Senior Business Analyst

Summary

Join Mindex, a top-ranked software development company, as a Business Analyst with an agile background. You will play a key role in creating shared understanding of solution requirements through various agile artifacts. Collaborate extensively with agile teams and client stakeholders, gathering and analyzing requirements for complex projects. Your responsibilities include facilitating consensus, participating in PI planning, refining requirements, and representing the Product Owner. Mindex offers a comprehensive benefits package and a positive work environment.

Requirements

• BS degree in Business, Communications, or related area preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1-2 years of Business Analysis experience

Responsibilities

• Gathers and analyzes requirements for complex projects using strategies which includes interviews and observations, workshops, and documents
• Develops a deep understanding of the body of work, partners with the team and project stakeholders to elaborate clear solution requirements
• Demonstrates the ability to use resources available to identify technical requirements
• Partners with PO to ensure there is shared understanding between the team and project stakeholders
• Evaluates information gathered from multiple sources and facilitates consensus between stakeholder groups
• Participates in PI planning projects alongside the Product Owner and Scrum Master to ensure scope and delivery plans align
• Facilitates refinement of requirements and team estimations via elaboration and refinement sessions to ensure scrum team alignment for functional and non-functional requirements while championing a predictable estimate for all requirements for up to 2 teams
• Works with Product Owner to understand and communicate priority of backlog items
• Demonstrates the ability to partner with the teams Product Owner to represent Product team interests in meetings as necessary
• Represents Product Owner on project teams, as a back up, to assist in answering questions and to provide direction to project agile teams as needed
• Engages and actively collaborates within the Agile Triangle
• Through collaboration with the team Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead and Product Delivery Leads influence agile process & team norm changes
• Demonstrates the ability to use graphical representation to augment textual requirements such as diagrams, models, workflow diagrams, and story maps

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred knowledge in any of the following areas: basic data analysis, public speaking, agile methodologies, software delivery life cycle (SDLC)

Benefits

• Medical Insurance (with a free option!)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Optional Additional Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts with Company Contributions
• Optional Hospital Indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance as well as Legal Assistance
• Flexible Time Off
• Eight Paid Holidays
• Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) Options with Company Match
• Investment in Professional Development including a license to Udemy training courses and leadership training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Pet Insurance Discounts
• Tickets to local sporting events
• Team building events
• Holiday and celebration parties