PLM Business Analyst

Akron, Ohio

Macpower Digital Assets Edge

Job Summary:

Collaborate with business and development leaders to define project scope, vision, and identify constraints, dependencies, assumptions, risks, and issues.

Elicit business and user requirements through workshops, meetings, workflow storyboards, user stories, process modeling, competitive analysis, and other methods.
Translate business and user requirements into functional/technical requirements and use cases that are clear and comprehensible to developers, including data mapping, decision tables, and rules.
Develop UX prototypes of interfaces based on user requirements.
Evaluate business needs against regulatory, OOTB, and industry standard requirements to determine strategic initiatives and priorities.
Identify opportunities for process optimization through re-engineering or technology implementation.
Create and manage Business Requirement Documents.
Work with stakeholders to prioritize requirements and obtain approval.
Track requirement status throughout the project lifecycle.
Communicate requirement changes, enhancements, and modifications to all stakeholders following established processes.
Participate in quality peer review processes to ensure requirements meet standards for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, and feasibility.
Validate test case coverage of requirements and participate in defect triage.
Perform quality control and analysis to verify objective completion.
Support post-release defect resolution with the development team.
Develop release processes ensuring end-user knowledge transfer.
Drive change and process improvement initiatives.

Essential Skills:

Business Analyst with PLM expertise to partner with product owners and business users.
Experience gathering, defining, and translating business requirements and technical specifications related to 3DEXPERIENCE platform (or similar) development, system integrations, and third-party interfaces.
Strong collaboration and critical thinking skills with experience in engineering, product development, or automotive industry.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Strong organizational and time management capabilities.
dvanced problem-solving and analytical skills.
bility to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
Experience working in Agile environments.
Experience with geographically distributed teams (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to work effectively across all organizational levels.
Capacity to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
Proficiency in project management, word processing, and spreadsheet applications.
Understanding of internal business partner terminology.
Proven ability to serve as an effective liaison between business and technical teams.

Date Posted: 19 May 2025