Group Leader - BASE

Subaru•Lafayette, IN

11d

About The Position

The Group Leader, BASE leads a team of analysts who work with business partners to understand goals, challenges, and process needs, ensuring alignment with technology solutions. This role oversees daily team activities and supports the intake, prioritization, and implementation of process and technology improvements. The Group Leader collaborates with business leaders, IT, and project stakeholders to drive successful initiatives, improve processes, and deliver effective system solutions. They also support the development of technology roadmaps, ensure strong governance, and promote adoption of new systems and processes across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent
Three years of systems analysis experience or equivalent business experience supporting process, operations, or technology initiatives

Nice To Haves

Project and portfolio management experience
Familiarity with SAP, SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur or other enterprise business solutions
Experience as change management advocate
Technical aptitude, requirements management, and the ability to assess and articulate risk
Experience deploying new systems and integrating existing applications

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of BASE Analysts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and professional growth.
Assign and oversee work, providing guidance on requirements gathering, solution design, and stakeholder engagement
Serve as a senior liaison between business stakeholders and Information Technology to align technology solutions with strategic and operational needs.
Guide analysts in facilitating intake, evaluation, and prioritization of technology and process improvement initiatives.
Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and digital transformation.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational efficiency across the organization.
Ensure effective solicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements and translation into functional and technical specifications.
Review and validate workflows, solution options, and conceptual designs developed by the team.
Collaborate with project managers, sponsors, and stakeholders to support project planning, scope definition, governance, and execution.
Serve as Project Manager on select high-impact initiatives.
Oversee development of business value cases, including assessment of operational benefits, risks, and resource requirements.
Contribute to and help maintain technology and process roadmaps aligned with enterprise and divisional strategies.
Act as a change leader during system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements.
Coordinate with technical teams to ensure successful development, integration, and deployment of solutions.
Foster cross-functional collaboration to optimize processes and systems.
Monitor implemented solutions and processes to ensure expected outcomes are achieved.
Identify and lead efforts for ongoing optimization and improvement.
Performs other related duties as assigned.