Business Analyst

Atlanta, GA – Hybrid onsite

12 Month Contract (project based so extension is likely)

Our Media and Entertainment client is hiring a Senior Business Analyst for their Platform Technology team that will be responsible for supporting their proprietary first-party Ad Tech platform powering the next generation of advanced advertising solutions for partners. By fusing data, audience intelligence and ad tech solutions, the Ad Tech platform allows for seamless campaign planning, activation and measurement across WBD’s entire portfolio of premium content and brands.

This individual will work on multiple projects related to the Ad Tech platform and will be in a stakeholder-facing role that will follow the agile methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive requirements for several applications to build a 1st party data platform.
• This is a multi-disciplined, cross-functional role, which collaborates with key stakeholders to deliver a best-in-class data platform.
• Collaborates with management, operations, and clients to document functional and business requirements, user stories, and create wireframes, meeting agendas, and meeting minutes for solutions. Ensures all documents are maintained and updated throughout the project.
• Leads analysis sessions with technical resources and client and document the requirements for projects. Leads scrum ceremonies and fulfills general duties of scrum master when appropriate.
• Analyzes requirements to determine business priorities, gaps, and opportunities. Creates functional impact analysis for new enhancements and for changes to existing systems and business processes. Participates in the evaluation and prioritization for process improvements. Assists in defining and documenting processes and functional business requirements. Creates presentations and leads meetings with clients.
• Leads development of general documentation in the areas of application development, database, system design, and technology stacks
• Can assist with the creation of business scenarios for testing and test Ppans with a focus on Integration, Regression and User Acceptance testing

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst while supporting technical project teams in the definition and delivery of custom-built, business-critical systems.
• Entertainment industry experience is desirable
• Experience with Video/Streaming projects is preferred
• Experience working in small to large teams to achieve project objectives and tasks under challenging deadlines, requiring successful collaboration and problem solving with team members preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to partner with the business to define and document their current and future system needs.
• Expertise in eliciting and documenting business requirements through use cases, user stories, and other means (including workflow diagrams, dataflow diagrams, screen wireframes, etc).
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Ability to clearly communicate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical teams.
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to think outside-of-the-box when assessing possible solutions.
• Expertise with Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, wikis, and/or G Suite tools.
• Experience in the development and execution of Test Cases and test management. Experience working with QA resources on project delivery.
• Ability to set clear expectations, prioritize activities, and follow through to completion when working with other team members.
• Experience with iterative and agile software development methodologies.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel, both in person and on the telephone
• Must be able to pay close attention to complex detail and understand written and oral instructions