Steampunk
Overview
As a Business Analyst, you’ll be asked to serve as the liaison between our customer and the development team using the Agile software development methodology.
Contributions
- Lead the collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization, concept development, and feature writing to support development and deployment.
- Help define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
- Must have experience managing Agile/Information Technology related projects and be well versed in software development life cycle and project management methodologies.
- Support managing customer expectations for project deliverables, manage stakeholder communications, and help implement an effective system of project governance.
- Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team members to produce product and portfolio roadmaps.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team.
- Document Acceptance Criteria in stories in a way that both development team and business stakeholders can understand and agree on the content.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum 5+ years experience with IT implementations
- Must have knowledge of Steampunk DI integrated approach
- Unique combination of being business-minded and highly analytical while also having a strong and deep technical background in Salesforce.com
- Ability to work on multiple tasks and deliver results with aggressive timelines
- Able and willing to work independently and in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, with minimal supervision
- Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills, verbal and written to both technical and non-technical audiences that are in a geographically dispersed environment (conference calls, Skype, face-to-face)
- Ability to produce high quality documentation and analysis
- Take initiative to recommend process improvements and demonstrate creative thinking
- Demonstrate self-motivation and the ability to grasp concepts quickly
- Demonstrate sharp, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills
- Knowledge and experience with Agile Scrum methodology