Senior Business Systems Analyst

About the role

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst to join our Information Technology (IT) team in Scottsdale, AZ. Reporting to the Director of Business Systems, this role integrates with the Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Operations, Commercial, and Financial technology product teams to support businesses that design, build, and maintain facilities globally. This is a hands-on position where you will lead business analysis, backlog management, stakeholder alignment, and delivery coordination for DEPCOM technology enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis, backlog clarity, stakeholder alignment, and delivery coordination for DEPCOM technology improvements.
• Partner with business leaders, IT product and capability teams, architects, developers, and vendors for technical design, prioritization, and implementation.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and/or functional specifications.
• Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives when needed to keep work clear and actionable.
• Coordinate implementation with IT capability teams, software vendors, developers, and business users.
• Support testing, user acceptance, documentation, change control, and adoption activities for system updates, retirements, and implementations.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders throughout project phases to maintain alignment, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, automate repetitive tasks, and retire low-value legacy processes or technologies.
• Monitor system and application adoption and gather feedback to inform iterative improvements.
• Stay current on relevant technologies, vendor capabilities, data/analytics practices, and AI-enabled opportunities that could accelerate DEPCOM business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in or comparable to business analysis, business systems analysis, product ownership or technology delivery.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into user stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications, or practical delivery plans.
• Experience mapping business processes and identifying implementable improvement opportunities.
• Experience working with IT teams, software vendors, or software delivery teams to solve business needs.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, facilitate tradeoff discussions, and align stakeholders around clear decisions.
• Experience building stakeholder relationships, communicating business and technology needs, analyzing complex problems, and defining clear problem statements in business environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting platforms or solutions in the EPC environment.
• Experience with data & analytics governance and tools (e.g., Snowflake, SQL, Power BI).
• Experience with Agile© teams and innovation frameworks.
• Experience evaluating and applying intelligent technologies to improve business processes, decision making, and user adoption.