Business Analysis & Planning #021

Delan Associates•fort Lauderdale, FL

About The Position

Delan Associates, Inc. is seeking candidates in the Tallahassee, Florida area for ongoing opportunities in the Business Analysis and Planning job family. The posting lists multiple roles spanning enterprise architecture, IT business planning, business process consulting, business consulting and analysis, business relationships, and customer relations. Candidates are asked to submit a resume and select the job they are applying for. The listed positions cover responsibilities such as defining and implementing enterprise or IT strategies, aligning technology with business needs, designing enterprise architectures, improving business processes, translating business needs into technology requirements, managing relationships with business units or customers, and leading or contributing to complex projects. Role-specific education and experience requirements are detailed in the posting.

Requirements

For Director, Enterprise Architecture: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Director, Enterprise Architecture: At least 10 years of IT and business or industry experience, including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations; at least 3 years of leadership experience managing multiple large cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior management and key stakeholders.
For Manager, IT Business Planning: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Manager, IT Business Planning: At least 7 years of IT and business work experience across a broad range of technical environments and business segments, including experience managing teams responsible for strategic planning, infrastructure, and operational support functions.
For Enterprise Architect: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Enterprise Architect: At least 7 years of IT work experience in multiple IT areas and 2 to 3 years of relevant enterprise-wide architecture experience in one or more specialty areas.
For Enterprise Architect: Expertise defining enterprise-wide architectures across multiple IT functional areas, leading complex projects, and coaching or mentoring junior technical staff.
For Business Process Consultant: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Business Process Consultant: At least 7 years of IT experience, 4 years of process engineering experience, and 2 years of project management experience.
For Business Process Consultant: Expertise in strategic planning, tactical execution, project management, process management, business systems requirements definition, and process-improvement tools.
For IT Business Consultant: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For IT Business Consultant: At least 7 years of relevant technical and business work experience; strong knowledge of information systems, business processes, business drivers, and business and technology direction.
For Business Analyst: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Business Analyst: At least 3 years of relevant technical or business work experience, with knowledge of business processes and IT systems and capabilities.
For Director, Business Relationships: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Director, Business Relationships: At least 10 years of IT and business work experience across varied technical environments and business segments; at least 3 years managing teams responsible for strategic planning, business development, or client management and working with diverse, complex business units; strong business acumen.
For Manager, Customer Relations: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Manager, Customer Relations: At least 7 years of relevant IT and business work experience, including experience managing teams and projects.

Responsibilities

Lead the creation and evolution of an enterprise architecture function and coordinate business, information, technical, and solution architectures.
Identify enterprise business drivers and develop enterprise architecture requirements; assess technology industry and market trends for their potential impact.
Develop enterprise architecture governance and oversee architecture implementation, refinement, and communications or education about architecture standards.
Advise IT and business leaders on IT solutions for business needs.
Help define and implement IT business plans and goals aligned with organizational strategy; cascade plans across IT divisions and departments.
Assess the external IT environment, including competitive conditions and market outlook, and provide planning assumptions, processes, and tools.
Work with IT and business leaders to implement business plans and align technical, resource, financial, and human-resource decisions with IT plans.
Ensure business planning is considered in IT decisions and coordinate with Finance, Human Resources, and enterprise business-planning leaders.
Define enterprise architecture direction and deliver solutions suited to corporate business and technology strategies; build consensus and execute solutions.
Analyze business processes and technology needs, identify opportunities and gaps, design improved processes, establish performance measures, and plan transitions.
Support business process engineering plans and integrate process improvements with corporate plans; advise on future technology use and process improvements.
Act as a liaison between IT and business units or vendors; gather, analyze, document, and communicate business needs and requirements.
Develop and improve business processes and metrics, influence business solutions, negotiate deliverables, and contribute to buy-versus-build decisions.
Translate business requirements into functional specifications, manage specification changes, facilitate communication between business and IT, and support technology implementation.
Serve as the strategic interface between assigned business units and IT, providing relationship management, strategic consulting, and guidance on IT initiatives.
Communicate decisions, priorities, and project information; share technology risks and opportunities; represent IT to business executives and promote IT services and capabilities.
Establish and maintain strategic relationships with external customers; clarify customer requirements with IT and resolve relationship problems.
Define service and support requirements with end users, vendors, contractors, and consultants; analyze the operational and financial impact of product and service offerings.
Support contract negotiation and administration, organizational change management, and the analysis, design, building, and testing of customer-focused business solutions.
Lead or contribute to complex projects, mentor or coach staff where specified, and integrate work across business units where required.