Strategy and Technical Business Analyst Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,IT/Tech

Sr. Strategy And Technical Business Analyst

The Sr. Strategy and Technical Business Analyst supports transition strategy execution for Amtrak's Managed Network Services future state. Working with Program Management, the Sr. Strategy and Technical Business Analyst will be responsible for drafting Executive-Level briefings, working-level deliverables, and day-to-day operational-level standard operating procedures, OLAs, and process & policy documents to support inhouse and vendor transition initiatives.

Essential Functions:

Facilitate the creation of the IT strategies
Identify key strategic business objectives and priorities
Align IT objectives to the strategy, define IT metrics, and the communication and change management plans
Conduct business working sessions to capture required IT services / needs
Translate strategies into actionable rolling plans to support business needs
Align IT initiatives to strategic map and balanced scorecards
Prepare and lead Strategic Review Meetings (SRMs)
Team with IT leadership team to identify new IT services
Anticipate business demand for new IT services; understand the business strategy's impact on IT and help define the IT services to build / deliver
Determine how IT services will be delivered to the customer
Determine what channels customers interact with to obtain IT services
Work with IT Finance Office to determine IT funding
Perform IT strategy refreshes
Create transformation roadmaps
Gather and analyze industry and external information such as trends, initiatives, and future forecasts to make recommendations on future strategic directions
Ensure Amtrak corporate strategy is cascaded appropriately within IT
Train and mentor IT population on strategy, methodologies, and process

Key Deliverables:

Reports, Strategic Plans, Roadmaps, and Project plans
Collecting and synthesizing large amounts of technically complex data from disparate sources
Excel spreadsheets, project plans and other analytical deliverables
Research documentation
Analysis and presentations

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, or related field with 7+ years of relevant work experience and or equivalent work experience or 10+ years of relevant work experience to satisfy education and experience requirements
Proven experience working with senior leadership on defining and delivering on a strategic roadmap
Possess a proven track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to motivate and follow-through on projects
Strong organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills
Significant expertise with IT strategy frameworks and methodologies
Requires at least eight years of business or IT strategy

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field with 5+ years of relevant work experience
Master's degree in a related discipline
Experience in the transportation industry
Experience working in a highly technical environment
Master's degree or equivalent
10+ years of business or IT strategy
Experience in developing training, communication, and change management plans

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.