Business Analyst

TempWorks Software, Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TempWorks Software, Inc. is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to help deliver valuable software to clients while aligning to strategic objectives.

You will research, analyze, refine scope, and write detailed requirements for new products and improvements across TempWorks’ suite. Responsibilities include prioritizing high-level scope, eliciting requirements from stakeholders, creating user stories with acceptance criteria, and maintaining process models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
• 3+ years as Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar in enterprise software.
• Experience documenting user stories, use cases, and business requirements for B2B SaaS apps.
• Knowledge of SDLC within a SaaS organization.

Responsibilities

• Refine and prioritize high level business scope for strategic software projects.
• Elicit requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
• Create features with detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain process models and workflow diagrams.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, Architecture, Engineering, QA.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog and refine stories.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and act as a liaison to stakeholders.
• Perform knowledge transfers and product demonstrations.
• Review completed work to ensure requirements are met.
• Monitor progress and communicate risks to stakeholders.
• Maintain understanding of products and industry standards.

Skills

Research & analysis

Translate technical to non-technical

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal collaboration

Detail-oriented

Agile mindset

Scrum knowledge

Requirements management tools

Process modeling tools

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Lucidchart

Visio

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to help deliver valuable software to our clients and end-users while aligning to the company’s strategic business objectives. The Business Analyst is responsible for research, analysis, refining and prioritizing scope, and writing detailed requirements for new products and product improvements throughout the TempWorks’ suite of products.

General Responsibilities:

• Refine and prioritize high level business scope for strategic software development projects.
• Perform research and analysis and engage with internal and external stakeholders to elicit business requirements.
• Create features that align to the project scope, documenting detailed requirements and acceptance criteria on user stories.
• Develop and maintain process models, workflow diagrams, and other visual representations to illustrate current and proposed business processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across disciplines including Product, UX, Architecture, Engineering, and Quality Assurance.
• Manage and prioritize the development team’s product backlog and work with the team to refine user stories through backlog refinement.
• Participate in team sprint ceremonies including planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• Act as the liaison between development and internal/external stakeholders.
• Perform internal knowledge transfers and product demonstrations to internal company trainers.
• During active development, review completed work to validate business requirements have been met.
• Monitor work progress to help identify risks, such as technology roadblocks or vendor communication delays, and communicate to stakeholders.
• Maintain an understanding of our products, client business processes, and industry standards.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Effective research and analysis skills.
• Ability to translate technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Succinct verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with various cross-functional roles.
• Organized with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of scrum and business analyst best practices.
• Self-starter and creative problem solver with strategic thinking skills.
• Proficiency in requirements management tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with process modeling and diagramming tools (e.g., Lucidchart, Visio)

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree within a related field preferred or remarkable experience in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role within an enterprise software company.
• Experience in documenting user stories, use cases, and business requirements for B2B applications.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle within a Software as a Service (SaaS) organization.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds at times.