Principal Infrastructure Project Analyst

Job Summary

The Principal Infrastructure Project Analyst manages large-scale, complex, cross‑functional infrastructure programs with significant impact on enterprise operations. The role develops project strategies, drives governance, and ensures adherence to budget and timelines. It also identifies improvement initiatives, manages their implementation, understands IT needs, and performs feasibility studies.

• Manage the production of project and workstream plans, ensuring activities are identified, organized, resourced and comply with the organization's project and program management framework.
• Plan and lead the delivery of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables.
• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to build effective working relationships and meet stakeholder needs.
• Plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis, document, manage, and verify end deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints, and elevate matters as appropriate.
• Develop, accept, and implement solutions that address project concerns.
• Review existing operations, generate improvement ideas, and develop new processes.
• Edit documents per organizational style guidelines and prepare information for publication.
• Provide documentation and training to ensure successful transition to business as usual.
• Record lessons learned to inform future project activity.
• Document complex "as is" and "to be" processes and describe required changes for the "to be" capability.
• Develop and deliver a plan for significant aspects of internal communications with senior guidance.
• Conduct feasibility studies and perform cost‑benefit analyses for technology and organizational initiatives.
• Research primary data sources to extract key themes and trends for analysis.
• Develop and manage a plan to evaluate and track business benefits, identifying actions to maximize them.
• Assist colleagues in using knowledge management systems, offering support and advice.
• Provide specialist advice on interpretation and application of policies and procedures.
• Manage forecasting and demand planning projects, identifying trends for future demand and optimal resource and budget planning.
• Plan and deliver projects or programs using appropriate methodology to assure intended outcomes.
• Participate in assessment and development planning activities, and pursue external professional accreditation where relevant.
• Maintain in‑depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education and conferences.

• Identify stakeholders and develop strategies to manage expectations.
• Analyze data trends to compile reports for decision‑making.
• Ensure timely management of project information (planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, control, archiving, disposition).
• Prioritize project components in context of risks, activities, and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Express user needs in business requirements and evaluate current capability to deliver.
• Conduct build or buy analyses and recommend preferred approach.
• Plan and manage small project work assignments within cost, time, and quality parameters.
• Verify and manage changes to scope using appropriate approaches.
• Envision and document future state of processes and products, identifying change scope and value.
• Conduct gap analysis between current and future states to inform change strategy.
• Communicate ideas, requests, and policies clearly and effectively.
• Track and enable achievement of planned benefits and outcomes in programs and projects.
• Develop entrepreneurial mindset to run projects within business operation parameters.
• Estimate project components, including costs, durations, resources, risks, and stakeholders.
• Adapt life‑cycle frameworks to project nature and integrate component parts to deliver projects.
• Establish and manage quality policies, procedures, and responsibilities for projects.
• Mentor more junior colleagues.

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