Business Analyst | On-site Energy Corridor

TITLE: Business Analyst | On-site | Digital Marketing

CLIENT: Energy Consulting Firm

LOCATION: Houston, Texas (Energy Corridor)

TYPE: Contract W-2 (6- to-12 month ongoing contract)

RATE: $75-80 (W-2)

SUMMARY:
• Support Business Transformation initiatives working with Marketing, IT teams, and executive management teams
• Manage digital agencies, in addition to external vendors, partners and customers to advance the project portfolio and various Marketing initiatives
• Build relationships and network across various businesses, IT organizations, Digital consulting firms, and vendors
• Leverage solid a business management acumen keeping a customer-first, and customer focused mindset

DUTIES:
• Translate digital business strategies into IT requirements and sourcing IT services to meet requirements, and measuring their business value
• Enhance business management acumen understanding end-to-end business processes, and procedures
• Maintain business advocacy of IT policies, strategies, and practices
• Understand and identify alternatives, presenting options, and making recommendations to improve and optimize the businesses systems footprint
• Capture business requirements and reviewing functional designs with technical teams for systems changes
• Coordinate, and plan QA testing efforts, including automated testing and beta releases
• Perform business analysis KPI’s of project initiatives to prioritize, scope, and secure funding for digital transformation enhancement projects impacting Marketing
• Execute small capital projects within the Marketing systems project portfolio, and product lines
• Provide input and influence on process and systems roadmap and long-range plan
• Manage vendor relationships, software upgrades, and software renewal campaigns
• Facilitate training seminars, and digital learning opportunities across IT teams and Marketing
• Liaising with IT support teams and software vendors to assist business users experiencing desktop support or software issues
• Participate in business status meeting with, IT, vendor, and/or industry networks

REQUIREMENTS:
• 5 years of BA experience within professional services firm or corporate company
• Experience with online business management tools, functional knowledge of API’s and data platforms
• Proficiency with Power BI is a big plus
• Understanding of data platforms, data engineering, and Agile experience working with the technical IT teams


EDUCATION:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communication, Marketing, MIS, or related field
• PMP Certification is a big plus!