Technical Business Analyst

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Job Summary

We are searching for a Technical Business Analyst to take responsibility for the development and ongoing enhancement of one or more features areas/products in our enterprise-wide data platform initiatives. In this position, you will identify, define, analyze, prioritize, and refine the product requirements, and will communicate those requirements to the Scrum development teams. You will need to prioritize tradeoffs, clarify requirements, and write user stories to support the Agile software development lifecycle. The Technical Business Analyst will work directly with our various internal and external stakeholders, including senior staff and department managers, and most closely with the development teams to ensure successful translation of those requirements into high-quality software and data platform.

The ideal candidate has demonstrated the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and is a detail-oriented and self-motivated team member. This role reports directly to the Lead Product Manager in the Product Management team.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities/Duties

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  Collaborate with key stakeholders (ranging from product management to engineering and operations) to define, develop, shape, and refine requirements.
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  Define, prioritize, and clarify user stories; working with other Product Managers, Team Leads and Engineering Managers to understand use cases, features, business & technical domain rules and overall product goals.

• Work closely with frontend/backend engineering teams, design, and stakeholders in an agile environment to deliver products to market

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  Define and communicate project goals, problem framing, major solution architecture, design and scope decisions within target project timelines.

• Develop detailed, crisp user stories with acceptance criteria based on business requirements that can be used to create product specifications and architecture
  
• Define and analyzes metrics that measure and benchmark product success

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  Work with UX Design to create User Stories based on report design mockups.
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  Create detailed product technical documentation of User Stories to define end user functionality.
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  Work with Engineering to estimate User Stories and continuously improve product ownership and other agile processes.
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  Engage frequently with the development team; facilitate discussions, provide clarification, story acceptance and refinement, testing and validation; contribute to design activities and decisions.
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  Build and groom product backlog(s). Create and groom short, medium, and long-term product roadmaps and get internal agreement with key stakeholders.
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  Own and manage the backlog; continuously order and prioritize to ensure that 1-2 sprints/iterations of backlog are always ready.
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  Identify cross-team dependencies during requirements creation and work to assure impacted team(s) have available capacity and velocity to hit target dates.
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  Keep abreast of Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends.

Requirements

Education and Experience

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  3-6 years of technical product management, or similar, experience at a health care technology company or experience in computer science, software development, Engineering, Product Management, Business Analyst, or related role, with at least two years’ experience in the US health care industry

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field or equivalent experience

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  Knowledgeable in SaaS software
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  Interest in Health and Wellbeing a plus.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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  Proven ability to read, analyze, and write Technical Business requirement documents, acceptance criteria, and user scenarios.
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  Strong technical background and software development skills
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  Strong knowledge of agile development practices (especially Scrum and Lean), methodologies and tools. Direct hands-on experience with writing user stories, grooming product backlogs and coordinating/prioritizing conflicting requirements in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
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  Ability to present challenging technical concepts to disparate audiences in a manner that is easy to understand.
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  Participates and influences technical strategy planning with the Product and Engineering team.
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  Strong time management, prioritization, and communication skills.

Work Environment

At Virgin Pulse we value and celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe in creating teams made up of individuals with various backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Why? Because diversity inspires innovation, collaboration, and challenges us to produce better solutions. But more than this, diversity is our strength, and a catalyst in our ability to change lives for the good.

Disclaimer

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities, but constitutes a general description of the scope and function of the role within the company. Activities, duties, and responsibilities are subject to change at any time with or without notice.