Senior IT Business Analyst - Specialty

About the Role: As the Specialty Group evolves, we are thrilled to expand our IT team and embark on a journey of growth and innovation. The future is bright for Specialty as we aim to elevate our businesses, product lines, and brands. We are looking for dynamic individuals who thrive in a startup environment, embrace agility, and are passionate about leveraging technology to solve business challenges. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into technical challenges, this is the place for you.

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Business Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will act as a liaison among stakeholders to understand the capabilities required to meet organizational goals and objectives. You will document these requirements and user stories in a way that can be easily leveraged for solution design, build, and operation, ensuring that the resulting developed solutions ultimately meet the business needs. You will also serve as a Subject Matter Expert ("SME") for software applications and the business processes that surround them.

This position will be located at our facility in Elkton, Maryland, with the possibility of a hybrid remote work arrangement, depending upon the responsibilities of the role and business needs.

Pay and Benefits:

• $130,000 - $175,000per year
• Roles above $150k are eligible for the variable pay program each fiscal year, based on defined business performance metrics.
• Factors considered in extending an offer within this pay range include (but not limited to) education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment! We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive benefits. More details are available at www.gore.com/careers/benefits

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and evaluate business systems, processes, and requirements
• Champion continuous improvement by encouraging lean thinking within business and IT teams
• Partner with business requesters and the IT team to identify and scope high level needs in support of project initiation and business cases
• Partner with Solution Architects to develop cost / risk analyses for IT solution design concepts for proposed projects
• Developdetailed Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and system Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for approved projects including: facilitating requirements elicitation sessions with the user community; developing and documenting use cases, etc. to demonstrate requirements; determining overall priorities for requirements
• Collaborate with IT/QA teams to influence test plans and execution
• Provide project management support, including planning, execution, and monitoring
• Coordinate with IT teams to ensure the successful implementation of solutions
• Facilitate effective communication between business and technical teams

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT business analysis or a similar role
• Expertise working with two or more business functions: Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales & Marketing, R&D
• Strong understanding of IT systems and project management methodologies
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional communication, change management and interpersonal abilities
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Ability to travel 5%

Desired Qualifications:

• Certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP, CCBA)
• Experience working in a regulated environment (ISO, GxP) and SAP environment
• Experience with applying lean tools (e.g.: Value Steam Mapping, 5 Whys, Root Cause Analysis) to identify wastes and propose technology-enabled process improvements
• Experience with Organizational Change Management (OCM) efforts by assessing change impacts, identifying stakeholders, and contributing to change readiness strategies

Hybrid Working Arrangements are permitted for Associates in the continental United States (US) and Canada, with appropriate approval and compliance with Gore's hybrid working policies, from the country in which they are employed.

What We Offer: Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.

We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for "profit-sharing". Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits

We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. We are proud of Associates for building on our rich history of innovation, upholding our values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.

Gore is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the U.S. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.

Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes your questions at gore.com/careers/contact