts between disciplines throughout the operating model and across the enterprise.
• Establishes enterprise business analyst skill set (experience in multiple business domains) Utilizes significant experience planning and facilitating analysis workshops with multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrates the core competencies of innovation (creative thinking, problem solving, synthesis/reorganization, collaboration, etc).
• Formulates business strategies, operations, and opportunities to develop technology capability roadmaps that are aligned with organizational business roadmaps
• Develops and implements business analysis standards and ensures compliance with standards.
• Creates and communicates capabilities and scope plans to all levels of business technical staff.
• Provide an expert level of process redesign and support including using tools, responding to user questions, problem diagnosis, recognition and solutions for process improvements, research, troubleshooting, tracking and resolution.
• Research best practices to develop innovative solutions for complex process improvement efforts or business needs.
• Responsible for business unit relationships and overseeing, managing and leveraging the entire life cycle of information technology investments in systems for multiple departments or a small business unit - from defining and targeting the investment mix, to planning the portfolio structure and packaging, to communicating the portfolio plan and defining actionable items to achieve results.
• Plays the key role in the strategic planning process for the IT organization, acting as a lead advisor to senior business leaders, the IT leadership council, and governance committee.
• Works with and advises these individuals and groups on how enterprise priorities link to technology investments, and the risks and benefits of specific portfolio activities.
• Guides the IT organization and other stakeholders to develop, prioritize, and execute the information technology and business portfolio plan.