**A bit about the role...**
Leads E2E mindset and enables our network way of working.
Creates and leads detailed plans, manages the backlog and leads prioritization and initiative routines to support the Global Total Rewards teams at scale.
Collaborating with Total Rewards COE on design of user centric solutions, building, measuring and learning where we can improve user experience, drive effectiveness, and deliver efficiencies, as a strategic enabler of value creation for the company.
- Responsible for leading Compensation, Equity & Mobility initiative requirement business analysis, requirements documentation as well as developing, leading and executing E2E testing/defect strategy for the project
- Subject matter expert of Workday Compensation (Core and Advanced), Equity and Mobility Business Processes, Compensation DevOps tools and internal dashboards
- Elicit and document business and technical requirements (functional and non-functional)
- Write use cases, user stories or requirements specification documentation (depending on project type)
- Business Process Mapping - visualize work by creating process models, specifications, diagrams, and flow charts to provide direction to the cross functional team and build change management plans.
Gain in-depth functional understanding of existing solutions and data flows between platforms.
Be able to map business requirements to existing capabilities and identify gaps.
- Active participant in all phases of systems development lifecycle (SDLC) process and will be required to work closely with a variety of internal and external business partners to ensure that all business requirements are met
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
- Facilitate requirements sign-off, including requirements walk-throughs, requirements workshops
- Views and monitors defects, proactive knowledge sharing, serve as liaison between users, vendors and technical groups to resolve issues
- Research and resolve the root cause of a problem and resolve timely while juggling multiple other initiatives
- Work with Networked Organization to identify and execute process improvement opportunities balancing both end-user and operations perspectives to drive overall value
- Strong partnership with developers to plan and prioritize, coordinate WD releases and WD tenant management (refreshes)
Is energized, curious and impatient to drive continuous improvement and simplification.
Listens well and is not defensive to feedback.
Ruthlessly focused on delivering the best end user experience and eliminates barriers with speed
**Functional Competencies**
- Project Management - Ability to manage projects to ensure successful delivery (on time, within budget, meeting agreed upon success criteria), develop and manage project plans, allocate resources, identify potential issues/risks, and develop contingency plans
- Design Thinking - solving problems by prioritizing the consumer's needs above all else
- Ability to influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures
- Experience in business process leadership; driving process improvement
- Balancing immediate and short-term needs and delivering results
- Risk and mitigation planning
- Ability to manage through ambiguity as well as lead change
- Strong writing, communication, and content capabilities
- Experience developing and managing functional and non-functional requirements, test cases and test scripts in a corporate IT environment
**Additional Attributes**
- Experience working in a complex environment, with multiple decision makers
- Ability to work without close supervision
- Experience and skill leading diverse and virtual project teams
- Adaptability
- Decision making capability
- Iterate with an Agile Mindset
**Technical Skills**:
- Workday
- DevOps
- AGILE
- Program Management
- MS Project
- AZURE
- JIRA
- Flowchart and wireframing tools
- Metrics & Data Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Negotiation
- DMAIC Methodology
- Test Case Tracker Tool
**Related Work Experience** Preferred**
- Scrum Master certification
- Six Sigma experience and/or training
- 3+ years of experience as business analyst or testing lead
**Skills**
Systems Analysis, Communication, Testing, Collaboration, Business Processing, Project Management, Business Requirements, Agile, Information Systems, Troubleshooting, Systems Development Life Cycle, Workflows, Data Analysis
**Skills**
Leadership; Strategic Planning; Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC); Specification Documents; Facilitation; organization; Project Management; Taking Initiative; Requirements Specification; Process Leadership; Teamwork; Change Management; Requirement Documents; Cross-Functional Teamwork
**Our Purpose and Growth Culture**:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an incl