API Governance Business Systems Analyst -2761

Job Description

Job Description

Imagine Group is working with our well-branded financial banking client for a tenured API Governance Business Systems Analyst . The position is Remote / W2 / Mon - Fri / $40 HR payrate . Full details below, if interested, submit your technical resume to Amanda Neudeck View email address on ziprecruiter.com

Title: API Governance Business Systems Analyst

Location:  Remote, able to work EST business hours

Position: 6-month Contract w/possible extension and/or Contract to Hire

Type: W2 only, No C2C or H1B sponsorship available

Overview: API Business Systems Analyst (BSA) with a strong understanding of API governance, program management, and experience working at the intersection of business and technology. This is a highly strategic and autonomous role supporting Engineering Excellence team, with a focus on building out cross-cutting engineering programs, including open-source tooling and enterprise API governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary liaison between architecture, security, product teams, and business stakeholders.
• Support the design and evolution of API governance frameworks and processes.
• Partner with change management teams to build forms and workflows that capture essential API metadata
• Conduct extensive research and investigation across internal teams and industry standards to inform governance practices.
• Develop and document repeatable processes that are clearly understood by both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead or assist in the creation of materials; Tech Talk slide decks, visual workflows to educate and align stakeholders.
• Provide program-level tracking and support across 3–4 key initiatives simultaneously.
• Contribute to the build-out of a newly formed Open Source Office, including frameworks for responsible usage and contributions.
• Regular weekly check-ins; otherwise, a self-directed and high trust work environment.
• Communication expectations include regular updates and openness to feedback or iteration as the program evolves.

Required Qualifications:

• 2 - 4 years' experience as a Business Systems Analyst - API with business and technical fluencies.
• Strong understanding of APIs (REST, SOAP, metadata) and API governance frameworks.
• Working with technology and business domains in highly matrixed environments.
• Able to self-managed, proactively pushing work forward with minimal oversight.
• Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written, to work with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Managing multiple workstreams and collaborating asynchronously across teams.
• Research-focused mindset and independently identify the right stakeholders and industry standards.
• Strong documentation and presentation development skills; ie: slide decks, process maps, PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Banking industry experience or highly regulated industry.
• Tooling and processes related to Open-Source Office initiatives.
• Program tracking, strategy alignment, and multi-stream planning.
• Engineering excellence frameworks, or open-source contribution strategies.
• Working with Scrum teams or agile environment.