
Manager Business System Analyst
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide direction, mentorship, and support to a team of business analysts, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
- Plan and allocate resources for short-term and long-term projects, ensuring optimal use of team capabilities.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations, set goals, and provide feedback to team members to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead the recruitment and onboarding process for new business analysts, ensuring a strong and talented team.
- Lead joint application design (JAD) sessions with stakeholders to gather and validate business requirements.
- Translate complex business needs into functional and technical requirements for implementations and enhancements.
- Organize requirements into functional categories, perform gap analyses, and develop practical, scalable solutions.
- Analyze business processes to identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements using appropriate modules and tools.
- Work closely with QA to develop test scenarios and ensure test coverage aligns with business objectives.
- Create and maintain process documentation, system documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
- Manage the full lifecycle of requirements from elicitation through approval, ensuring traceability and validation.
- Represent both client and consulting teams in cross-functional initiatives.
- Work directly with clients to clarify system capabilities, address procedural issues, and deliver functional optimizations.
- Provide expert insights on relevant modules and advise clients on potential enhancements and roadmap alignment.
- Present deliverables to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Organize, write, edit, and publish detailed and user-centric documentation for features and functionality.
- Partner with engineering, product management, and technical teams to develop deep knowledge of solutions and produce accurate documentation.
- Coordinate and lead documentation initiatives, defining scope, timelines, and assigning tasks to team members.
- Establish consistency in terminology and formatting across systems and documentation sets.
- Proactively identify documentation gaps that impact user experience and suggest improvements.
- Lead large and complex projects and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Participate in business development efforts including proposal development, presentations, and solutioning.
- Evaluate new software products for applicability to business needs and provide recommendations.
- Serve as a mentor or escalation point for less experienced analysts and cross-functional partners.
- Participate in system maintenance and continuous improvement, focusing on usability and system value.
- BA/BS degree and 4-6 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 2+ years leadership experience.
- 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with at least 3 years focused on relevant implementations and support.
- Strong knowledge of multiple relevant modules (e.g., ITSM, HRSD, ITOM, CSM, GRC, or others).
- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, relevant Agile tools).
- Proven experience in documenting business processes, workflows, and systems.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to think strategically and deliver creative solutions.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Experience working in client-facing roles and understanding of consulting delivery models.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to work independently.