Business Analyst (coop)

Location: Ottawa, Canada

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean’s, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

The DRIvE Innovation Team is looking for a Business Analyst Intern who will work at the forefront of leveraging emergent and disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence, to drive sustainable digital transformation across the business. We take on innovation challenges from all areas of the company, and our customer, and employ agile methodologies to envision and develop solutions that meet the ever-changing needs of our customers, primarily in the maritime industry and government sectors. Our team includes engineers, maritime professionals, AI and data engineers, design specialists and others. We focus on refining use cases, understanding business needs, and applying design thinking techniques to help envision solutions that can improve capabilities, readiness, and operational efficiency. In this role, you will contribute to contextualizing these challenges, particularly through the lens of rapidly evolving geopolitical dynamics, enabling better strategic decision-making for the future.

• Innovation Challenge Analysis: Work closely with the DRIvE Innovation Team to understand and analyze innovation challenges from across the business. Conduct research to identify how emergent technologies – especially Artificial Intelligence (AI) – can be applied to these challenges and refine use cases for potential solutions.
• Emergent Technology Integration: Help assess the practical applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other disruptive technologies within the context of our solutions for the maritime and government sectors. Contribute to the design of systems and solutions that harness these technologies to drive transformation.
• Use Case and Design Thinking Support: Apply design thinking techniques to help the team refine use cases, better understand customer needs, and collaborate on envisioning impactful solutions. Your insights will help bridge the gap between innovation and practical, real-world implementation.
• Geopolitical and Industry Trend Analysis: Given the current unpredictability and rapid change in the global geopolitical landscape, help interpret how these shifts impact the future needs and capabilities of our customers. Your analysis will provide vital context to our innovation efforts and ensure that solutions are forward-thinking and adaptable to global changes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with both internal teams and external customers to capture and prioritize business requirements. Help facilitate conversations that align business needs with technological possibilities, ensuring that proposed solutions are feasible and impactful.
• Implementation Support: Engage with cross-functional teams during agile sprints, analyzing and synthesizing data that supports the development of new solutions. Track progress, evaluate feasibility, and ensure alignment with the strategic direction of the business.
• Foresight and Strategic Thinking: Help anticipate future trends and emerging challenges by conducting foresight

• Working towards an undergraduate degree in business, technology, political science, international relations or a related field.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and other business tools such as MS Teams and Adobe; familiarity with data analysis tools, AI concepts, and emerging technologies is a plus.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian Enhanced Reliability security clearance.