Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. ("MGM") is seeking a Senior Business Analyst who will be responsible for providing functional, technical, and analytical expertise to building and supporting Media Asset Management and Media Supply Chain products at MGM. We are looking for an experienced analyst with solid technical skills and a good understanding of studio business and content lifecycle. The candidate will support the new product development as well as the day-to-day maintenance of our Media Supply Chain products. The candidate must possess strong communication skills and analytical skills to effectively work with the business users to determine requirements and translate them into technical solutions. The candidate must excel in a team environment and must have the ability to independently complete individual tasks in a dynamic environment to achieve departmental and company goals.

Responsibilities:
• Work as a strategic partner of the business
• Be the liaison between business and technology
• Keep alignment with business groups on strategic vision and business priorities
• Understand technology capabilities required to support business needs
• Develop and maintain technology roadmap to support business
• Define business processes and requirements
• Lead business meetings and interviews. Proactively communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders. Understand business process, issues, use cases, requirements, product functions, system integrations and data flow in depth.
• Create functional & non-functional requirements, user stories, as-is and to-be process flows, screen and interface designs, data flow diagrams, reporting and data requirements and data mapping documents
• Drive innovations and efficiency by implementing new business processes through technology solutions
• Work closely with architect and developers to translate business requirements into technology design and solution
• Participate in sprint planning and other project activities required by Agile software development methodology
• Design, testing and training
• Drive innovations and efficiency by implementing new business process through technology solutions
• Define business rules, wireframes and system functions
• Work closely with the business community and testing team to define and execute system testing. Lead user acceptance testing of applications to ensure the quality of the delivered requirements and overall health of the system
• Manage change management and training. Create user manuals and training documents. Conduct user trainings and drive smooth and efficient implementation of changes
• Production Support
• Support business users on system configuration, admin and other business activities
• Identify system issues and trouble shoot / analyze potential solutions including workaround
• Work with business users to document, manage, and prioritize bug fixings and enhancements
• Support product development and release lifecycle
• Work with architect and developers to test and release new system functions to ensure on time delivery of new product and features
• Support audit requirements and activities

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree or above in computer science or engineering preferred
• MBA degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 years' experience as business analyst and/or system analyst supporting MAM or Media supply chain products
• Understanding of Entertainment industry and content lifecycle
• Strong understanding of MAM, distribution systems, media content processing and video workflows
• Understanding of workflows needed for OTT providers and MVPD's
• Prior experience with 3rd party MAM/Content Processing products (Dalet, Vidispine, Ownzones, ReachEngine Levels Beyond, Evertz, etc).
• Strong business analysis skills
• Proficiency in leading user interviews, requirements gathering, creating, maintaining and supporting all application development artifacts including user stories, process flows, screen mockups, data diagrams, business rule definitions, design documents and reporting scripts
• Familiarity with SDLC (software development life cycle), Agile methodology, and Agile tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Proficiency with MS Office products, specifically advanced skills in Visio, PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong analytical and system design skills, problem-solving skills, and a track record of seeing tasks through to successful completion
• Highly responsive with strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
• Comfort working in a technical environment and able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently, prioritize and juggle multiple deadlines and projects, and keep peers, partners, and supervisor abreast of activities
• Self-motivated, accountable, and highly organized with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r02p76-3-128-94-171-42 in your application.