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We have an opportunity for a permanent, full-time Senior Business Analyst in the Innovation and Technology Group. Reporting to the Manager, Technology Services, Office Systems the successful candidate will have a strong background in the Microsoft 365 product suite and Power Platform, as well as business analysis and technical program management expertise to manage the business and technology aspects of core enterprise systems that are composed of multiple, complex business processes and technology systems.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the document management program at YVR with a key focus to digitize legacy processes by utilizing the Microsoft 365 suite of technologies and document management using SharePoint Online
- Conduct research into emerging products and functionality in the Microsoft 365 suite of products and provide recommendations to solve a business need
- Build proof of concepts using Power Platform, Sharepoint Online and other Microsoft products to showcase different solution approaches
- Drive workshops with stakeholders to uncover business goals, needs, and objectives
- Lead stakeholder interviews to gather, document, validate and assess business and technology requirements including, but not limited to, development of process maps /flows and process descriptions, requirements workshops, and scope definition
- Prioritize requests from the business and manage the enhancement and project queue
- Translate conceptual business requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that can be understood by the project team
- Manage projects including but not limited to developing project charters, plans, schedule, and monitoring performance as needed
- Facilitate the communication between different stakeholder groups during all phases of the project
- Lead user acceptance testing by creating a testing plan and UAT test scenarios if needed
- Provide training to end users and document user guides
- Communicate plan, progress, risks, and milestones achieved to senior management by building roadmaps and status reports
Key qualifications include:
- At least 10 years’ post degree experience implementing and supporting enterprise-class applications in medium to large sized organizations, plus at least 5 years of business analysis and project management experience (senior level), supplemented by a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field; or an equivalent combination of training and experience
- One or more of the following formal certifications are required: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CBAP), Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) and/or formal certification in specific and relevant software application(s)
- Functional expertise and knowledge in the Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft 365 will be considered an asset
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and mediation skills to promote/negotiate client group acceptance and implementation of new/revised programs/products and services
- Proven ability to effectively manage multiple activities of varying complexity while under time constraints
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong project management skills, including proven on-time, on-budget delivery of medium scale projects
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral
- Excellent documentation skills, including workflow documentation
- Strong vendor management and relationship building skills
This position is open to both Vancouver Airport Authority employees and external candidates. Previous job performance will be taken into consideration for all candidates that apply for this position.
Health and safety are at the core of how we operate at YVR. We are committed to ensuring a safe workplace for our workforce and protecting the health and safety of our employees, passengers, partners and community by taking reasonable, preventative measures to reduce the risks associated with COVID-19. All employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a valid exemption is granted for those unable to be vaccinated.