NOTE: WE ARE LOOKING ONLY FOR CANDIDATES WILLING TO JOIN US DIRECTLY AS W2 EMPLOYEES (NO 3RD PARTY CANDIDATES)

BUSINESS ANALYST- BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT

KNOXVILLE,TN

6+MONTHS (COULD EXTENDED TO A 1 YEAR DURATION )

DESCRIPTION

• Member of the Media Systems Development team supporting the Ad Sales function. Under limited guidance, serves as a liaison for defined projects and activities between the business area and the Information Services department related to business processes, systems and people.
• Translates requirements from a business perspective into a form that can be understood and acted on by those in the Information Services organization tasked with building the solution. Acts as a champion to ensure delivered solutions meet the functional design.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to capture and document as-is and to-be business processes, business needs, issues and challenges using a variety of analytical skills, techniques, and resources for complex software solutions.

• Elicit and analyze business and functional requirements and break those requirements down into user stories. Document user stories into Jira.

• Work with agile development teams to deliver new features and enhancements.

• Lead daily scrums, sprint reviews, and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement.

• Work with the customers to support short and long-term release planning, leadership visibility, appropriate prioritization, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution

• Conduct application testing of completed development work and coordinate with end-users for acceptance testing.

• Demonstrate software changes to customers, solicit feedback, and work with the development team to make improvements.

• Function as a leader on the project team and liaise between business users, software developers and testers, validation analysts, solution architects, and third-party vendors.

• Represent the Business Analysis team to continuously improve IT processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 6+ years of Business Analysis experience
• 2+ years of scrum-based agile experience
• Skilled in performing Product Owner responsibilities
• Accustomed to being held accountable for user satisfaction
• Team-player, team-first attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Effective time management skills
• Strong relationship building, interpersonal, and collaboration skills