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Title: Business Systems Analyst II
Duration: 6 Months (Opportunity for Extension or FTE)
Location: Portland, OR
Job Description
We
are seeking a detail-oriented and highly motivated Business Systems Analyst to
join our team. The ideal candidate will serve as the Product Owner, acting as
the primary liaison between business users and the technical team. This role
involves shaping the product to meet business needs, translating business
requirements into user stories, and prioritizing these stories for
implementation. The Business Systems Analyst will play a critical role in
ensuring that the final product aligns with business objectives and user
expectations.
Team and Work Environment
- Team size includes 4-5 onsite
and around 15 offshore including developers, and testers.
- Connect with business
partners to work on business processes and requirements. Translate
requirements to user stories for the technical team.
- The person in this role will
be interacting with business partners. The person will be interacting with
the other business analysts and product owners. The person will also be
working with onsite and offshore technical team including data, API and UI
engineers.
Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership
- Serve as the Product Owner
for the assigned product(s), ensuring alignment with business objectives
and user needs.
- Develop a deep understanding
of the product, its users, and the overall business context.
Business Liaison
- Work closely with business
users to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
- Facilitate effective
communication between business stakeholders and the technical team.
Requirement Translation
- Translate business
requirements into clear, detailed, and actionable user stories.
- Ensure that user stories are
well-defined, including acceptance criteria, and are ready for
development.
Prioritization
- Collaborate with business
users to prioritize user stories and features based on business value,
user impact, and technical feasibility.
- Maintain and manage the
product backlog, ensuring it reflects current priorities and business
needs.
Documenting Business Processes
- Clearly document existing
business processes and envision future state processes.
- Use diagrams, screen mockups,
and detailed documentation to make processes easily understandable.
Stakeholder Management
- Develop and maintain strong
relationships with business users, stakeholders, and technical teams.
- Ensure alignment and manage
expectations through regular communication and updates.
Monitoring and Metrics
- Monitor existing metrics and
develop and propose new metrics.
- Work with various
stakeholders both inside and outside of AED Technology Solutions team to
make actionable intelligence available to business stakeholders.
Collaboration and Communication
- Foster strong relationships
with business users, developers, and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate and lead meetings,
such as requirement gathering sessions, sprint planning, and review
meetings.
Technical Proficiency
- Be conversant with technology
to work closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, API engineers, UI/UX
developers, Technical Architects, etc.
Quality Assurance
- Review and validate the
developed product to ensure it meets business requirements and quality
standards.
- Provide feedback and guidance
to the technical team during the development process.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for
process improvements and contribute to the continuous enhancement of
product development practices.
- Stay updated with industry
trends and best practices in business analysis and product management.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business
administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related
field.
- Proven experience as a
Business Systems Analyst, Product Owner, or in a similar role for 5
years.
- Any business systems analyst
related certification is a plus
- Strong understanding of
product management and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent analytical,
problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional communication and
interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with
stakeholders at all levels.
- Proficiency in requirement
gathering, user story creation, and backlog management.
- Familiarity with project
management tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello, or similar).
- Ability to work independently
and as part of a collaborative team.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Utility
industry is a plus.
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills):
1.
Ability to be a strong liaison and win trust with the business partners in
understanding the business area, to translate into requirements and
prioritization
2.
Ability to be a liaison to the technical team to work with them to help
translate business requirements to technical requirements
3.
Strong communication skills to business users, developers, and other
stakeholders.
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills)
1.
Monitor existing metrics and propose new metrics and KPIs
2.
Clearly document existing business processes and envision future state
processes.
3.
Review and validate the developed product to ensure it meets business
requirements and quality standards.