Engage with stakeholders to gather insights into business objectives, processes, and pain points.
Capture, analyze, and document comprehensive business and functional requirements, secure formal approvals.
Perform gap analysis to compare current processes, client needs, and system capabilities.
Define data requirements and processes while tracking related project deliverables and timelines
Document current-state processes and design future-state processes resulting from data transformation initiatives.
Support project planning, scope definition, and requirement prioritization.
Participate in solution design discussions and provide business input to ensure requirements are met.
Map business requirements to technical capabilities and identify system constraints and dependencies.
Identify and propose new process improvement opportunities.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date system documentation.
Support deployment and ongoing management of the Enterprise Data Catalog.
Translate business definitions into technical metadata for tables, columns, schemas, and datasets in Databricks / Unity Catalog.
Evaluate incoming project requests and technology investments through a strategic lens by conducting gap analysis to inform executive decision making
Implement project management frameworks, steering committee structures, and RACI models that enable technical delivery in line with strategic business needs.
Perform business stakeholder management acting as a conduit between business and technical teams.
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Benefits
Health insurance
Additional Information
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.
Technology and Operations support the organization's work by providing reliable and scalable solutions for offices around the world.
The Data Team at IRC is responsible for the design and delivery of data technology and data programs at the IRC. Our team is committed to high-impact results by encouraging relationships across the organization, driving continuous improvement, and delivering value through the implementation of high-quality, strategic data programs.
Job Overview/Summary:
Are you passionate about turning data into a strategic asset? Do you thrive at the intersection of business and technology? We're looking for a talented Business Analyst to join our Data team and play a pivotal role in shaping the data and AI foundations that will power our organization's future.
This is a rare opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a high-impact Data & AI Transformation program. You'll be a core member of the Data Transformation Working Group , driving the definition and standardization of critical business data that directly feeds into cutting-edge AI initiatives and enterprise analytics.
You'll act as a vital bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams - translating complex business needs into clear data definitions, governance standards, and structured models within Databricks and our wider analytics ecosystem. Your work will:
Establish a single source of truth by formalizing agreed business definitions into the Enterprise Data Catalog
Directly enable AI - providing models with consistent, well-governed terminology that improves accuracy, data quality, and explainability of AI outcomes
Shape what gets built by partnering with Product Managers to define and manage product and project roadmaps
Drive alignment across business and technical teams, ensuring data governance requirements are accurately reflected in how data is modelled and used
Data and AI are at the top of every organization's agenda - and this role puts you right at the heart of it. You'll gain hands-on exposure to enterprise AI delivery, modern data platforms, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement, all while doing work that has a tangible, visible impact in the humanitarian space.
Theirc · NY