Principal Business Analyst

City of Minneapolis•Minneapolis, MN

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

The City of Minneapolis Information Technology Department is hiring for two (2) vacancies in the Project Management Office division. One position will focus on supporting projects associated with the Minneapolis Police Department Settlement. This role will support public safety transformations, and Minnesota Department of Human Rights Settlement Agreement efforts. One position will be supporting IT Project Management Office and related enterprise initiatives. These positions serve as the bridge between the business and technology teams on large enterprise initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams to plan and execute City projects. This position combines traditional business analysis with user research and human-centered practices to ensure technology solutions are informed by the real needs, experiences, and workflows of the people who use them.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or Public Administration or related field.
Six (6) or more years of related experience
An equivalent combination of education and experience closely related to the duties of the position MAY be considered.
A resume is required. You must attach an updated resume to your application.
Strong knowledge of business process modeling, human-centered design and user research tools and techniques.
Ability to plan and conduct user research and synthesize findings into actionable business or design requirements.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops and co-design sessions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite tools (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook and Visio).
Ability to quickly learn and gain knowledge of customer department business operations and user contexts.
Strong analytical decision-making, and problem-solving skills with a focus on user outcomes and service quality.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and coordinate on multiple projects.
Excellent analytical, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, developers, architects, and subject matter experts to co-create effective and user-centered solutions.
Conduct discovery and user research activities—such as user interviews, observations, workshops, and journey mapping—to clarify the problem-space and define existing processes needs, pain points, and service touchpoints.
Assist and take lead where needed with the project managers and customer departments around organizational change management and user adoption efforts.
Apply problem solving and critical thinking skills to complex problems
Discover and articulate the "why" behind requirements by connecting technical needs to user and organizational outcomes.
Lead efforts to recommend IT and service design challenges by evaluating business practices, work flows, culture, products, and objectives, that meet user and business needs, and while leveraging IT enterprise.
Facilitate sessions that document the 'as is' and/or the 'to be' processes, integrating insights from users and subject matter experts to improve service experiences.
Collaborate across the project team including project managers, solution architects, and customer departments to understand problems and assess, plan, and implement new solutions based on human-centered and Agile methodologies and best practices.
Facilitate user testing and validation scenarios to solutions, meeting the intent and user needs behind each requirement.
Mentor other business analysts and IT employees on user research, journey mapping, and design thinking techniques.
Develop best practices around human centered design, and agile methodologies.
Contribute to Enterprise Architecture planning and execution with a focus on usability, accessibility, and service improvement.