As a Director, Business Analysis, you will be responsible for the success of technology initiatives related to Teach For America’s corps member recruitment, admissions, and selection. You will use your knowledge of our recruitment and admissions processes to help translate ideas for technology improvements between our Recruitment and Admissions teams and the IT project teams who will design and develop the solutions. Your work will impact the Recruitment and Admissions staff who recruit, select, admit and matriculate new corps members, as well as provide an excellent experience for prospects and applicants to our program.
The Director, Business Analysis reports to the Managing Director, Business Analysis.
Serve as a key strategic partner to the Recruitment & Admissions teams.
- Work alongside stakeholders to maintain a long-term technology project roadmap.
- Identify the most valuable project opportunities, obtain executive approval, and deliver outstanding results.
- Provide leadership during ideation, elaboration, development, and implementation.
- Evaluate new technologies which could augment Teach For America’s recruitment & admissions efforts.
Contribute to the vision for the technology platforms underlying Teach For America’s recruitment & admissions processes, and ensuring that they evolve along with our business functions and the technology landscape.
- Participate in the Scrum team assigned to Salesforce.com and custom application development.
- Act as a member of the project leadership committee composed of the Scrum Master, senior developers, and user experience lead.
- Create and maintain the Product Backlog, prioritizing and sequencing the component user stories according to business value.
- Coordinate inputs and tasks required of other business analysts and business stakeholders.
- Co-manage Teach For America’s relationship with third-party vendors.
- Inspect the product increment at the end of every sprint.
- Develop product roadmap and communicate project status.
- Contribute to compliance efforts as needed.
- Communicate project status.
- 3-5 years of relevant job experience within Teach For America. Current/Former Admissions or Recruitment team members are highly encouraged to apply.
- Works effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Can manage or co-manage vendor relationships
- An internal consultant mindset: able to structure problems independently; cut to the heart of complex topics; identify tactical solutions; find connections across disparate themes
- Able to manage multiple projects and tasks concurrently and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced work environment
- Flexibility and ability to quickly adapt to new information and evolving business needs
Work Demands
- Some weekend and evening work required
- Limited travel (1-2 times per year)