What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Analyst position at Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.)?
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Product Analyst for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in San Francisco, CA.
Responsibilities :
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
Responsibilities :
- Reviews current internal systems and platforms and makes recommendations to the backlog to implement feature updates or bug fixes.
- Facilitates scrum processes, protects the team from interference and helps remove impediments so that the team can deliver sprint goals and PI objectives.
- Researches market trends and creates product requirements documents, which capture business reasons for new ITS products or services.
- Establishes core knowledge of industry norms and stays abreast of latest developments.
- Understands key technologies and platforms, integration best practices and incorporation of third party APIs and open source/reusable components.
- Develops internal relationships with Product Owners to facilitate product implementation throughout other divisions.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to establish initial product buy-in and with quality assurance and project management to facilitate acceptance testing of releases.
- Works with communications to develop user guides, training and training schedules for different stakeholder groups.
- Participates in the planning for future changes to products and services.
- Analyzes product metrics post release to proactively identify and optimize to user experience and product performance Complexity.
- Works with business partners within one department to develop technology solutions that align with business and technical strategies.
- Manages one product or service.
- Serves as a product team member.
- 0-2 years experience in developing innovative technical products.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Economics, or similar discipline or equivalent work experience.
- Knowledge of several software development life cycle methodologies; Agile SCRUM is desirable.
- Experience with Agile project management tools (Jira, Confluence).
- Strong analytical, teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, multitasking, and time management skills and the ability to influence successfully in a highly matrix or virtual organization.
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
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