Platform Portfolio Consultant

The Platform Portfolio Consultant will assist the Technology Platform Solutions department with the foundational setup of portfolio management for nine (9) IT Platforms.

The platforms vary in complexity from small footprint specific function solutions to large footprint enterprise level platforms that provide a variety of functions. Current management of the platforms also vary between centralised and decentralised models.

The overall goal is to increase the maturity of platform management through increased visibility of platform characteristics, standardisation of management practices, and coordination of platform demand. This outcome is to span across centralised and decentralised managed platforms.

**The target deliverable set for each platform will consist of**:

- Roles & Responsibilities
- Policies, Standards, and Best Practices
- Process & Tools
- Platform Roadmaps
- Investment Governance

**Two platforms will require additional specification for**:

- Investment-to-Strategy Traceback
- Creation of Investment Pipeline
- Identification of Platform Metrics & KPIs
- Operational Governance

**Experience and Role Accountabilities**
- A minimum seven (7) years of business analysis working experience in large IT projects in a complex enterprise environment or equivalent.
- Produce high quality documentation such as Governance documents, Process Impact Assessments, Process Maps and Designs and follow through on deliverables with stakeholder reviews, approvals and sign-offs so that projects are implemented safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
- Liaise with internal and external teams / vendors on data migration and system interface activities to ensure dependencies are understood, addressed, and requirements are correctly communicated and recorded using documents such as Business Requirements, Functional and Non-Functional Requirements, Data Requirements, Business Scenarios and Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Functional Specifications, and User Interface Specifications.
- Assist with testing, including creation of test documentation such as Test Plans, Test Scenarios/Scripts and Test Reports to ensure that the business requirements are met.
- Provide ongoing clarification and support to the user experience, development, training, and testing teams to ensure correct interpretation of the business requirements and process design and to contribute to their success.
- Assist the Project Manager with planning activities for subsequent phases of the project; contribute to the successful transition to sustainment teams; document meeting outcomes in meeting minutes to enable timely completion of project tasks.
- Work to ensure viability of process design solutions and that they satisfy business requirements and project objectives.
- Conduct impact analysis on changes to designs / scope and record changes in the change log.
- May be required to create change management documentation including Stakeholder Impact Analysis, Change Management Approach, and Training Materials to deliver communication to stakeholders during roll-out activities.

**Education and Skills**
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or equivalent
- Good working knowledge of the business domain and how the business objectives will be met with the technology solutions
- Advanced technical skills in business analysis with the ability to come up to speed quickly, gaining an understanding of the business problem/opportunity, project objectives, and high-level design completed to date

Pay rate: $85-$100 per hour, based on experience