Business Analyst/Product Owner IT

COMPANY OVERVIEW

At Imagine we go beyond print to help our clients deliver game-changing visual communications from concept to delivery that set the standard for our industry. The first step in this process is hiring great employees! Our innovation teams are the most committed, highly experienced artisans in the business. We are committed to delivering high-quality marketing solutions, in every environment and campaign, helping our clients capture the heart, minds, and loyalty of their customers. For more than 30 years, The Imagine Group has established itself as one of the most influential and innovative visual communications companies in the industry. Join us and let's Imagine a better way together.

Job Summary:

This role combines the analytical rigor of a Business Analyst with the executional focus of a Product Owner. The individual will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that solutions deliver maximum business value while aligning with Product vision and strategy. This position not only outlines the initial specifications but also coordinates activities throughout the SDLC.

Job Description:

• Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring clarity and alignment. Create the project charter/vision document (problem statement, stakeholders, success criteria, high level requirements, constraints, etc.)
• Documentation: Elicit, analyze, identify gaps, recommend improvements, and document feature business requirements and clear user stories with acceptance criteria through interviews and workshops.
• Progressively add details to the user stories with acceptance criteria, tests, and visual models to create shared understanding with the team
• Identify, document, and manage assumptions, issues, and risks to project success.
• Backlog Management: Collaborate to create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog based on business value and user needs.
• Development Team Engagement: Participate in planning, refinement, and demos; provide ongoing clarifications to the development and quality team throughout the development process to ensure their understanding of the functionality and desired outcomes
• Acceptance & Release: Validate deliverables against acceptance criteria and approve releases.
• Provide input and guidance related to regression testing activities
• Coordinate and lead demo sessions of in-progress software with internal and external stakeholders
• Support: collaborate to create user training documentation and external client demos/communication as needed
• Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement
• Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• None

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION

• Bachelor's degree or high school diploma and 4 years relevant work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION

• 5-7 years working as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment; Graphic Arts industry experience
• Wireframe tools such as Balsamiq
• Strong emotional intelligence - ability to see other perspectives, self-reflect, and find innovative ways of meeting business goals.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Ability to simplify user demands and work in fast moving environment
• Highly organized, self-starter, with strong analytical and communication skills
• Basic SQL skills, comfortable working with data, both analyzing existing data sets, as well as validating test results or triaging issues by inspecting data in the database
• Experience with agile processes and tools such as Rally, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, etc.
• Knowledge or understanding of how web applications work. Exposure to application components: UI, web services, server architecture, basic networking, databases.
• Experience with mobile applications is a plus

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional walking
• Manual dexterity for repetitive work
• Frequent Sitting for prolonged periods of time
• Travel: N/A
• Chemicals: N/A
• Ability to lift, push and pull: N/A

PAY STATEMENT

The national pay range for this role is listed in the posting. The pay range may be slightly lower or higher based on the geographic location. The actual pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to: education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift and location. In addition to base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus, commission or incentive program. Imagine offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus tuition assistance, caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and employer/partner discounts.

EEO STATEMENT

The Imagine Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.