Senior Business Analyst – ITSM ServiceNow Modernization
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Job Summary
- Lead the discovery documentation validation and prioritization of business and technical requirements for the replacement ITSM solution.
- Conduct requirements elicitation through:
- Stakeholder interviews
- Workshops
- Process-mapping sessions
- Stakeholder consultations
- Collaborate with:
- Service Desk teams
- Incident Management teams
- Change Management teams
- Request Fulfillment teams
- Asset Management teams
- Configuration Management / CMDB stakeholders
- Executive sponsors
- Document existing current-state (as-is) processes and develop future-state (to-be) workflows.
- Identify process inefficiencies automation opportunities and service improvement initiatives.
- Develop and maintain:
- Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
- Functional Requirements
- Non-Functional Requirements
- User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria
- Process Maps and Workflows
- Use Cases
- Ensure requirements align with ITIL best practices and OCIO operational standards.
- Support evaluation and validation of vendor-proposed solutions and configurations.
- Conduct fit-gap analysis between existing ITSM capabilities and proposed replacement solutions.
- Analyze and validate requirements covering:
- Incident Management
- Service Request Management
- Change Enablement
- Problem Management
- Knowledge Management
- Service Catalog Management
- Asset Management
- Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
- Service Level Management
- Major Incident Management
- Release Management
- Self-Service Portal functionality
- Work closely with architects developers vendors and technical stakeholders to ensure business requirements are accurately reflected in solution design.
- Validate workflows approval processes automation rules notifications and service catalog structures.
- Identify and document integration requirements between the new ITSM platform and enterprise systems including:
- Active Directory / Entra ID
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
- Monitoring and Event Management tools
- Endpoint Management solutions
- HR systems
- Email and collaboration platforms
- Reporting and analytics platforms
- Define interface requirements data flows business rules and integration testing scenarios.
- Support user role design access controls and security requirements.
- Lead business analysis activities associated with migration of historical ITSM data.
- Define migration requirements for:
- Tickets and service requests
- Change records
- Problem records
- Knowledge articles
- Assets and configuration items
- Service catalog data
- User and support group information
- Identify data quality issues and data cleansing requirements.
- Develop data mapping rules between legacy and future-state systems.
- Define data validation and reconciliation requirements following migration.
- Support CMDB design reviews and validation activities.
- Post-secondary education from a recognized institution with a minimum 2-year program in:
- Business
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- or a related field.
- Professional certifications are considered an asset.
- 7 years of Business Analysis experience.
- Significant experience working on complex enterprise-wide ITSM modernization implementation or platform replacement projects.
- Demonstrated experience leading:
- Requirements elicitation
- Requirements documentation and validation
- Current-state and future-state process mapping
- Gap analysis / fit-gap analysis
- Stakeholder workshops
- Business readiness activities
- Experience working effectively across diverse business and technical teams.
- Recent experience working as a Senior Business Analyst with examples of successful projects completed within the last three years.
- Freshservice
- Ivanti
- Jira Service Management
- or similar enterprise ITSM solutions
- Soliciting business requirements
- Documenting requirements
- Validating requirements
- Translating business needs into functional and technical requirements
- Developing user stories and acceptance criteria
- Facilitating requirements workshops and stakeholder consultations.
- Experience supporting business process transformation and change management.
- Ability to analyze existing processes and define optimized future-state processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with business stakeholders technical teams vendors and executive-level stakeholders.
- Senior Business Analysis 7 years
- Enterprise ITSM modernization / replacement
- ITSM implementation
- Requirements elicitation and documentation
- Business & technical requirements
- Current-state / future-state process mapping
- Fit-gap / gap analysis
- Stakeholder workshops
- Business readiness
- BRDs
- Functional & Non-Functional Requirements
- User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
- Process Maps & Workflows
- Use Cases
- ITIL processes
- ITSM platforms
- Incident Management
- Service Request Management
- Change Enablement / Change Management
- Problem Management
- Knowledge Management
- Service Catalog Management
- Asset Management
- CMDB / Configuration Management
- Service Level Management
- Major Incident Management
- Release Management
- Self-Service Portal
- System integrations
- Active Directory / Entra ID
- IAM
- Data migration
- Data mapping
- Data cleansing
- Data validation & reconciliation
- CMDB readiness
- Business process transformation
- Change management
- Strong written and verbal communication
Required Skills:
Professional Experience 7 years of Business Analysis experience. Significant experience working on complex enterprise-wide ITSM modernization implementation or platform replacement projects. Demonstrated experience leading: Requirements elicitation Requirements documentation and validation Current-state and future-state process mapping Gap analysis / fit-gap analysis Stakeholder workshops Business readiness activities Experience working effectively across diverse business and technical teams. Recent experience working as a Senior Business Analyst with examples of successful projects completed within the last three years. ITSM Platform Experience Experience with ITSM platforms such as: Freshservice Ivanti Jira Service Management or similar enterprise ITSM solutions is highly desirable. Strong knowledge of ITIL processes is preferred. Requirements Gathering Demonstrated experience in: Soliciting business requirements Documenting requirements Validating requirements Translating business needs into functional and technical requirements Developing user stories and acceptance criteria Facilitating requirements workshops and stakeholder consultations. Process Transformation & Change Management Experience supporting business process transformation and change management. Ability to analyze existing processes and define optimized future-state processes. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with business stakeholders technical teams vendors and executive-level stakeholders. Key Skills to Look For Must-Have / Priority Skills: Senior Business Analysis 7 years Enterprise ITSM modernization / replacement ITSM implementation Requirements elicitation and documentation Business & technical requirements Current-state / future-state process mapping Fit-gap / gap analysis Stakeholder workshops Business readiness BRDs Functional & Non-Functional Requirements User Stories & Acceptance Criteria Process Maps & Workflows Use Cases ITIL processes ITSM platforms Incident Management Service Request Management Change Enablement / Change Management Problem Management Knowledge Management Service Catalog Management Asset Management CMDB / Configuration Management Service Level Management Major Incident Management Release Management Self-Service Portal System integrations Active Directory / Entra ID IAM Data migration Data mapping Data cleansing Data validation & reconciliation CMDB readiness Business process transformation Change management Strong written and verbal communication Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a Senior Business Analyst with 7 years of experience who has recently worked on a large-scale enterprise ITSM modernization implementation or platform replacement initiative. Candidates should be able to demonstrate hands-on experience translating complex business needs into detailed requirements mapping current and future-state ITSM processes conducting fit-gap analysis working with ITSM platforms collaborating with technical teams and vendors and supporting ITSM data migration and CMDB readiness. Candidates with direct experience in Freshservice Ivanti Jira Service Management or comparable ITSM platforms combined with strong ITIL knowledge will be particularly well aligned.
Required Education:
Post-secondary education from a recognized institution with a minimum 2-year program in:BusinessComputer ScienceInformation Technologyor a related certifications are considered an asset.
