IT Business Alignment Specialist (Hybrid) - WashU IT, EUX Business Alignment

Washington University in St. Louis • Clayton, MO

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

The EUX IT Navigator Business Alignment Specialist manages a portfolio of new business demand requirements, ensuring prioritization and alignment to business strategic objectives along with delivery approaches and technology solutions that result in business value and benefits realization. The role also provides a point of escalation for stakeholders to help build a strong IT-business relationship. The EUX IT Business Alignment Specialist delivers insights and business analysis to support key decisions. May be assigned as a Business Analyst to projects, performing all tasks to achieve an understanding of business change needs, assessing the impact of those changes, capturing, analyzing and documenting requirements and then supporting the communication and delivery of those requirements with relevant parties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Analyzing Business Processes And Data Needs In Information Technology Or The Business Function (6 Years)
• A driver's license is not required for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) - International Institute of Business Analysis
• Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) - Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Application Development
• Business Education
• Client Service
• Commercial Acumen
• Communication
• Consultative Approach
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
• Customer Service
• Detail-Oriented
• Independent Problem Solving
• ITIL Framework
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Visio
• Multitasking
• Process Flow
• Product Development Methodology
• Solutions Development
• Technical Savvy
• Testing Techniques
• Use Case Development
• Work Collaboratively
• Working Independently

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains a strong business-IT relationship with key stakeholders and leaders to enable open communication and clear expectations regarding application development delivery.
• Engages with customers to understand their needs and ensure prioritization and alignment to business strategic objectives.
• Acts as a point of escalation on active initiatives.
• Facilitates stakeholder engagement with Enterprise Applications as well as WashU IT via governance and other methods as necessary.
• Prepares business cases working with university partners.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to initiate projects, including resource planning, estimation, governance, approval and kickoff.
• Ensures business opportunities and objectives are clearly articulated.
• Performs current state analysis and/or root cause analysis as required.
• Performs feasibility analysis as required for projects.
• Establishes project scope and objectives.
• Coordinates prioritization and planning activities to meet objectives and timelines of overall program or project.
• Facilitates coordination to secure funding for successful project execution and delivery.
• Performs requirements elicitation on large efforts, using techniques per plan.
• Performs requirements management and communication; apply best practices for effective communication and problem-solving.
• Provides consulting to all stakeholders regarding requirements management working with Project Management.
• Takes on assignments for very large projects, and others as assigned.
• Monitors the technical team solution to ensure requirements fulfillment and solution evaluation.
• Provides status reports and health metrics to key business stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• Eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
• Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs.
• Adult care resources.
• Covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees