Title: | Business Analyst (Dallas/Houston, Texas) |
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ID: | 1512 |
Praescient Analytics focuses on combining advanced analytics technologies and methodologies together in order to empower national intelligence and state/local law enforcement communities and their missions. We are implementing an innovative Records Management System (RMS), built by our amazing partner Mark43, as a tool upon which our first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are therefore committed to embracing diversity of thought and experience within our team.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our teams in Texas (Houston/Dallas) in direct support of numerous Police Departments. You have to be passionate about implementing the next generation of law enforcement technologies as you will work directly with the client to assist with the roll-out of this system, and help drive passionate user adoption throughout the force. This role requires a sharp attention to detail, strong organizational skills, an interest in working directly with customers, and a knack at supporting law enforcement users with revolutionary software. Members of our current team have backgrounds in consulting technical project management, and experience with large SaaS deployment projects.
You will be involved in the full spectrum of implementation of the Mark43 platform at our client sites. You will play a key role assisting your team in researching clients’ current technologies, processes, and policies in order to recommend implementation strategies to support the enterprise adoption of the product to clients. In this role you can expect to be deeply involved with understanding and supporting the ultimate users of the product and it’s your job to get to know each user – from analyst to detective – to ensure that they transition their workflows to this new RMS in a way that is effective, elegant, and creates champions of the users. You are our advocates onsite, every day, helping the Police Departments across their diverse and vital mission sets.
What you can expect to work on
- Working with a team to support this important enterprise software deployment; be able to comfortably shift from speaking to a group of people to a single person on a complex case
- Assist with the development, planning, and implementation of product training for users (on scale of 10s to 100s) – conduct this training and tailor it to each user’s unique abilities and mission
- Spend time on site with our clients, interacting with stakeholders and guiding them through the different stages of implementation
- Track project schedule with stakeholders, help identify schedule risks, and support creation of mitigation strategies
- Build and manage relationships with power-users and influencers within client site
- Solicit and organize user feedback
- Working towards a worthwhile mission with a team of friendly and intelligent coworkers
What we expect from you
- BA/BS from an accredited college or university
- An interest in GovTech and the public safety space
- Experience in a customer-facing role, preferably in a project management, business analyst, training, client support, and/or feedback collection role
- Willingness to empathize with users who may be unlike yourself
- Passion for supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other government agencies
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office & Google Suite
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and towards a deadline with minimal oversight
- Coming to work with an open mind and leaving your ego at the door
- Ownership over your own work and a commitment to every part of a task, from big picture to small details
- An attitude that is self-motivated, humble, detail oriented, and committed to quality
- Ability and passion about how technology can help enable our clients to conduct their missions more effectively, and capacity to quickly learn technology to be seen as a subject matter expert onsite
What you can expect from us
- Real opportunity for career growth in an environment where your achievements will be celebrated
- Constant collaboration with numerous teams to ensure client success
- A team that respects and embraces your ideas and expertise
- Coworkers that are motivated by pursuing excellence, rather than the prospect of personal gain
- A workplace dedicated to supporting and bettering public safety and government agencies
Praescient offers a very competitive compensation package which includes (but not limited to)
- Fully paid healthcare for all individual employees (includes both Premiums and Deductibles)
- 401k plan with a 4% dollar for dollar match – vested 1 month after hire
- 25 days of Paid Leave – includes all 10 federal holidays
- 10 additional days of Paid Leave for those in the Reserves or Guard
- Annual Merit Increases
- Annual Profit Sharing
- Spot Bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursements
Praescient Analytics is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all Employees and applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, national origin, legally protected physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or status in the uniformed services of the United States, status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or on any other basis which is protected under applicable law. This includes a commitment to provide a work environment that is free from all forms of illegal harassment including sexual harassment.