Business Analyst, Global Project Engineering

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Who We Are…

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role...

The Business Analyst, Global Project Engineering role is a pivotal role on the Global Project Engineering (GPE) support team. This person will assist the team in tasks related to business processes around global projects and global project procurement and reporting. The position will help to align GPE project work and reporting with project stakeholders, finance teams and executive leadership. They will help establish team business processes to align with the larger business and help in creating efficiencies in the technical project lifecycle.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Develop comprehensive performance analysis of team business processes for optimization and improvement.

• Interact with partner teams such as finance, tech operations and People and Culture to review processes and interactions and recommend changes for improvement in interactions.

• Work closely with project team members to track and resolve issues and ensure the solution meets requirements. 

• Assess and review team resource management and evaluate for efficiencies.

• Actively participate in stakeholder meetings with the goal of understanding all major projects and initiatives planned.

• Create real-time dashboards and standardized reporting documents surrounding global project work, status and financials.

• Prepare all documents, presentations, graphs, briefings, and worksheets.

• Cultivate relationships with T&O peers, executives and business partners to understand current operations, and potential opportunities for improvements and technology solutions.

• Balances the needs of multiple stakeholders in a variety of departments in process improvement projects, ensuring that all impacted parties are actively engaged.

• Assist in the promotion of ongoing work and completed projects internally and externally.

• Align project goals with departmental and company goals/initiatives.

• Establish an in depth understanding of WBD’s business needs and the emerging technology environment. Identify transformational technologies for how the company collaborates and interacts between employees and our customers.

• Clarifying a business idea, planning development activities and validating requirements.

• Assist in the gathering and validation of user stories and functional requirements.

• Work with the support and configuration teams to develop training materials and documentation for the implemented systems. 

• Participate or lead in post-implementation reviews to assess the project's success and identify areas for improvement.

• Work with project and team leaders to develop useful risk analysis documents and responsibility matrices.

Qualifications & Experiences...

• BS/BA degree required

• 5+ years of prior experience in a related field (media, entertainment, business development or streaming services industry experience a plus)

• Must possess excellent project management, communication, and leadership skills

• Must demonstrate the ability to implement change and drive initiatives to completion

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills

• Knowledge of business intelligence platforms (like Power BI, Tableau, etc.) for data visualization and analysis

• A passion for accuracy and translating insights into a compelling narrative; able to maintain a balance between the details and the larger picture

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Superb relationship building skills

• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently

Not Required but preferred experience

• Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries (including key players, growth trends and drivers, new media m