Analyst, Business

Be Part of the IMAX Experience.

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For more than 50 years, IMAX has been a global leader in entertainment technology, redefining how stories are experienced on the world’s biggest screens. Our mission is to power awe-inspiring experiences for audiences around the world.

Our people make everything we do possible. We’re curious, creative, and driven by the belief that great work happens when people are trusted, heard, and supported. At IMAX, you’ll collaborate with purpose in an environment that values innovation, diverse perspectives, and learning at every stage.

We invest in people and empower them to thrive. Our culture is grounded in trust and shaped by a shared belief that our best work happens together. By championing curiosity and encouraging courageous thinking, we push the limits of imagination and create experiences that redefine what’s possible. Careers here are shaped with intention, achievements are shared, and people always come first.

With our global team spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, IMAX brings together proprietary software, world-class architecture, and cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise. Together, we partner with leading filmmakers and studios, advance entertainment technology, and connect audiences around the world to The IMAX Experience.

Come explore IMAX and create what inspires.

Ignite your future with IMAX.

About the Role:

IMAX is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge business functions, technology teams, data teams, project management, and senior leadership in defining and delivering technology-enabled business solutions. Reporting to the Sr. Director, PPO, this role will translate complex business needs into structured requirements, improve business processes, support solution design and delivery, and help ensure technology investments generate measurable business value.

The ideal candidate is a strong facilitator and problem solver who can bring structure to ambiguity, align business and technical stakeholders, and navigate competing priorities. They will work across functions including Finance, Theatre Operations, Technical Services, Global Services/Inventory, Film Distribution, Data & Analytics, HR, and Information Technology to develop practical, scalable solutions that support enterprise priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Lead discovery and requirements-gathering sessions with business and technology stakeholders.

• Translate complex business problems into clear functional, non-functional, reporting, security, data, and integration requirements.

• Develop and maintain business requirements, functional requirements, use cases, scenarios, and acceptance criteria.

• Define project scope, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, risks, and out-of-scope items.

• Facilitate requirements reviews and approvals with business owners, IT sponsors, technical SMEs, and executive stakeholders.

• Maintain requirements traceability from initial business need through design, development, testing, and implementation.

• Evaluate change requests and assess downstream impacts to scope, systems, data, and business processes.

• Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or evolving business requirements so that development and architecture teams can execute effectively.

Business Process Transformation

• Document and analyze current-state business processes across functions and systems.

• Identify manual activities, duplicate entry, control gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement and automation.

• Partner with business SMEs, architects, and application teams to design scalable future-state processes.

• Develop process flows, system interaction diagrams, and current-state versus future-state assessments.

• Define roles, handoffs, system triggers, approvals, exception handling, and data flows.

• Assess the operational impact of proposed system and process changes.

• Help ensure proposed solutions align with existing enterprise processes, controls, and strategic objectives.

Enterprise Systems & Integration Analysis

• Analyze requirements involving multiple enterprise applications, business functions, and technology platforms.

• Partner with solution architects and technical SMEs to define system interfaces and integration requirements.

• Document source and target systems, data mappings, status mappings, business rules, triggers, and synchronization requirements.

• Identify requirements related to data consistency, reconciliation, error handling, auditability, and operational visibility.

• Coordinate requirements across internal applications, vendor platforms, and third-party technology providers.

• Assess upstream and downstream business impacts when changes are introduced into enterprise applications.

Data, Analytics & AI

• Translate business analytics and reporting needs into structured data requirements.

• Partner with data architects, BI teams, and developers to define data attributes, dimensions, metrics, and business rules.

• Establish governed metric definitions and help ensure calculations reflect approved business logic.

• Analyze AI-generated outputs to identify issues involving interpretation, data retrieval, business logic, or response quality.

• Define business requirements for AI agents, natural-language analytics, and automated business-query solutions.

• Support prompt and response analysis to identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve AI models, orchestration, and business outcomes.

• Translate complex data and technical concepts into clear language that business stakeholders can evaluate and approve.

Business Value & Investment Analysis

• Partner with project teams and business stakeholders to quantify expected benefits from technology initiatives.

• Identify opportunities related to direct cost savings, labor and time savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, operational improvement, and revenue-related benefits.

• Develop or support business cases and technology investment assessments.

• Review project CAPEX and evaluate investment requirements against expected business value.

• Establish measurable baseline and future-state KPIs.

• Track expected versus realized benefits following implementation.

• Communicate financial, operational, and strategic value to senior leadership.

Testing, Validation & Delivery

• Translate approved requirements into acceptance criteria and business test scenarios.

• Support development and QA teams in resolving requirement questions throughout delivery.

• Coordinate with business stakeholders during User Acceptance Testing.

• Validate that delivered functionality satisfies approved requirements and business objectives.

• Support defect triage and help determine whether issues represent defects, requirement gaps, or change requests.

• Support business teams through implementation and production validation.

• Confirm that process, reporting, data, and integration outcomes align with the approved future state.

• Support post-implementation reviews and identify opportunities for future enhancement.

Stakeholder Leadership & Change Enablement

• Facilitate workshops involving business SMEs, senior leadership, project managers, architects, developers, and external vendors.

• Build alignment among stakeholders with differing business, operational, and technical priorities.

• Challenge assumptions and help clarify ambiguous requirements.

• Escalate unresolved decisions, risks, and dependencies when required.

• Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Coordinate requirements involving external service providers and third-party technology vendors.

• Prepare decision materials and recommendations for VP- and SVP-level stakeholders.

• Develop training materials and deliver knowledge-transfer sessions to end users and business teams.

• Support adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.

• Guide junior analysts, share Business Analysis best practices, and lead cross-functional continuous-improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis or a related role.

• Experience with requirements gathering, process modelling, enterprise systems, and system integrations.

• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proficiency with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

• Working knowledge of SQL, Power BI, and process-modelling standards such as BPMN or UML.

Preferred

• Experience with SAP or other large-scale ERP platforms.

• Experience with data, analytics, AI, or enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Experience supporting business cases, ROI, KPIs, or technology investment decisions.

• Experience working with third-party vendors or mentoring junior analysts.

• CBAP, CCBA, or PMI-PBA certification.

Position Status:

Existing Vacancy

This job posting reflects a current vacancy within the organization. The position is active, approved, and intended to be filled as part of our staffing needs.​ / Cette offre d’emploi reflète un poste actuellement vacant au sein de l’organisation. Le poste est actif, approuvé et destiné à être pourvu dans le cadre de nos besoins en dotation.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :

$81,873.99 / 81.873,99$ - $95,519.66 / 95.519,66$ (per year / par an) Final pay within this range will be determined based on experience, skills, internal equity, and the geographic location of the role. Additional non-discretionary compensation may apply where eligible. / La rémunération finale dans cette échelle sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience, des compétences, de l’équité interne et de l’emplacement géographique du poste. Une rémunération non discrétionnaire supplémentaire peut s’appliquer lorsque le poste y est admissible.

At IMAX, you will be part of a culture built on respect – we are committed to creating a welcoming and diverse atmosphere across our organization.

For consideration, please apply online. We thank all applicants for their interest in IMAX but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

IMAX will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Change Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

In accordance with Ontario’s pay transparency requirements, candidates will be informed when they are no longer under consideration for this position. Communication regarding application status may be provided through email or through your online applicant profile (if applicable).​ / Conformément aux exigences de transparence salariale de l’Ontario, les candidats seront informés lorsqu’ils ne seront plus pris en considération pour ce poste. Les communications relatives au statut de votre candidature pourront être envoyées par courriel ou par l’intermédiaire de votre profil de candidat en ligne (le cas échéant).

As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including automated systems, to support the review and assessment of applications. These tools do not make final hiring decisions. All decisions related to screening, interviewing, and selection are made by our Talent Acquisition and hiring teams.​ / Dans le cadre de notre processus de recrutement, nous pouvons utiliser des outils technologiques, y compris des systèmes automatisés, pour appuyer l’examen et l’évaluation des candidatures. Ces outils ne prennent pas de décisions finales en matière d’embauche. Toutes les décisions liées à la présélection, aux entrevues et à la sélection sont prises par nos équipes d’acquisition de talents et d’embauche.