Strategic IT Analyst/Internal Consultant

About the position Our client in the manufacturing industry is seeking a Strategic IT Analyst to join their team in Stamford, CT, supporting the company’s ongoing growth and digital transformation. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with a growth mindset and strong interest in technology who can bring curiosity, flexibility, and problem-solving skills to a wide variety of projects . Under the guidance of the Director of Business Applications, you will be supported as you take on initiatives such as streamlining and automating processes, evaluating technology tools to drive efficiency across the business, and interfacing with stakeholders to identify pain points and craft technology solutions. To succeed, you must be comfortable stepping into unstructured problems, asking thoughtful questions, considering dependencies and impacts, and proposing creative solutions. Prior IT or consulting experience is a plus, but openness, adaptability, and motivation are even more important. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in the digital transformation of a profitable and growth-focused organization. Responsibilities • Collaborate with business users to capture pain points and requirements • Document current and future-state business processes for digital transformation initiatives • Explore new technology tools and develop business cases for their implementation • Translate requirements into clear functional specs for software and data teams • Facilitate discussions to align business and technical stakeholders • Identify gaps and recommend process and system improvements • Support continuous improvement efforts for the corporate technology organization • Assist with user acceptance testing and validate business needs • Prepare training materials and support user onboarding Requirements • Bachelor’s degree is required • 1+ years of strategic problem-solving experience is required • Strong interest in technology and willingness to take on a broad range of projects is required • Solid skills in documentation and stakeholder communication are required • Ability to work on-site in Stamford, CT (2–3 days per week) and travel up to 15% is required Nice-to-haves • Prior IT or consulting experience is a plus, but openness, adaptability, and motivation are even more important. Benefits • Medical • Dental • Vision • Life & Disability • 401K w/ 4% Match • PTO Apply tot his job Apply To this Job