Business Analyst III
Description
Title: Business Analyst III
Duration: 6 Months – Possible Extensions
Location: Portland, OR - Hybrid
Job Description:
This
hybrid role combines business analysis expertise with product ownership
responsibilities and a touch of project coordination. The individual will be
responsible for defining and prioritizing product features, eliciting and
documenting requirements, and coordinating project activities to ensure
successful delivery.
This
role requires a highly organized, communicative, and detail-oriented individual
with a strong understanding of both business and technical domains, and a
passion for delivering valuable products.
Responsibilities:
Business Analysis
- Elicit, analyze, and document
business requirements using various techniques (e.g., interviews,
workshops, user story mapping).
- Create user stories,
acceptance criteria, use cases, and process flows.
- Translate business needs into
functional and non-functional specifications.
- Liaison between business and
technical teams.
- Validate requirements with
stakeholders and ensure they are clearly understood.
Product Ownership
- Define and maintain the
product vision, roadmap, and backlog.
- Prioritize features and user
stories based on business value and user needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders
to understand their needs and incorporate feedback into the product
roadmap.
- Manage stakeholder
expectations and communicate product updates.
Project Coordination
- Assist in the creation of
project plans and timelines.
- Track project progress and
identify potential roadblocks.
- Facilitate communication and
collaboration between development teams and stakeholders.
- Help manage project scope and
change requests.
- Organize and document project
meetings and decisions.
- Monitor and report on project
status to stakeholders.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Years of experience: 5+
- Is utilities experience
required? Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in a
related field (e.g., Business Administration, Information Technology,
Computer Science).
- Proven experience in business
analysis and product ownership.
- Understanding of project
management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum).
- Experience with business
analysis techniques and tools.
- Excellent communication,
interpersonal, and facilitation skills.
- Ability to work effectively
with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and
problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple
priorities.
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills):
1.
Business analysis and stakeholder management
2.
Product vision and strategy
3.
Communication and collaboration as a liaison tboth business and technical teams
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills)
1.
Project coordination/management
2.
Utility experience
3.
Technical background (Data, AWS)