DMSi is a software product development company, and our Business Analysts are instrumental in our team processes to translate customer/market needs to solutions provided through our core product, Agility. Do you have a love of learning? Do you enjoy helping to solve problems? Are you a team player with great communication skills? Look no further than DMSi! We are looking for a skilled Business Analyst who wants to learn something new every day and help develop software solutions within a cross-functional, agile development team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Write concise and compelling user stories. Define user story acceptance criteria for developers, quality analysts, and product owners to ensure that the product owners’ intent is effectively captured.
- Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and design teams to discover, define, and design features to meet user needs and enhance the user experience.
- Gather requirements through various methods, including customer interviews, questionnaires, surveys, workflow, process analysis, observation, and other methods. Distinguish user requests from user needs.
- Actively engage in all aspects of an Agile development team, including planning, retrospecting, product demonstrations, and daily stand-ups.
- Collaborate with the product owner to understand and share product goals and vision within the team.
- Develop expert knowledge of our customer base, industry, and products.
- Arrange and perform user acceptance testing or customer reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
- Review test plans to verify they meet the acceptance criteria and intent of user stories.
- Write or review supporting documentation for the software, such as release notes, help documentation, articles, and features.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Excellent listening, written, and oral communication skills.
Ability to facilitate customer interviews.
Strong knowledge and application of agile methodology.
Great analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving abilities.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Cross-functional member of agile development team.
Expert knowledge of decomposing product needs to agile user stories.
Superior presentation and negotiation skills; able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.
Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
Strong adaptability and capacity to work on multiple projects.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Analysis, Business Administration, MIS, or related fields.
Two to five years Business Analyst experience.
Strong background in software design lifecycle, project management, and business analyst best practices.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Normal office environment with use of computers and telephone systems; no unusual physical demands.
Travel as needed, including business air travel and car rental.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Analysis, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or a related field
- Two to five years of Business Analyst experience
- Strong background in software development lifecycle
- Experience with project management and business analyst best practices
- Strong knowledge and application of Agile methodology
- Ability to facilitate customer interviews and gather requirements
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Excellent written, oral, and listening communication skills
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving abilities
- Expertise decomposing product needs into Agile user stories
- Superior presentation and negotiation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects with strong attention to detail
What We Do
DMSi is bringing new technology and new ideas to the building materials industry through our specialized business management software. From our Omaha offices, we’re revolutionizing one of the largest, most critical sectors in the world. Fortunately, we like a challenge. We have positions for people who like to train on our software, research and solve customer business issues and optimize supply chains with bespoke solutions. We have positions for software engineers, designers, systems engineers, analysts, product owners, and product managers who explore innovative technologies and create human interfaces. We have positions that make our company hum in sales, marketing, human resources, and accounting, which are helping to evolve our brand and our team. What makes us tick is surrounding ourselves with bright, kind, curious people who love the limitless possibilities that the field of enterprise computer software has to offer.
