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First American Title Insurance Company Strategic Analysis Manager (Remote) in Seattle, Washington
Who We AreJoin a team that puts its People First! As a member of First American's family of companies, National Commercial Services provides single-point service for simple to multi-property/multi-state national commercial real estate transactions. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for ten consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com. What We DoThe Strategic Analysis Group (SAG), supports the First American- Direct Title Group of Businesses with key analysis support to inform business and technology strategy. The group consists of analysis professionals and leaders who are skilled, certified and experienced in Business Analysis, Business Architecture, Process Architecture and Business Systems Analysis. The SAG has rich experience in leading, informing, and supporting multiple analysis efforts both in the strategy and implementation phases enabling business & technology transformations within the Enterprise. The Manager, Strategic Analysis is a key role within the Strategic Analysis Group, providing analysis and people leadership. This role will manage a high performing team of BA and/or BSAs within the Direct Title Group of Businesses and also acts as the Lead Analyst for key analysis efforts. The manager will work closely with SAG's leadership team to implement a vision for developing an Analysis Center of Excellence and rolling out industry best practices. They will act as a strategic liaison with business/technology stakeholders to understand their needs, identify gaps, map current state, and provide findings and recommendations to drive process improvement, efficiency or other solutions. The SA Manager is a strong mentor and leader; regularly leading wide-ranging projects / functions /processes. The manager will bring broad experience that will allow for in-depth problem solving and creative solutions to enable our partner and customer's success. HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams from business, technology and external partners to identify business needs, and ensure appropriate analysis support is provided to meet the goals for various product and process initiatives and rollouts Acts as a Lead Analyst on key initiatives to regularly lead and manage a wide range of projects and functions with cross functional dependencies. Brings top notch analysis expertise to the group Conducts business process evaluations to gain deep knowledge of complex business requirements, maps current state and develops future state by identifying findings and opportunities. Is a strategic partner, acts as a liaison between the business, product, design, research and engineering teams including offshore staff and provides subject matter expertise from an Analysis perspective Leads and mentors the team in utilizing and applying Business, Process & System analysis best practices all through product or software development lifecycle (Discovery, MVP development, Design, Development, Testing. Launch and maintenance) Oversees the creation and maintenance of required supporting documentation following best practices within an agile framework (e.g. API, business rules, user stories, data validation etc.) Sets and manages team goals and objectives for day-to-day operations and projects to meet timeli