Senior Consultant - SDLC Business Analyst

Job Family:

Digital Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 25%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

As part of Guidehouse’s Experience Transformation practice, Digital Solutions, Senior consultants are instrumental cross-functional members of digital solutions / SDLC implementations. They bring to the table possible expertise in SDLC as a business analyst gathering and documenting requirements, ability to analyze complex problems and/or data sets to find innovative solutions, communications, as well as in project / product / program management. Depending on the specific project and client need, Senior Consultants may be tasked to work in a diverse set of focus areas and roles, including requirements management for SDLC projects, change management, process improvement, communications management, and/or project/product management.

Our work at Guidehouse is as advisors and consultants to our clients. While we actively design, build, and implement innovative digital solutions for clients, our core focus is that of providing value through our collective expertise and ability to communicate this value through core consulting skills.

Candidates will be evaluated on their experience and ability to delivery on client projects and on core consulting skills, including:

Client Delivery

• Ability to identify and develop solutions to meet client needs
• Ability to build solid relationships and become a trusted advisor to clients
• Maintains awareness of client environment, culture, challenges, and areas for improvement
• Maintains external environmental awareness of legislation, regulations, and policies that may impact the client
• Demonstrates flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks

Core Consulting Skills

• Experience participating and leading in business development opportunities and pursuits
• Ability to structure and develop quality client deliverables
• Demonstrate a depth of analysis and critical thinking
• Demonstrates ability to leverage and tailor various industry methodologies and frameworks to the needs of clients
• Leads teams and develops junior staff

Responsibilities

Support Digital Solutions Workstreams (50%)

• Offer functional and in-depth analysis in support of project scope and objectives
• Utilize problem solving and analytical skills to identify opportunities for additional client value through process improvements, streamlining, and project management
• Identify opportunities for future account growth through gap analyses and client relationships
• Perform hands-on reviews to ensure quality client deliverables
• Work with client and internal Guidehouse teams to elicit and define clear solution requirements
• Coordinate with teams to develop work products from start to finish based on client requirements

Support Client Engagement & Consulting Activities (30%)

• Provide consultative input and guidance by learning about client specific subject matter and applying it to work
• Participate in requirements elicitation and elaboration, providing a management and solutions strategy point of view and recommendations
• Support developing product vision, capabilities and priorities, and roadmap
• Support synthesizing input from business, user research, technical solutions to refine product and integrated roadmaps
• Develop impactful digital products that support client business needs
• Develop trusted relationships with clients
• Develop communications for internal and external client stakeholders
• Provide weekly status updates on project progress to project manager and/or client

Support team and firm growth (20%)

• Support business development activities, including creating marketing collateral, writing, and reviewing proposals, and participating in sales meetings as subject matter experts (SME)
• Write thought leadership, including white papers and research briefs on a variety of topics
• Solutions-forward mindset by associating innovative solutions with identified risks, challenges, and opportunities
• Build individual network (internal + external) and increase opportunities to grow business by bring firm capabilities to forefront
• Exemplify Professionalism & Teamwork
• Understand firm capabilities and solutions
• Lead with quality, including creating high quality work products and deliverables
• Provide constructive feedback to team members

What You Will Need:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance with the United States government
• 5-7 years of experience with Bachelor's degree (4yr college degree)
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