Business Analyst (BA)
Job Summary
The Business Analyst (BA) plays a central role in transforming our Project Management Office into a PMO as a Service model. Acting as a true bridge builder he/she does not merely document requests: he/she listens questions and analyzes the real challenges faced by business units in order to translate them into solutions that generate measurable a constantly evolving market the BA actively leverages new technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimize processes. He/she ensures perfect alignment between business vision and technical execution by working in close collaboration with the Practice Lead Functional Analyst and BI Developer thereby ensuring that the PMO solves the right problems for the right internal clients.
. Consultation and requirements gathering: Act as a strategic partner to business units to understand their pain points. Gather real needs by probing beyond the initial requests and structure this information into clear and actionable specifications.
. Value and performance definition (OKR/KPI): Require and quantify the business value of each initiative before its launch. Collaborate with management and internal clients to define implement and monitor Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as well as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measuring project success and PMO effectiveness.
. Innovation and efficiency: Proactively identify opportunities to integrate solutions based on new technologies in order to automate low value added tasks optimize business processes and increase overall efficiency.
. Process modeling and optimization: Map current state business processes (As Is) and design target state processes (To Be) by eliminating bottlenecks while positioning the PMO service catalog as a business solution.
. Operational synergy and alignment: Orchestrate the translation of business needs to the internal team: validate the methodological approach with the Practice Lead structure data requirements with the BI Developer and provide precise requirements to the Functional Analyst for system configuration.
Qualifications & Skills
. Influential and strategic leadership: Ability to position the PMO as a value added service provider influence stakeholders without formal authority and actively support organizational change.
. Critical and analytical thinking: Ability to challenge the status quo identify the root cause of business problems and support recommendations with evidence based data.
. Technological curiosity and innovation: Strong interest in the evolution of emerging technologies (including AI) and a general understanding of their potential applications to optimize business processes without requiring deep technical expertise.
. Communication excellence: Superior ability to act as a translator between complex technical concepts and strategic business issues thereby facilitating shared understanding during workshops and working sessions.
. Business analysis expertise: Ability to map processes write clear requirements and build compelling Business Cases.
. Education: Bachelors degree in Business Administration Information Systems or a related discipline. A business analysis certification (e.g. CBAP PMI PBA) is considered an asset.
. Years of experience: A minimum of 5 to 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst ideally in an organizational transformation context or within a PMO.
. Proficiency with daily tools: Process modeling tools (Visio Lucidchart) project management tools (Jira ServiceNow Confluence) and familiarity with data analysis concepts.
. Language requirements: The role requires daily interaction with French speaking and English speaking stakeholders. Full bilingual proficiency (spoken and written) is required.
Stakeholders
. Performance and Practices Team (Development of performance mechanisms and functional requirements)
. Project Delivery Advisor (Field operationalization functional feedback and tool support)
. Portfolio Managers PCOs and Project Managers (Tool usage understanding of indicators and functional challenges)
. IT / Data Teams (Architecture system integration security and data governance)
. Investment and Workforce / PMO Team (Dashboards consolidated indicators and governance needs)
CGI offers a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this position. Calculating this range depends on several factors including skill level geographic market experience training and professional certifications. Remuneration decisions depend on the particularities of each situation. A reasonable estimate of this range is between $60000 and $110000. This position is vacant.
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Bilingualism (French and English) is required for this position due to the nature of the role requiring interaction with national and global clients.
- English
- French
- Atlassian Confluence
- Jira
- Microsoft Visio
- MS Office365
- ServiceNow
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