Job Responsibilities:

• Drive awareness of requirements across business units and identify substandard systems processes through evaluation of real-time data
• Serve as thought leader for technical business processes, developing systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels
• Create and implement precise management plans for every project, with attention to transparent communication at all levels
• Perform, evaluate, and communicate thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development
• Determine and develop user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability
• Drive productivity with the engineering team
• Drive the team to deliver on features prioritized by the product owner
• Conduct all agile ceremonies to facilitate productive output (sprint planning, retrospective, DSM, etc)
• Ensure sprints are properly scoped and estimated;
• Be responsible for making sure team delivers what its committed to in each sprint; accountability
• Be responsible for individual and team performance measurement; measuring productivity and utilization over time including velocity, burndown, etc;
• Use Jira to its fullest to provide dashboarding, statusing, and reporting around these critical KPIs

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis or a related field.
• In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to work within a distributed team
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• A track record of following through on commitments.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Experience leading and developing top-performing teams.
• Working knowledge of product development architecture
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to work within a distributed team