Senior Business Analyst

TITLE: Senior Business Analyst LOCATION: Houston, Texas TYPE: Direct Hire SALARY: $130,000 - $160,00 SUMMARY: The Senior Business Analyst will facilitate and execute seamless integrations of business processes with advanced data-driven insights while supporting various phases of product development from initial conception through deployment and continuous improvement. The Senior Business Analyst will collaborate with internal stakeholders and external service providers to identify and implement the most effective IT solutions. DUTIES: Supports the Product Owner and project team through various product phases like Process Analysis, Requirements Gathering, User Acceptance Testing, Training, Deployment, and Continuous Improvement. Identifies and documents current and emerging business needs and works with internal and external service providers to define and deliver data and analytics solutions. Participates in sessions to gather business context from Product Owners, analyze them, and document findings, and ensures that data and analytics solutions meet user requirements and are in line with the strategic goals of the organization. Documents business requirements, use stories, and technical requirements. Collaborates with internal customers to ensure user requirements are complete and concise, confirming that changes and enhancements meet technical specifications and user requirements. Implements data analysis on different data sources, consolidating multiple data sets and analyzing the data accurately and efficiently, and performs business process analysis to define how data and analytic solutions should be configured to meet those needs. Maps current processes to the desired state and identifies gaps such as program functions, output requirements, input requirements and sources, data conversion strategies, and system techniques and controls, and assists with the development of test designs and develops test cases. Assists with the development and maintenance of product and project documentation including internal project status and conceptual business communications materials. REQUIREMENTS: 8 years of experience as a highly technical Business Analyst, Product Manager, Solutions Architect, Business Systems Analyst supporting data and analytic software development projects. Must have experience with AI and ML projects. Possess a strong analytical capability to manage and interpret data from diverse sources, ensuring data integrity and usefulness for making strategic decisions. Strong foundational knowledge of Agile Methodology in Product Development and the Software Development Life Cycle. Strong prior participation in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data and analytic solutions. Ability to elicit, articulate and document process modeling, business requirements, description of business context using scenarios and user stories. Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development Experience in various data and reporting tools such as SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, and Excel and using JIRA and Confluence to support workflow. Strong demonstrated experience creating clear, concise, and convincing presentations using mockups, data, and written context. EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.