Business Analyst, Marketing at HarbourVest Partners in Boston, MA

Summary: HarbourVest Partners is a global firm with a collaborative culture that values diversity and innovation. The Senior Business Analyst role on the Marketing team will focus on redefining the marketing technology stack and implementing solutions to meet global marketing needs. Responsibilities: - Actively engage in Marketing Transformation roadmap development and delivery to achieve strategic business objectives - Engage business and technology partners to define and document requirements, features or user stories, while proactively identifying and mitigating related dependencies or risks - Provide input and feedback relating to solutions alternatives and prioritization to support delivering the highest business value - Coordinate with teammates to iterate on feature development, testing and readiness - Develop test plans and support testing to ensure the technical development enables the business needs - Capture business requirements, translating them into an easy to implement technical solutions, integrations, system designs, tests, transformations, and reports - Create and update project artifacts such as task boards, use cases, application documentation, release notes, and technical writeups - Proactively seek challenges to identify and resolve potential issues with new development or ongoing operational support - Identify and implement efficiencies to optimize capabilities - Conduct or facilitate training and information sharing sessions with supporting documentation or reference material for employees and team members as needed - Additional responsibilities related to the role as required Required Qualifications: - Proven capabilities and experience in three or more of the following areas: Applications Development, Business Process and Workflow Management, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, and Systems Support - Background in Financial Services and/or financial applications; Experience with Salesforce, Seismic and Adobe a plus - Experience with Agile software development, traditional project management, and Six Sigma methodologies and techniques - Successful results leading large or sophisticated projects and processes from initiation through implementation - Data modeling and design understanding, including conceptual and logical modeling - Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating business and technical concepts or decisions with diverse audiences - Strength with analytical, data, problem solving and collaboration skills - Attention to detail and quality to fulfill responsibilities - Proficient with Microsoft, process/workflow and collaboration tools Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with systems integrations and data mapping preferred - Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or Science (B.S), or equivalent experience - 0-2 years in Financial Services preferred Required Skills: Business Process Management, Agile Development, Data Modeling Important Skills: Salesforce, Quality Assurance, Project Management Nice-to-Have Skills: Analytical Skills, Microsoft Tools, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Collaboration Skills Benefits: Discretionary annual bonus, Long-term reward programs, Comprehensive total rewards package, Retirement, Health, Insurance, Paid time off, Wellness programs