Program Analyst 4 – User Stories

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Germany seeks a senior Business Analyst to plan discovery sessions, analyze workflows, and translate needs into clear requirements for complex systems.

You will write epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintain traceability from contract requirements through to releases, collaborating across technical and customer teams.

A background in federal contracting is preferred; CBAP/ PMI-PBA certifications are valued, along with strong communication and stakeholder management.

Qualifikationen

• Seven or more years of business, systems, program, product, or requirements-analysis experience
• Advanced experience writing epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, business rules, and traceability artifacts for complex systems
• Ability to facilitate difficult discovery sessions and convert ambiguity into prioritized, testable work
• Preferred: Experience supporting federal, defense, government contracting, or regulated technology programs
• Preferred: CBAP, PMI‑PBA, CSPO, PSPO, Scrum, SAFe, or related certification
• Employment subject to required background screening
• Some assignments may require the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust determination or security clearance

Aufgaben

• Plan and facilitate discovery sessions with users, customers, product owners, technical teams, and program stakeholders
• Analyze current-state workflows, business rules, data, pain points, constraints, and desired outcomes
• Create epics, features, user stories, use cases, process flows, business rules, and nonfunctional requirements
• Write testable acceptance criteria covering happy paths, alternate flows, permissions, data validation, errors, and edge cases
• Maintain traceability from customer needs and contractual requirements through stories, tests, releases, and outcomes
• Lead backlog refinement, requirements reviews, change control, and readiness decisions
• Translate complex mission, business, and user needs into clear, testable user stories and delivery-ready product documentation
• Collaborate across technical, program, and customer teams

Kenntnisse

Business Analysis

User Story Development

Acceptance Criteria Writing

Backlog Refinement

Federal Contracting Experience

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, engineering, public administration, or a related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience

Jobbeschreibung

• Plan and facilitate discovery sessions with users, customers, product owners, technical teams, and program stakeholders
• Analyze current-state workflows, business rules, data, pain points, constraints, and desired outcomes
• Create epics, features, user stories, use cases, process flows, business rules, and nonfunctional requirements
• Write testable acceptance criteria covering happy paths, alternate flows, permissions, data validation, errors, and edge cases
• Maintain traceability from customer needs and contractual requirements through stories, tests, releases, and outcomes
• Lead backlog refinement, requirements reviews, change control, and readiness decisions
• Translate complex mission, business, and user needs into clear, testable user stories and delivery-ready product documentation
• Collaborate across technical, program, and customer teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, engineering, public administration, or a related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience
• Seven or more years of business, systems, program, product, or requirements‑analysis experience
• Advanced experience writing epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, business rules, and traceability artifacts for complex systems
• Ability to facilitate difficult discovery sessions and convert ambiguity into prioritized, testable work
• Preferred: Experience supporting federal, defense, government contracting, or regulated technology programs
• Preferred: CBAP, PMI‑PBA, CSPO, PSPO, Scrum, SAFe, or related certification
• Employment subject to required background screening
• Some assignments may require the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust determination or security clearance

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in facilitating discovery sessions, analyzing workflows, and creating detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for complex systems. Proficient in maintaining traceability and collaborating across diverse teams to deliver clear, actionable product documentation.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Business Analysis
• User Story Development
• Acceptance Criteria Writing
• Backlog Refinement
• Federal Contracting Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Epic Creation
• Process Flow Design
• Business Rule Documentation
• Requirements Analysis
• Data Validation

Soft Skills

• Facilitation
• Collaboration
• Problem‑Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• CBAP
• PMI-PBA
• CSPO
• PSPO
• Scrum
• SAFe

Industry Keywords

• Government Contracting
• Regulated Technology Programs
• Traceability Artifacts