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Summary:
The Sr. Business Analyst - Quality Assurance Analyst, Connected Vehicle, Information Technology is a dual role responsible for supporting Connect Vehicle IT department in Business Analysis and Quality Assurance activities. The position is part of a larger team focusing on gathering requirements, business care development, quality assurance testing, and IT user acceptance testing coordination in support of all Connected Vehicle IT projects. This role will have strong skills in work-plan development and progress tracking, who will prepare and present updates regularly to relevant management channels, ensuring that our goal of transparency and communication is achieved. The role will produce documentation and communicate functional features, characteristics, and requirements throughout the organization, ensuring that system specifications operate in alignment with business requirements. This position is part of a team that provides services supporting technologies in the US, Canada, and Japan with plans to expand into more international markets in the coming years. This position supports Subaru's objective to bring exceptional digital experiences to our customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
Working under general supervision, executes in an assigned BA/QA area of responsibility both independently and as a part of a larger project team
Collaborates with project stakeholders (IT & Connected Business) to develop effective business use cases to support Connected Vehicle projects
Work with team members and business partners to define project scope, objectives, and timelines that align with organization, program and project goals
Develops QA test cases, test plans, and regression test suites tied to defined requirements
Ensures proper coverage and alignment of QA test plans with business requirements
Collaborates with others as part of a larger IT team in coordinated team efforts
Contributes to the organization with process improvement ideas and recommendations
Promotes continuous improvement of BA/QA processes and supports the broader IT team in efforts to improve service quality in general
Ensure that all aspects of projects are organized and in conformance with timeline and deliverables
Develop and maintain project plans, tracking overall progress and achievement of milestones
Report project risks, mitigations, and outcomes to appropriate management channels; escalating issues according to project work plan
Deepen partnerships within our organization as well as with outside resources, including third-party vendors
Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope or timeline to achieve optimal results
Organize, attend, and participate in stakeholder meetings
Document and follow-up on actions and decisions from meetings
Develops comprehensive understanding of business processes and build strong working rapport with business users.
Prepare meeting presentation materials
Coordinate project and change estimations
Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all invitees
Ensures projects adhere to the project management frameworks and all documentation is maintained
Ensure that standard change management procedures are followed
Participate in Business Requirements validation, compilation and documentation
Participate in vehicle technology validation testing
Required Skills & Abilities:
8 to 10 years of relevant professional experience OR proven Senior BA and/or QA experience and growth
4-year bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or a closely related field of study or equivalent work experience
Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Strong proficiency in comprehensive quality assurance testing
Proactive self-starter who performs initiatives that provide solutions for business requirements.
Work experience with increasing responsibility and demonstrable leadership success.
Excellent communicator with strong business analysis and reporting skills.
Time management and ability to drive multiple projects simultaneously.
Excellent organizational, written, oral communication, and presentation skills.
Strong proficiency in Office 365 tools, e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint
Strong proficiency in Jira and Confluence
Familiar with all aspects of SDLC (Agile and waterfall software development methodology experience)
Knowledge and understanding of one or more test automation platforms
Additional Preferred Skills:
Automotive industry experience
Experience in working with offshore teams
Experience with JIRA and Confluence
Experience with Service Now
Agile software development methodology experience
Education/Experience Requirements: BA/BS
Work Environment
Hybrid Role: Remote work 2 days per week (After 90 Days Onboarding)
Required Travel: 10% - 20%
Compensation: The recruiting base salary range for this full-time position is $80,500- $114,900 / year. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. (P2_T) In addition to competitive salary, Subaru offers an amazing benefits package that includes:
Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
Pension, Profit Sharing, and 401K Match Offerings
15 Vacation days, 9 Company Holidays, 5 Floating Holidays, and 5 Sick days
Tuition Reimbursement Program
Vehicle Discount Programs
See our Careers landing page for additional information about our compensation and benefit programs.
