Manager, Business Analysis (Remote - US)

Who We Are
Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eleven consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com. What We Do
The Manager, Business Analysis plays a key role in providing research and analysis support to inform strategy and decision making at a managerial level. This role will manage a high performing team of BA and/or BSAs within the division and provide people and project leadership in aligning business goals with applicable systems. The BA manager will work closely with the Director of Business Architecture & Analysis to implement the division and group’s vision for developing a center of excellence for the team and implementing industry best practices for the discipline of Business and Systems Analysis. The manager will also lead key division programs, act as a liaison between business users and technology teams, and provide mentorship to other BAs in all aspects of agile project delivery to ensure project success. What You'll Do

- Manage a team of Business Systems Analysts and/or Business Analysts supporting various product teams and transformation programs

- Works collaboratively with cross functional teams from business, technology and external partners to identify business needs, and ensure appropriate analysis support is provided to meet business and system goals for various product and process initiatives

- Provides analysis expertise and acts as a lead Analyst to analyze and document business and functional requirements on key initiatives, and represents the division on major programs.

- Leads, oversees and mentors team in utilizing best practices in business analysis all through product or software development lifecycle (Discovery, MVP development, Design, Development, Testing, Launch and Production Support)

- Oversees the creation and maintenance of required supporting documentation following best practices within an agile framework (e.g. API, business rules, user stories, data validation etc.).

- Is a strategic partner, acts as a liaison between the business, product, design, and engineering teams including offshore staff.

- Sets and manages team goals and objectives for day-to-day operations and projects

- Receives analysis support requests, assesses project needs and works with the group's senior leadership team to plan and assign analysis support

- Participates in hiring process, writes and conducts performance reviews, manages disciplinary actions, and other HR activities for the team as required

- Provides constructive feedback and mentors the team to support their knowledge development within Business Analysis and Business Systems Analysis

- Provides guidance to team in identifying business problems, completing gap analysis, researching alternatives, identifying business and system requirements, driving solutions, testing to confirm, gaining consensus, and implementing solutions for required applications.

- Participates in Product, engineering and business meetings as required and provides subject matter expertise from a Business and Systems analysis perspective

- Partners with other business and technology teams within the division and/or organization to support product /program rollouts

- Provides inputs to leadership and provides necessary reports and presentations to help infor