Mid-Level Product Analyst

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Job Summary:

Pennymac is a specialty financial services firm focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans. The Product Analyst will be a key contributor within a Scrum team, responsible for gathering requirements, participating in Agile ceremonies, and coordinating with developers to deliver quality user stories.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in and contribute to organizational analysis to identify current capabilities and opportunities for improvement

• Interact and coordinate effectively with system developers and business subject matter experts regarding application changes, development, and deployment

• Gather business requirements impacting technology systems and engage with technology partners to develop solutions through the technology change process

• Writes and communicates requirements and user stories following standardized Agile framework

• Work effectively and contribute actively within a Scrum or Kanban team

• Create and maintain system and user documentation

• Actively conduct and participate in Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)

• Coordinate and conduct functional testing and support user training efforts

• Provide regular verbal and written status reports to management and stakeholders

• Create workflow diagrams and technical documentation

• Collaborate effectively with Tech Leads and UAT to define when user stories meet the definition of 'done'

• Manage communications with stakeholders and team members across functional areas to support project implementation

• Coordinates risk assessment and uses risk assessment output to help mitigate risks to project

• Participates in backlog grooming sessions for ongoing roadmap planning

• Execute on test script developed in design and implementation phases

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

• Demonstrate behaviors which are aligned with the organization’s desired culture and values

Qualifications:

Required:

• 4 Year college degree (Bachelor) or equivalent work experience

• 3 years of Agile experience

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent organizational skills

• Strong teamwork mentality, including mentorship of junior analysts

• Highly proficient in the G-Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)

• Experience or familiarity with marketing technology products

• Customer data platform knowledge, including Tealium experience, a plus

• Familiarity, experience, and/or willingness to embrace artificial intelligence tools to enhance productivity

• Data analysis experience a plus

• Knowledge of BI Tools a plus

• Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence or similar tools required

• Must be a team player with strong attention to detail, with the ability to work independently

• Must be able to work across multiple projects at one time, and collaborate with other teams to ensure deliverables are done on time

• Proven track record at delivering timely and accurate information in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent critical thinking, problem solving and mathematical skills, using sound judgment

• Strong business acumen and ability to interface with executive management

Preferred:

• Financial Services and, if possible, mortgage industry experience preferred

Company:

Pennymac is a home loan lending company that offers financial services. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in Westlake Village, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. PENNYMAC has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.