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We are seeking a Technical Business Analyst who excels in gathering, analyzing and communicating business requirements for assigned product development, product maintenance, and support activities.
Responsibilities:
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Work with business stakeholders directly or product owners to gather and understand requirements, analyze requirements, & manage scope creeps.
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Break user and business requirements into functional requirements, specifying appropriate level of detail.
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Engage in the requirements verification process, ensuring requirements statements are complete, consistent, concise, and verifiable.
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Assist in the prioritization of initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
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Assist product owner in maintaining a healthy backlog of user stories.
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Play an active role in refining & grooming user stories.
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Work with the product owner, UX designers, SMEs, & external stakeholders to develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to assist in the discovery and gathering of detailed requirements.
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Work independently (or with the product owner) in writing the functional and non-functional stories for the development teams.
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Work with the product owners, SMEs, and other stakeholders to test value, interface designs, and feedback from new releases.
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Assist product owner in overseeing the actual development of the product, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint support.
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Assist technical team in understanding the business requirements with help of stories and prototypes.
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Be present in daily scrum and retrospective meetings, apart from required presence in sprint review meeting.
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In the absence of product owner, play the role of proxy owner with end-to-end responsibilities.
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Participate in facilitating, documenting, and supporting user acceptance testing.
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Facilitate effective discussions and meetings between development teams, and business stakeholders.
Requirements
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Degree in computer science or related field
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7 - 9 years of experience working as a Business Analyst on enterprise-level software products/applications.
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Experience in functional testing, and user acceptance test planning for large enterprise systems.
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Experience gathering data as well as summarizing and presenting relevant information to internal and external customers, both online and in person.
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Proficient in formulating business metrics for reporting.
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Exposure to Web & Mobile Application development
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Exposure to digital front ends and API’s environments.
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A passion for delivering customer-centric products/services, be able to understand pain-points of the customers and shape the Product backlog to address those points.
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Strong knowledge of story management tools such as JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS) etc.
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Experience working in an Agile environment.
Soft Skills
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Proficient written and verbal communication skills (email, phone, etc.)
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Excellent analytical, communication and research skills.
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Excellent attention to detail and organization skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely.
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Ability to work effectively within a changing environment that is going through high growth.
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Exceptional follow-through, personal drive, and ability to understand direction and feedback.
