Senior Business Analyst

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UWorld, LLC is hiring a Senior Business Analyst to gather, analyze, and communicate business requirements for product development, maintenance, and support activities. The role involves working closely with stakeholders and product owners to break down requirements, prioritize initiatives, assist in backlog management, and support development teams throughout the Agile lifecycle.

Highlights

Collaborate with business stakeholders and product owners to gather and analyze requirements and manage scope.
Translate user and business needs into detailed functional and non-functional requirements.
Support backlog grooming, refinement, and prioritization of user stories.
Develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes with cross-functional teams.
Assist in testing value and interface designs and support user acceptance testing.
Experience with story management tools like JIRA and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Strong background in Agile methodologies and enterprise-level software product analysis.
Proficient in functional testing, test planning, and reporting business metrics.
Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 7+ years of relevant experience.
Focus on delivering customer-centric products by understanding customer pain points and shaping the product backlog accordingly.

Senior Business Analyst Full Description

UWorld is a worldwide leader in online test prep for college entrance, undergraduate, graduate, and professional licensing exams throughout the United States. Since 2003, over 2 million students have trusted us to help them prepare for high-stakes examinations.

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst who excels in gathering, analyzing and communicating business requirements for assigned product development, product maintenance, and support activities.

Responsibilities

Work with business stakeholders directly or product owners to gather and understand requirements, analyze requirements, & manage scope creeps.
Break user and business requirements into functional requirements, specifying appropriate level of detail.
Engage in the requirements verification process, ensuring requirements statements are complete, consistent, concise, and verifiable.
Assist in the prioritization of initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
Assist product owner in maintaining a healthy backlog of user stories.
Play an active role in refining & grooming user stories.
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.
Work independently (or with the product owner) in writing the functional and non-functional stories for the development teams.
Work with the product owners, SMEs, and other stakeholders to test value, interface designs, and feedback from new releases.
Assist product owner in overseeing the actual development of the product, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint support.
Assist technical team in understanding the business requirements with help of stories and prototypes.
Be present in daily scrum and retrospective meetings, apart from required presence in sprint review meeting.
In the absence of product owner, play the role of proxy owner with end-to-end responsibilities.
Participate in facilitating, documenting, and supporting user acceptance testing.
Facilitate effective discussions and meetings between development teams, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's in computer science or related field
7+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst on enterprise-level software products/applications.
Experience in functional testing, and user acceptance test planning for large enterprise systems.
Experience gathering data as well as summarizing and presenting relevant information to internal and external customers, both online and in person.
Proficient in formulating business metrics for reporting.
Exposure to digital front ends and APIâs environments.
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.
Strong knowledge of story management tools such as JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS) etc.
Experience working in an Agile environment.

Soft Skills

Proficient written and verbal communication skills (email, phone, etc.)
Excellent analytical, communication and research skills.
Excellent attention to detail and organization skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely.
Ability to work effectively within a changing environment that is going through high growth.
Exceptional follow-through, personal drive, and ability to understand direction and feedback.

Original Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst who excels in gathering, analyzing and communicating business requirements for assigned product development, product maintenance, and support activities.

Responsibilities

Work with business stakeholders directly or product owners to gather and understand requirements, analyze requirements, & manage scope creeps.
Break user and business requirements into functional requirements, specifying appropriate level of detail.
Engage in the requirements verification process, ensuring requirements statements are complete, consistent, concise, and verifiable.
Assist in the prioritization of initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
Assist product owner in maintaining a healthy backlog of user stories.
Play an active role in refining & grooming user stories.
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.
Work independently (or with the product owner) in writing the functional and non-functional stories for the development teams.
Work with the product owners, SMEs, and other stakeholders to test value, interface designs, and feedback from new releases.
Assist product owner in overseeing the actual development of the product, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint support.
Assist technical team in understanding the business requirements with help of stories and prototypes.
Be present in daily scrum and retrospective meetings, apart from required presence in sprint review meeting.
In the absence of product owner, play the role of proxy owner with end-to-end responsibilities.
Participate in facilitating, documenting, and supporting user acceptance testing.
Facilitate effective discussions and meetings between development teams, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's in computer science or related field
7+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst on enterprise-level software products/applications.
Experience in functional testing, and user acceptance test planning for large enterprise systems.
Experience gathering data as well as summarizing and presenting relevant information to internal and external customers, both online and in person.
Proficient in formulating business metrics for reporting.
Exposure to digital front ends and APIâs environments.
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.
Strong knowledge of story management tools such as JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS) etc.
Experience working in an Agile environment.

Soft Skills

Proficient written and verbal communication skills (email, phone, etc.)
Excellent analytical, communication and research skills.
Excellent attention to detail and organization skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely.
Ability to work effectively within a changing environment that is going through high growth.
Exceptional follow-through, personal drive, and ability to understand direction and feedback.

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