IT Business Planning Manager (On-site)

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Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.

If you are interested in furthering your career with Kyra and help us improve the way governments serve their citizens, please send your resume, and make sure to include salary expectation, availability, and contact information. You do not want to miss this opportunity!

Title

IT Business Planning Manager (On-site)

Required Skills and Experience

* Knowledge of transportation technology operations.
* Experience understanding business strategy and leading work to align technology with that business strategy.
* Expertise in strategic planning, tactical execution, project management, process management and gap analysis, solutioning, communication plans, and change management.
* Knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and business process improvements.
* Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.
* Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
* Ability to work effectively with users and a project team, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement, modernization, remediation, or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.
* Ability to develop and manage business and information systems technical documentation in accordance with the clients standards.
* Knowledge of relational database theories and concepts.
* Skill in testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements and designs were met in the product.
* Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and prioritize work assignments for him/herself or lower-level analysts.
* Skill in accurately preparing schedule estimates for requirements analysis and computer programming tasks in a computer application maintenance environment.
* Ability to work effectively with other resources to build efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of business applications utilizing all established client standards.
* Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.
* Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Power BI.
* Experience working on complex technology solutions.
* Knowledge of project management practices and agile methodologies.
* Knowledge of Rules 60GG-1 through 5, F.A.C.

Preferred Skills and Experience

* Skill in performing QA reviews and providing valuable feedback in determining that standards are met and that documents are complete and comprehensive.
* Knowledge of accounting concepts.
* Ability to understand and communicate highly technical and business requirements or concepts.
* Skill in data conversion techniques, data cleansing approaches and validating data relationships.

Primary Responsibilities

* Gather and document the goals and objectives related to the IT business strategy for the client and help document them as requirements.
* Support project managers and business analysts performing gap analysis between client owned technology and future required solutions to meet growing business needs.
* Plan and prioritize integration of new and existing technology according to business needs and strategic direction.
* Identify technological areas for improvement, identify and analyze gaps between the current state and the desired state, develop process performance measures and plan the transition to a new state.
* Serve as strategic interface with business office staff for the purpose of business/IT strategy development, solution discovery, service management, risk management and relationship management.
* Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies and best practices, and automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the client for required changes to complex business processes to align with proposed solutions.
* Assist in business process redesign and documentation.
* Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the clients systems and interfaces within internal and external systems.
* Document business cases, feasibility studies, proofs of concepts, and product evaluations.
* Facilitate work sessions strategic planning, program planning, technology proposal process, etc.
* Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces.
* Assist Transportation Technology and Office of Information Technology leadership, as needed.

Education

* Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or financial related field and 5 years professional work experience. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree. Special consideration will be given to candidates with Scrum Master certification.

Location

Tallahassee, FL

Duration

Long-Term

Why Kyra?

Founded in 1997, Kyra Solutions is a national leader of transportation technology and regulatory solutions in government. We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service and tailored solutions has supported our consistent double-digit growth for over a decade. We are headquartered in the greater Tampa Bay area with other offices across Florida and an innovation center in Silicon Valley, CA.

Because of our dedication to our employees, we have won one of the Best Companies to Work for in Florida 2 years in a row by Florida Trend magazine. Kyra has won other numerous awards including the coveted INC magazine s one of America s Fastest Growing Companies several years in a row. Kyra s commitment to our employees, to best practices in project management and business analysis, and to solution development has led to our achievement in becoming the first Project Management Institute certified company in Florida. Our proven successful track record has resulted in several prestigious awards including the State of Florida's Diversity Business of the Year Award. We are proud to be a sponsor for the TaxWatch Productivity Awards and partner to Florida TaxWatch. for more information.

Background & References

Verifiable professional references will be required along with the resume; however, references will be checked/contacted after the interview and before the project starts. Level two background check will be done on the selected candidate for employment, criminal (State & Federal), education, and others as mandated by the client. Please make sure your resume and all other information provided are accurate. Any misrepresentation will mean permanent disqualification by the client. Equal employment opportunity employer.