It Business Analyst Iv - Contract

ConocoPhillips is a leading oil and gas company, based in Houston, TX, and is hiring an IT Business Analyst IV for contract positions. The IT Business Analyst IV is accountable for understanding & translating business strategies, processes, workflows, and systems into applicable functional/technical

Key Accountabilities

• Customer relationship management and communicating with the business customers around IT services, costs, and needs
• Leading migration of internally hosted applications and processes to cloud-based SaaS/PaaS solutions
• Leading efforts and serving as a Release Train Engineer & Scrum Master for the capability team
• Development of supporting software documentation for IT and business reference (e.g., Knowledge Articles, ServiceNow records, application provisioning and audit instructions, etc.)
• Maintaining an attitude of diversity and inclusion to ensure that all perspectives are considered in the execution of work
• Researching 3rd party vended solutions and conducting research and analysis based on demands
• Ensuring completion of IT Security Reviews as necessary coordinating with the business and applicable vendor for supporting documentation (e.g., Risk Assessment, GIPA exceptions, cloud evaluation, etc.)
• Building and maintaining close relationships with the HSE & SD stakeholders and IT peers globally
• Translating business needs/strategies into solution designs and deliverables including creation of features and user stories
• Collaborating with the business leaders, stakeholders, and IT to develop and maintain our capability, application, and digital strategy roadmaps by staying aware of industry trends, vendor roadmaps and current and future business requirements
• Leading data handover efforts for the capability due to acquisition and divestiture activities per contract requirements
• Collaborating with business leaders and stakeholders in scoping, designing, and delivering business driven requests including facilitating discussions, capturing business requirements, translating requirements, framing the business case, understanding value drivers, solution review/comparison, solution recommendation/selection, and leading/managing solution implementation
• Developing a deep understanding of business acumen, end-to-end processes, workflows, systems, and data
• Coordinate testing of system defects and enhancements including the development of test scripts and release notes, participating in testing, relaying defects to the vendor, and seeking business alignment for change requests and production go live
• Analyzing, prioritizing, troubleshooting, and resolving application and data issues
• Leading vendor relationships and coordinating with vendors on contract renewals, delivery of fixes, enhancement requests, upgrades, and new system implementations
• Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize and enhance our current processes and data management

Required and Preferred Skills and Experience

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to do business process mapping
• Builds positive relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by courageously dealing with important problems and holding others accountable
• 1+ years of experience implementing solutions on cloud SaaS and PaaS; basic knowledge of MS Azure or AWS
• 3+ years of experience using Business Analysis methodologies (identifying and capturing business requirements, framing the business case, solution selection, managing solution implementation)
• Influences business decisions which lead to delivery of value-add solutions that are in alignment with business capability requirements and IT standards.
• Works collaboratively across organizations with capability teams and external stakeholders to ensure solution dependencies are identified and communicated
• 3+ years of experience implementing vended software applications
• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to travel 10% of the time on a yearly basis
• 3+ years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities to ensure deliverables are met on time
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft O365 applications: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams
• 1+ years of experience with HSE & SD applications including: Intelex, Cority, Sphera, TapRoot, MIR3, and IAP.
• 1+ years of experience leading large scale projects
• 1+ years of Project Management experience with proven ability to balance priorities, facilitate multiple efforts at the same time and deliver results through realistic planning
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Admin/Mgmt., Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, other related technical discipline, or foreign equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, plan and carry out responsibilities with minimal direction and deliver results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
• Intermediate proficiency with Agile/SCRUM principles, tools (JIRA, ADO), estimation and planning

ConocoPhillips contract opportunities are for project-based or other short-term engagements that require specialized skills. Successful candidates for contract opportunities will not be considered employees of ConocoPhillips or any of its subsidiaries nor will candidates be eligible for employment benefits. Candidates looking for regular full-time employment opportunities should begin their search here: https://careers.conocophillips.com/