IT Sr Deployment Analyst

The Senior Deployment Analyst works with stakeholders – both leadership and subject matter experts from the business and IT – to assist in the successful implementation of business solutions. This position facilitates and manages activities in the deployment of systems solutions as a member of the Deployment Team. This entails the following key activities:  

• Managing project go-lives including site readiness, support, and communications
• Performing risk and contingency planning for system go-lives
• Planning and managing pre go-live Business Simulations to confirm solution
• Managing transition of the solution to the long term production support team
• Defining and monitoring solution stabilization metrics after go-live

• Associate’s Degree required in Technology, Business, Engineering or related field, Bachelor's Degree preferred
• At least 4 years of experience with SAP or equivalent ERP system including at least 6 months of experience with Deployment/Cutover activities, SAP preferred
• 1 year of experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) required, advanced Excel skills including v-lookup preferred
• Project Management experience using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Server, 2 years preferred
• Good leadership skills in the following areas: communication, change management, technology, and general business analysis
• Ability to translate technical concepts into various forms of documentation
• Ability to develop an understanding of business processes
• Understanding of the technology architecture and infrastructure for IT solutions
• Ability to understand the value of IT solutions within the context of Client's business environment
• Negotiation and influence management skills
• Ability to lead people and project work, and interact with varying levels of management
• Ability to work within a virtual team environment, including virtual resource management
• Advanced  presentation, organization and facilitation skills
• Experience managing a matrix project team (team without your direct reporting responsibility authority)
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with project planning, scheduling, tracking and reporting
• Experience with change management, project risk mitigation, and issue management
• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Successful track record of managing large IT deployments
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment
• Must be able to work additional hours and weekends as required by project deployment activities
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestically and internationally