Project Analyst

Company: LANDMARK GLOBAL
Location: Santa Barbara
Posted on: February 5, 2020

Job Description:

Company BackgroundLandmark Global is the international division of bpost, Belgium's national postal service. Bpost employs more than 34,000 people, manages approximately 2.9 billion items annually to more than 5.6 million addresses.For nearly 15 years, Landmark Global, with its roots in SoCal, has enabled our customers to expand globally. Our business enables clients to manage International and Domestic mail and parcel delivery, warehousing and fulfillment and full cross border trade services globally. This includes proprietary technology and trade consulting, which provide our clients the capability to sell to billions of customers worldwide.Our technology is web-based, scalable and agile. Mercury, our proprietary web-based software, was developed on the foundations of our logistics expertise and client requests. We provide a flexible application that works with any existing technologies and is integrated into most popular shipping platforms.SummaryThe Project Analyst role sits at the intersection of the business and IT development team interests. As a Project Analyst this position will manage the influx of new requests for features requiring IT development. The Project Analyst will help ensure the business is utilizing and expending resources on valuable projects by validating business cases and streamlining development by clearly defining the scope and requirements. Establishing and improving processes for new feature scoping and validation will be an immediate and ongoing responsibility, along with providing project status updates and success metrics to business leadership.Job DescriptionCore responsibilities will include the following areas:o--Define scope and requirements of feature requests from clients and internal departments.Why is the request being made?What is the core problem?What are key requirements to solve the problem?How is it beneficial? What are the associated risks?o--For complex and/or strategic projects, ensure that the solution developed meets the requirements by:o----Assisting the development team in the detailed description of the design work, including the phase of the work, the revision of the detailed concept, the definition of deliverables, etc...o----Ensuring a bridge between the development team and the businesso----Assessing the benefits of the solutiono----Documenting the solutiono----Organizing and directing user training, if necessaryo----Providing communication and reporting on the solution to internal and external stakeholdersHelp review and update existing Landmark processes for scoping and prioritizing new project requests.Manage a list of outstanding new project requests along with their state from the scoping phase through launch.Perform regular reviews of launched features for continued use and real vs expected benefit.Communication/liaising with the rest of the business and documenting new features upon roll out and/or launch.Additional duties, as assigned.Position RequirementsRequirements/Qualifications include:3-5 years of relevant experience in project analysis or management of technical IT projects.Bachelor's degree in IT/IS, Business Administration, Project Management and/or related fieldStrong interpersonal oral and written communication skills to derive true needs for stakeholders.Highly organized and detail oriented.Knowledgeable about best project management and analysis techniques.Experience creating concise presentation materials.Logistics industry experience preferred.

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