Reltio MDM - Business Analyst

Founded in 2015 and rapidly expanding, Fresh Gravity (www.freshgravity.com) is an exciting business and technology consulting company that is at the cutting edge of digital transformation. We drive digital success for our clients by enabling them to adopt transformative technologies. We provide a range of services: from Data Management, Data Science & Analytics, to API Management/Integration and Artificial Intelligence.

In a short time, we have crafted an exceptional team who have delivered impactful projects for some of the largest corporations in the world. We are on a mission to solve the most complex business problems for our clients using the most exciting new technologies. And we are looking for top talent to join us in our quest.

Fresh Gravity’s team members are authorities in their field, but know how to have fun, too. We’re building an inspiring, open organization you’ll take pride in. We challenge ourselves to grow – every day. We create value for our clients and partners – every day. We promise rich opportunities for you to succeed, to shine, to exceed even your own expectations.

We are thoughtful. We are engaged. We are relentless. We are Fresh Gravity.

Fresh Gravity is an equal opportunity employer.

We are seeking a strong techno-functional business analyst who will be responsible for driving successful project outcomes for Fresh Gravity’s clients. The role entails delivery involvement of data management solution projects with key inputs on the solution options, implementation approaches, delivery planning and execution. The person will be responsible for assisting and developing proposals for such engagements as well as negotiating delivery related actions through the life of a project. In addition, the person will be responsible for working with other Fresh Gravity stakeholders to define and refine delivery methodology artifacts and approaches, design and implement data management project execution best practices, develop sales and marketing collateral as well as represent Fresh Gravity at client or other public events. Someone who is looking for a niche consulting firm with an excellent culture with the desire to grow as the company grows would make a great candidate.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Participate in the full delivery lifecycle of strategy and implementation projects for our clients using agile and hybrid project management approaches.
• Plan workstreams, identify, report and manage/mitigate risks, manage resolution of outstanding issues and actions,
• Participate in strategy/roadmap initiatives while aligning the strategy to the business objectives, including helping establish organization constructs, development methodologies and selection of technology components (e.g., API gateways, code repository tools, data quality tools, data management/governance strategy, etc.)
• Plan, lead and manage requirements definition and solution design working sessions in addition to documenting functional use cases and architectures, business requirements, and high level business solution approaches
• Research market trends and technology articles, propose strategic direction ideas, best practices, gathering current state information through stakeholder interaction using interviews / workshops
• Communicate business requirements to architects and developers, assist in conducting feasibility assessments and identify optimal approaches to technically achieve the business requirements (e.g., Assist Sr. Technical Architects and leads on a data platform implementation)
• Define and influence direction of organization constructs and technology management methodology change with organizations (e.g., define data governance frameworks on a data governance strategy assessment project)
• Own the delivery of demos to our clients of working software built to specification and soliciting feedback to ensure satisfaction of business requirements (e.g., demonstrate data stewardship functionality on an MDM project)
• Verify the development artifacts/software are built to specification through various levels of testing

Other:

• Assist in responding to RFPs by participating in planning, scoping, solution definition and estimation
• Manage client and vendor partner relationships and activities to ensure alignment of schedule, scope, and responsibilities
• Support and contribute to an evolving project delivery methodology by designing and creating templates, accelerators and reusable artifacts.

Skills and Qualification Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters (preferred) degree in a technology or project management discipline
• 6 to 8 years of business system analysis and functional architecture experience
• Strong knowledge of Master Data Management is required, and domain knowledge in Life Sciences and Healthcare is a plus
• Should have participated in at least 1-2 Master Data Management implementation projects
• Knowledge of cloud-based data ingestion and data warehouse tools is a strong plus
• Some experience with data modeling is expected.
• 2+ years of experience working in a business context (technology consulting, systems integration, management consulting, working as an analyst “in industry,” etc.) – Big 5 Consulting or similar (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, E&Y, KPMG, PwC, Slalom, etc.) background is highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience traversing from lower level details to executive level birds eye view on project progress, execution and deliverables
• Running effective client meetings (setting context, establishing goals, capturing key decisions, managing scope changes, etc.)
• Managing scope and negotiating change requests
• Strong experience and familiarity with tools, templates and accelerators of different types pertaining to different stages of a project (e.g., project retrospective tools, Jira backlog boards, Quality Strategy templates, Functional design documents, etc.)
• Expert experience with tools like Jira and Confluence
• Exceptional proficiency with project - and stakeholder-management theory and practices – demonstrated ability to proactively drive workstreams with minimal supervision, independently escalate and resolve issues, handle changes in technical direction, etc.
• Candidate must be local.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive package, we promise rich opportunities for you to succeed, to shine, to exceed even your own expectations. In keeping with Fresh Gravity’s challenger ethos, we have developed the 5Dimensions (5D) benefits program. This program recognizes the multiple dimensions within each of us and seek to provide opportunities for deep development across these dimensions. Enrich Myself; Enhance My Client; Build my Company, Nurture My Family; and Better Humanity.