Business Analyst

Location: Harrisburg, PA
Position Type: Remote
Contract Length: 7 months, possible extension

We are seeking a candidate with over 7 years of experience, ideally combining project management and business analysis skills, and experience in developing project management plan standards; PMP certification and PA state government experience are preferred. 

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 7 years of professional experience

• Experience in both project management (PM) and business analysis (BA) preferred

• Proven experience writing project management plan standards or other standard documentation

Preferred Skills:

• PMP certification preferred

The following standards are to be documented for the Project Management Office (PMO):

• Project Management Framework and Methodology Standard

• Governance Structure Standard

• Project Lifecycle Management Standard

• Risk Management Standard

• Change Management Standard

• Communications Management Standard

• Stakeholder Management Standard

• Resource Management Standard

• Scope Management Standard

• Quality Management Standard

Duties:

• Facilitate a kickoff meeting with stakeholders to define project objectives, timelines, and roles and responsibilities.

• Create a stakeholder management plan for the engagement.

• Facilitate bi-weekly status meetings and deliver bi-weekly status reports outlining completed activities, upcoming tasks, risks, issues, and key milestones.

• Conduct a current state analysis of project management processes.

• Meet with identified stakeholders from delivery and program areas, as directed.

• Develop current state process documentation and flowcharts.

• Produce finalized standard documentation for each governance area, including:

  • Definition and purpose

  • Process flows and narrative

  • RAID+ log and its intended use

  • RACI charts

  • Use of Azure DevOps (ADO) as a standard tool

  • Relevant links (e.g., ADO entries for risks or issues)

• Provide organizational change management support for the roll-out of governance standards to selected projects.