IT Business Analyst

Position Description: Contribute to the success of strategic initiatives at the heart of a constantly evolving Agile environment! CGI Montreal is looking for a Business Analyst to join an IT team and contribute to the structuring, clarification, and tracking of business requirements. In this role, you will support stakeholders in defining and prioritizing the backlog while ensuring that business needs are clearly understood by delivery teams. If you are a structured and detail-oriented individual with the ability to organize work, plan follow-ups, and maintain clear documentation to reduce ambiguity and facilitate solution delivery, CGI offers you an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on the success of our clients. Work Mode: Hybrid Location: Montreal

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Support business stakeholders by guiding them in the definition, management, and prioritization of the backlog, as well as their involvement in the Agile value delivery process
• Participate in defining the vision, strategic direction, and objectives of projects
• Continuously manage the backlog by helping define, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog
• Ensure the team has a clear understanding of the product backlog, enabling them to produce the technical requirements documentation needed by development teams
• Help define, scope, and adjust project deliverables and release strategies based on evolving business contexts and objectives
• Serve as a key point of reference for developers and analysts regarding all business requirements-related questions
• Collaborate across multiple workstreams to ensure alignment between scope and planning activities, including project plans, budgets, risk identification and mitigation, issue resolution, communications, and change management
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and other recurring meetings required to ensure the smooth execution of the project (e.g., various weekly meetings)
• Work closely with key stakeholders, including project managers, architects, developers, functional analysts, and integrators
• Understand the changes introduced by initiatives and thoroughly identify their impacts on people, processes, data, and systems
• Engage and mobilize stakeholders while demonstrating exceptional interpersonal skills

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Expertise in the insurance and financial services industry will be considered an asset
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Information Technology or in a similar role
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while also demonstrating autonomy
• Experience with application system enhancement projects involving multiple business functions will be considered an asset
• Knowledge of BPMN standards and the ability to apply them using available tools (e.g., Viadee)
• Knowledge of Scrum methodology
• Strong influencing and persuasion skills
• Knowledge of cloud environments will be considered an asset
• Excellent communication skills in French (spoken and written) and functional proficiency in English

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is 60 000$ et 110 000$. This role is an existing vacancy. #LI-AL10

Skills:

• French
• Agile
• Backlog management
• Business Analysis
• SCRUM

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter. That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals. To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via [email](email). Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.