[11:04 PM] Saran Gopalakrishnan
Responsibilities:
Analyzing and documenting requirements for large-scale (e.g., Fortune 500 or equivalent) projects.
Expertise in functional decomposition such as user stories and traceability matrices
Ability to present solution alternatives to clients that meet their business requirements.
Ability to handle ambiguous situations and develop a practical plan towards achieving clarity - while defining functional behavior, business rules, and data attributes successfully and independently
Work in a globally distributed team model
Work with the business stakeholders or sponsors to translate business needs into business and functional requirements.
Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process analysis, use cases or user stories, scenarios, event lists, competitive product analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements or user stories.
Represent requirements using alternative views such as visual analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or simulations where appropriate.
Lead requirements validation activities to confirm that a solution based on the requirements would meet customer needs and achieve business objectives.
Lead and facilitate ongoing requirements prioritization.
Establish and implement effective requirements practices, including the continuous improvement of a requirements process. Assist with the development of the organization’s requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools.
Identify ways to assist product management in product planning through requirements development and analysis. Propose new product features and updates.
Conduct research and analysis of viability of requirements as well as related strategic feasibility studies for clients
Travel to client sites as needed.
Qualifications
MBA with 3+ years of experience or 5+ years of Corporate Experience in relevant roles
Minimum of three to four years’ experience of hands-on involvement in eCommerce projects
Minimum of five years’ experience in an Analyst role
Five years’ experience in IT or eBusiness, including experience with e-commerce, web application development, or other eBusiness solutions.
Familiarity with a broad array of internet technologies and trends
Experience in problem resolution with IT systems and individuals
Strong facilitation and communication skills across business and technical audiences
Experience with enterprise class eCommerce platforms.
Understanding of eCommerce internationalization and localization complexities: content in multiple languages, country-specific product availability, and tax & payment processing
Familiarity with Agile development processes where you quickly write effective user stories that can be broken into meaningful tasks by developers.
Knowledge of multiple vertical industries such as retail, financial services, CPG, and healthcare are a plus.
Skills Required
- MBA with 3+ years of experience or 5+ years of corporate experience in relevant roles
- Minimum of three to four years' hands-on involvement in eCommerce projects
- Minimum of five years' experience in an Analyst role
- Five years' experience in IT or eBusiness, including e-commerce or web application development
- Familiarity with a broad array of internet technologies and trends
- Experience in problem resolution with IT systems and individuals
- Strong facilitation and communication skills across business and technical audiences
- Experience with enterprise-class eCommerce platforms
- Understanding of eCommerce internationalization and localization complexities
- Familiarity with Agile development processes and writing effective user stories
- Knowledge of multiple vertical industries such as retail, financial services, CPG, and healthcare
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