Job Description

Sr Business Analyst

Celebration, Florida, United States

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Job ID 780400BR Location Celebration, Florida, United States Business Parks, Experiences and Products Date posted Apr. 05, 2021

Job Summary:

The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for engaging with the business on behalf of the IT project team, and providing technical guidance and oversight. The Senior Business Analyst works to understand complex business needs and define technology and service requirements to maximize delivery of business value. The Senior Business Analyst translates business needs into requirements that IT can use to design and develop solutions. The Senior BA ensures the required outcomes are built, tested and delivered. The Senior Business Analyst is also responsible for coaching and guiding other Business Analysts in business requirements gathering, as well as developing best practices in business analysis.

Responsibilities:

* Provides some technical guidance and oversight.
* Leads in moderately complex analysis, providing guidance and oversight.
* Supports the development of business analysis best practices for the organization.
* Mentors team members on best practices and standards.
* Recommends improvements to processes and technology that improve the effectiveness of the team.
* Supports pre-project business problem elicitation, feasibility and business case definition.
* Works with the business to determine the real issue that needs to be solved or the opportunity to do things differently.
* Develops moderately complex business cases, in particular ensuring benefits align to strategic and tactical business objectives.
* Supports the business in business, technical and financial feasibility assessments.
* Monitors emerging trends and identifies those which will be useful to both the business and IT in the delivery of the projects.
* Gathers business requirements.
* Works with the business to capture and document requirements (both functional and non-functional) using a range of techniques such as workshop facilitation, document analysis, sites visits, use cases, scenario modeling, task and workflow analysis.
* Ensures business requirements are concise, complete, specific, and unambiguous and that they are aligned to the strategic and tactical goals of the project and the business.
* Combines all business requirements into a clear, managed, prioritized backlog (agile) or business requirements document (waterfall) for projects of moderate complexity.
* Refines these business requirements to a sufficient level of detail to allow Architects and Software Engineers to design and implement appropriate solutions.
* Provides refined requirements into project iterations in time to allow design/delivery to commence.
* Manages the scope and traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that they are understood by the project team and met by the delivered solution.
* Performs process modeling

Basic Qualifications:

* Experience (5+ years) as a Business Analyst across a number of projects.
* Experience in business analysis techniques, such as information gathering methods, requirements documentation, process modeling and process mapping.
* Strong understanding of all stages in a project lifecycle and delivery approaches, e.g. waterfall, agile, etc.

Required Education

* Four-year degree in field such as Information Technology, Business, or similar field, or related work experience.

About Parks, Experiences and Products:

The Parks, Experiences and Products segment includes Disneys iconic travel and leisure businesses, which include six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia, a top-rated cruise line, a popular vacation ownership program, and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Disneys global consumer products operations include the worlds leading licensing business across toys, apparel, home goods, digital games and apps; the worlds largest childrens publisher; Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disneys stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Parks, Experiences and Products.

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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