Business Analyst

Skills

Description

Understands the domain and translates that knowledge to product vision and builds functionality that adds value and return on investment
Iteratively converts the backlog into Sprint goals to target team towards effective delivery
Lead in facilitating using effective product discovery techniques
Engages appropriate stakeholders to refine the backlog by adding details
Available to the team in providing timely clarifications and make difficult business trade off decisions on a regular basis
Align priorities across customers, business partners, subject matter, and user experience, experts
Own the product roadmap as well as the release plan, sprint goal, and release goal for the agile scrum team.
Conducts on-going analysis of standard operating procedures to assess performance vs. budgeted standards for continuous process improvements, improved efficiency, and improved customer satisfaction. Collaborate with customers, both internal and external, to validate assumptions and respond to feedback.
Own and conduct Sprint Reviews with broader stakeholders and elicit feedback on the product
Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum practices and new trends
Responsible for coordinating and working closely with engineers and product management to produce product documentation such as user guides, release notes, internal and external training
Actively participate in enterprise scrum of scrums
Other duties as apparent or assigned

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated leadership skills in creating a team-oriented culture.
• Experience with programming languages and database technologies such as SQL, Oracle, Hive, Impala, HDFS
• Ability to use SQL to analyze, model, and interpret data
• Experience building Data Model diagrams and documents for ETL, Data Warehousing, and Master Data Management
• Problem-solving; identifies effective and efficient solutions for complex problems and looks beyond the obvious and uses critical thinking to drive superior results.
• Ability to Identify problems analytically, develop solutions and implement an effective course of action.
• Assertive and hands-on professional, who thrives in a fast-paced, change-rich environment.
• Must have proven work experience as an "influencer " and the ability to own and drive the product and/or specific product features. Ability to coach, counsel, and motivate others.
• Interpersonal skills: Help negotiate priorities and resolve conflicts among project stakeholders (such as customers, product management, and development team).
• Facilitation skills: Utilize effective product discovery techniques to elicit business and user needs.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize effectively
• Ability to think critically and constructively about complex business problems, clearly communicate analysis, and present solutions to address the real business needs.
• Presentation skills preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bright, energetic, assertive, and hands-on professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment