Business Analyst

Job Summary: Owns, manages, develops, and prioritizes product backlog of user stories. Conducts backlog refinement meetings with the scrum development team. Attends sprint planning and review meetings to give feedback on sprint achievement to the team. Ensure product features are clear and succinct to eliminate guesswork from the development team. Attends daily scrum meetings as necessary, monitors the progress of product development and delivery through daily interaction and sprint reviews. Provides regular updates, status, and risks to management and stakeholders. Analyzes stakeholder feedback to determine features or components that will add the greatest value to the product. Engages with stakeholders to obtain information (requirements) on expected features. Measures product performance, as well as value delivered to market, to make adjustments where necessary. Assess product value stream to identify areas that require improvement. Ensures implemented product features add value to end users and increase company returns. Establishes user story acceptance criteria and accepts user stories into the baseline. Defines sprints and stories content, accepts sprint goals. Drives sprint goals and sprint delivery, and acts as the sole owner for acceptance of sprint-delivered development. Ability to read, write, and speak the English language to communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers in person, on the phone, and by written communications in a clear, straightforward, and professional manner Excellent communication, organizational,l and problem-solving skills, thorough attention to detail, and the capability to meet deadlines, while working both independently and as part of a team Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize effectively, and work under pressure deadlines Ability to show judgment and initiative and to accomplish job duties Ability to work independently and matrix lead a variety of internal and external teams Ability to work with designers or developers Ability to define and maintain online brand guidelines and strategy Excellent creative or aesthetic judgment combined with the ability to take ideas from multiple sources and form a cohesive, compelling creative result