Business Analyst

Title: Requirements Analyst Location: Work from Home (Candidates MUST be located in the PST time zone; candidates local to San Diego, CA are highly preferred) Note: This is a W2 contract role, and it is NOT open to C2C or 3 rd party candidates The primary responsibilities of the Requirement Analyst will be managing and prioritizing the product backlog and developing detailed requirements stories and tasks. To accomplish this, the Requirements Analyst will work with the Market Product Team to define and document product and feature requirements, liaise with the customers of the platform to ensure that issues and defects are triaged, prioritized, and remediated, and collaborate with other Requirement Analysts to manage release coordination activities and partner for value delivery. Position Responsibilities: Requirements Definition Analysis: Develop crisp product and feature scope documents that can be used to drive product specifications and architecture, ensuring a clear understanding of product objectives and priorities for the Product Owner and Development Team Backlog Management: Work with the Product Manager to prepare and prioritize product backlogs to ensure efficient workflow and alignment with the product vision and business value Stakeholder Communication: Keep clients and collaborators informed on product status and lead product release plans, setting expectations for new functionalities Project Management Dependency Oversight: Provide active leadership in mitigating impediments, ensuring governance for change management leading adjustments to the plan, and managing dependencies to facilitate successful completion of Release/Sprint Goals, including driving the team culture to a relentless desire for process improvement, such as being ready to accept feedback and quickly adjust course accordingly, participating in executing technical and/or cross-functional project work, understanding customer needs through literature review customer interviews, directing observations and competitive analysis, and translating customer needs into software engineering requirements product brief documents and feature brief documents into specific product packaging and process specifications Position Qualifications: 3-5 years of experience in Requirement Analysis, Product Ownership, Product Management, or a related role 3-5 years of experience working with PaaS or SaaS products A strong understanding of cloud computing APIs and developer tools Demonstrated ability to utilize work management software, such as Jira Azure DevOps or Aha. Demonstrated ability working within an Agile software development environment Effective communication and collaboration skills Self-motivated with the ability to work in team settings Strong organizational and time management capabilities Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Creative thinking ability with a focus on product improvement An understanding of product feature prioritization, with experience being involved in product roadmap development A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field; Master's Degree in a relevant field preferred Note: This is a W2 contract role, and it is NOT open to C2C or 3 rd party candidates