Senior Business Analyst

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Summary:

In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management and Business Operations to analyze and develop user stories and a product backlog for multiple products. You will participate in planning and design sessions and provide clarification on product requirements. You will work in partnership with the Product Owner/Manager to define and justify new product developments and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Work independently as a liaison between end-users, product management, and development to elicit, analyze, and document user requirements, translating them into user stories.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to ensure the health of the product backlog.
• Take ownership of team ceremonies including grooming/refinement, planning, pre-refinement, and others.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, driving the discussion during sprint planning and user story refinement.
• Conduct gap analyses to identify solutions that are cost-effective and meet business requirements.
• Collaborate with the development team to ensure the design meets customer requirements.
• Provide timely answers to team questions during design, development, and Quality Assurance (QA) testing.
• Create MS SQL queries that retrieve application data and allow identification and triage of discrepancies.
• Field questions from stakeholders/end users during user acceptance testing, identify potential options to aid in the resolution process.
• Work with business owners and technical architects to set a strategic product direction and scope out project efforts.

Qualification:

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 years or more years of relevant experience required.
• 2 years or more Agile (Scrum or XP) business analysis experience with user stories and backlogs required.
• Excellent business requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation skills required.
• Experience working with tools like Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar for backlog management and story tracking required.
• Experience creating ADO dashboards for tracking project progress and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics required.
• Knowledge of SQL/Integration, Extract-Transform-Load (ETL), and User Interface (UI) preferred.
• Knowledge of test methodologies preferred.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $88,900.00 to $155,500.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.