Technical Business Analyst

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UWorld, LLC is hiring a Technical Business Analyst to gather, analyze, and communicate business requirements for product development and maintenance. The role involves working closely with business stakeholders and product owners to manage requirements, prioritize initiatives, develop functional specifications, and support Agile development processes.

Highlights

Gather and analyze business and user requirements for product development.
Manage scope and assist in prioritizing initiatives and maintaining product backlog.
Develop wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, and functional/non-functional user stories.
Support testing activities including value tests, interface designs, and user acceptance testing.
Collaborate with product owners, UX designers, SMEs, and development teams in Agile environment.
Require 7-9 years of business analyst experience on enterprise software systems.
Proficient with story management tools like JIRA and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Experience with web & mobile application development and API environments.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required.
Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills essential.

Technical Business Analyst Full Description

UWorld is a 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 Technical 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

Degree in computer science or related field
7 - 9 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 Web & Mobile Application development
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 Technical 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

Degree in computer science or related field
7 - 9 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 Web & Mobile Application development
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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