Sr. Business Analyst
Santa Clarita, CA

We welcome your interest in joining Holland America Group - a division of Carnival Corporation. Holland America Group includes Holland America Line and Seabourn (both headquartered in Seattle, Washington), Princess Cruise Lines (headquartered in Santa Clarita, California), and P&O Australia (headquartered in Sydney). Holland America Group operates a combined total of 41 cruise ships with 36,000 employees worldwide. This position will be located in our Santa Clarita office.

Our Culture... Stronger Together:
Our highest responsibility, and therefore our top priorities, are always compliance; environmental protection; and the health, safety, and well-being of our guests, the people in places we visit, and our Carnival family, both shoreside, and shipboard. Please visit our site to learn more about our Culture Essentials, Corporate Vision Statement and our Core Values at:
https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/our-company/mission-values.html

Responsibilities
Holland America Group is currently searching for a highly motivated Sr. Business Analyst who will act primarily as a business analyst for large-scale projects and also as a Project Manager/Business Analyst for other projects while working within the Workgroup Systems team. This position will be challenged with identifying scope, requirements, potential risks, or delays to a project and reporting to direct supervisor.

*Schedules and facilitates interviews with users and subject matter experts for the purpose of identifying objectives and gathering requirements
*Develops timelines, creates roadmaps, and devises strategy for code releases, deployments to production, testing, and training
*Creates detailed functional specifications
*Creates comprehensive test scripts with traceability
*Creates regular status reports and project communications to Managers, Directors, and Executive Leadership
*Coordinates project activities including advising on systems under the Workgroup Systems purview, providing representation for our stakeholders/sponsors in meetings, and representing the Workgroup Systems in interviews with internal and external audit teams
*Maintains and writes documentation for various Workgroup Systems applications used for development, support, and training
*Facilitates meetings, creates agendas, transcribes minutes, and takes action items and minutes for multiple Workgroup Systems projects
*Leads mid-sized technical implementation projects
*Supervises one direct report
*May be asked to participate in an on-call capacity as part of a rotating support group

Requirements
*Bachelor's Degree in MIS, CIS, Computer Science, Business or equivalent work experience; project management certification a plus
*Minimum of 5 years' experience in a software development business analyst role as well as experience delivering business systems solutions in an enterprise IT environment
*Prior experience in a supervisory capacity a plus
*Proven ability to manage projects
*Highly proficient at creating project documentation of all types
*Highly effective at identifying risk and devising mitigation strategies
*Capable and effective in coordinating end-user activities such as testing, training, and change management
*Proficient communicating to all levels of business (from Users to Executives) at a high level with professionalism
*Capable of representing the Workgroup Systems and HA Group IT in a professional manner
*Ability to mentor more junior level Business Analysts as needed
*Available for approx. 10% travel, both domestically as well as internationally

Benefits
*Cruise and Travel Privileges for you and your family
*Health Benefits
*401(k)
*Employee Stock Purchase Plan
*Training & Professional Development
*Rewards & Incentives

Next Steps... For more than 140 years, Holland America Line has been a recognized leader in cruising, taking our guests to exotic destinations around the world. ... Apply today and set sail on an exciting new career course! Our goal is to be the number one cruise and cruise-tour provider. To make that happen, we need qualified, top-notch team members. If you're looking to get your talent noticed, apply today! Our application process is quick and easy: Apply online at https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/careers.html. Enter the job title into the keyword search to access the job. If you are already on the Holland America website be sure to create a profile and then apply directly to your specific job.

Holland America is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Holland America will provide reasonable accommodations with the application process, upon your request, as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please contact employeerelations@hagroup.com.

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