Associate Principal Consultant - Business Analyst

Summary

Join our dynamic Digital Product Engineering company as a Business Analyst (Agile/Scrum)! You will play a key role in defining and delivering solutions that drive business outcomes, acting as a bridge between the Business Analytics and Insights team and stakeholders. This role involves collaborating with a cross-functional Agile team to evaluate requirements, identify needs, and develop strategies to maximize digital opportunities within the manufacturing industry. You will create and manage user stories, facilitate Agile ceremonies, and guide the team towards effective and efficient delivery. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and communication skills, along with extensive experience in Agile methodologies and Business Intelligence projects. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and contribute to innovative digital solutions.

Requirements

• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Elicitation
• Food Manufacturing
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst working on information technology projects
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Business Analyst in an agile Business Intelligence project-based environment
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and Agile tools. Proficient with user stories, Scrum, Kanban, retrospectives, team planning and other related Agile techniques
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Proficiency in requirement gathering techniques, process modeling, and documentation
• Experience interacting with cross-functional groups to support consensus outcome/decision
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of relevant tools such as Microsoft Visio, JIRA, Confluence, etc

Responsibilities

• Work in continuous delivery mode, analyzing, testing and delivering features iteratively
• Consistently demonstrate Agile processes and principles for effective delivery
• Consistently demonstrate Lean principles for efficient delivery
• Work with the Business Relationship Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner on defining the project's detailed scope
• Responsible for creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs
• Provide guidance and facilitates conversations as needed on sizing stories, choosing stories for sprints, splitting stories and determining technical story details
• Work with the Product Owner and other BAs with the prioritization of user stories in the product backlog
• Work with the Product Owner, BAs, and Quality Assurance Analysts on defining acceptance criteria sufficiently for testing
• Work with the Product Owner to confirm the delivered solution is in fulfillment of the stated requirements
• Work with business stakeholders to test user stories
• Guide the team to ensure a solid understanding of the ceremonies, expectations, deliverables, dependencies, and their role in the Agile development methodology
• Provide coaching in the discipline for junior resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in Business Analysis (e.g., CBAP, CCBA) is advantageous
• Experience moderating team dynamics and leading through influence
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Experience in how to apply different techniques to optimize the team's effectiveness when developing in an agile framework (for example: various Burndown technologies, differing retrospective, sprint planning handling bugs, etc.)
• Experience with removing blockers for teams and acting as a champion for a cross-functional team or department
• Understanding and experience within Business Analytics & Insights Technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft PowerBI
• Experienced working with teams in multiple time zones