Senior Business Analyst at Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado

Job Description:

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!

When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community.

RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits

(RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

The Senior Business Analyst will provide business analysis expertise, experience and skills to the Information Technology and Business organizations at RTD. They will provide business analysis planning, requirements elicitation, requirements lifecycle management, strategic and needs analysis on assigned projects and initiatives. In partnership with the Manager, Program Management Office, the Senior Business Analyst will assist in defining and improving the business analysis practice.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL:

• Take a structured approach to performing the business analysis function, utilizing the PMI-PBA Framework and IIBA BABOK Framework.


• Elicit and collaborate on requirements by preparing for elicitation, conducting elicitation, confirming results, communicating results, and managing stakeholder engagement.


• Manage the requirements life cycle by creating a requirements traceability matrix, maintain and update requirements, work with the customer to prioritize requirements, assess requirement changes and gain requirement approvals.


• Perform strategy analysis by working with the business users to analyze current state, define future state, and help define the change strategy.


• Work on multiple medium to large projects.


• Provide leadership in process improvement using industry leading best practices. Help shape the vision of longer-term business requirements.


• Maintain excellent understanding of business complexities and project interdependencies.


• Act as a mentor and role model for PMO BA team members.

All job-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Communications or equivalent preferred.


• A minimum of ten years of experience eliciting and documenting requirements for business projects with an information technology component.


• IIBA CBAP certification preferred


• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation skills


• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills


• Excellent and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders


• Understanding of the SDLC and various software development methodologies (i.e. Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)


• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint


• Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details.

OR

An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

The work environment is a typical office environment with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues.

CAREER MAP:

Based on job performance, experience, education and position availability the next step on the career map for this position may be:

Lead Business Analyst­­­­­

Pay Range:

$92,003.00 - $129,954.50 Annual

RTD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy ( https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2022-12/EEO%20Policy%20Statement-%20UPDATED.pdf )

RTD posts a compensation range that represents a good faith estimate of what RTD anticipates paying for the position at the time of posting.  Starting salary is based on the candidate’s relevant and verified education, training and work experience.  Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application.

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