Illinois Staffing
Senior Business Analyst- (Hybrid: Chicago, IL)
Illinois Staffing, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Business Analyst Opportunity At Circana
At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified by Great Place To Work. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. What will you be doing? The Business Analyst will help the Product team codify business requirements for building various Products. Job Responsibilities The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in transforming the CPG, General Merchandise (GM), Media, and Retail industry and how these verticals conduct analytics and generate insights to deliver optimized experiences and personalized value to their shoppers. Delivering simple, easy-to-use measurement solutions, like Marketing Mix, in Store testing, will be central to how these verticals embed data into their day-to-day decision-making. This role will be responsible for helping Circana develop a portfolio of solutions to help our CPG, GM, Media and Retail clients achieve these objectives. The successful candidate will be a highly skilled Business Analyst who is comfortable working in a start-up like environment where speed-to-market must be achieved in tandem with game-changing innovation. She/he will be experienced in driving complex, multi-faceted solutions across the vast landscape of Retail and Media channels leveraging diverse, cross-functional teams including Technology, Product Marketing, Sales, and HR. She/he will be responsible for documenting and constantly improving Circanas standardized collaborative insight solution across new markets; demonstrating expert-level written and spoken articulation of the business ideas, systems, processes, steps, wire-frames, and test-criteria into comprehensive technical requirements that enable our developers to successfully build new solutions. While activities will vary and evolve, the Business Analyst can expect to spend 80% of their time building the requirements associated with the CPG, GM, Media and Retail solutions. The remaining 20% will be allocated to assisting the Product teams in developing and delivering impactful project communication that will be used to inform the Senior Leadership team as well as all key stakeholders up to the level of CEO. Requirements Six or more years of SaaS solution requirements development experience in one or more of the settings below: Retail insight solution & data experience (Grocery, Drug, Mass, Club, etc.) Market research supplier with a defined software offering SaaS solution company (retail-oriented software company preferred) CPG (e.g. Unilever, Danone, Clorox etc) Expert requirements documentation, organization, and explanation skills required Business Analysis Certification highly preferred (i.e. IIBA, CBDA, CPOA, etc.) Knowledge of Data & Database Management concepts (i.e. MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.) Knowledge of BPA & ETL concepts (i.e. Ab-Initio, Apache Airflow, etc.) A flexible approach to communication; able to adapt their message quickly to the appropriate level or function with poise and polish. A history of strong performance at the C-level is a plus Self-motivated; a healthy sense of impatience; start-up-level urgency Proven skills to thrive and drive project results in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment; comfort/confidence making decisions with 70% of the facts in-hand Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical issues in a concise and polished manner to a diverse audience Ideally, reside in or be willing to relocate to Chicago, Illinois or vicinity Experience with client facing projects A Bachelors degree from an accredited institution. An advanced degree is a plus Circana Behaviors Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions. Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action. Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices. Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers. Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for c
At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified by Great Place To Work. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. What will you be doing? The Business Analyst will help the Product team codify business requirements for building various Products. Job Responsibilities The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in transforming the CPG, General Merchandise (GM), Media, and Retail industry and how these verticals conduct analytics and generate insights to deliver optimized experiences and personalized value to their shoppers. Delivering simple, easy-to-use measurement solutions, like Marketing Mix, in Store testing, will be central to how these verticals embed data into their day-to-day decision-making. This role will be responsible for helping Circana develop a portfolio of solutions to help our CPG, GM, Media and Retail clients achieve these objectives. The successful candidate will be a highly skilled Business Analyst who is comfortable working in a start-up like environment where speed-to-market must be achieved in tandem with game-changing innovation. She/he will be experienced in driving complex, multi-faceted solutions across the vast landscape of Retail and Media channels leveraging diverse, cross-functional teams including Technology, Product Marketing, Sales, and HR. She/he will be responsible for documenting and constantly improving Circanas standardized collaborative insight solution across new markets; demonstrating expert-level written and spoken articulation of the business ideas, systems, processes, steps, wire-frames, and test-criteria into comprehensive technical requirements that enable our developers to successfully build new solutions. While activities will vary and evolve, the Business Analyst can expect to spend 80% of their time building the requirements associated with the CPG, GM, Media and Retail solutions. The remaining 20% will be allocated to assisting the Product teams in developing and delivering impactful project communication that will be used to inform the Senior Leadership team as well as all key stakeholders up to the level of CEO. Requirements Six or more years of SaaS solution requirements development experience in one or more of the settings below: Retail insight solution & data experience (Grocery, Drug, Mass, Club, etc.) Market research supplier with a defined software offering SaaS solution company (retail-oriented software company preferred) CPG (e.g. Unilever, Danone, Clorox etc) Expert requirements documentation, organization, and explanation skills required Business Analysis Certification highly preferred (i.e. IIBA, CBDA, CPOA, etc.) Knowledge of Data & Database Management concepts (i.e. MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.) Knowledge of BPA & ETL concepts (i.e. Ab-Initio, Apache Airflow, etc.) A flexible approach to communication; able to adapt their message quickly to the appropriate level or function with poise and polish. A history of strong performance at the C-level is a plus Self-motivated; a healthy sense of impatience; start-up-level urgency Proven skills to thrive and drive project results in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment; comfort/confidence making decisions with 70% of the facts in-hand Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical issues in a concise and polished manner to a diverse audience Ideally, reside in or be willing to relocate to Chicago, Illinois or vicinity Experience with client facing projects A Bachelors degree from an accredited institution. An advanced degree is a plus Circana Behaviors Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions. Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action. Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices. Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers. Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for c