Product Owner/Business Analyst->SFO

Experis/Manpower Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Product Owner/Business Analyst for a 12-18 month contract in San Francisco, CA (hybrid - 3 days onsite). You will act as liaison between business and technology, write epics and user stories in Jira, and partner with the LOB to deliver solutions in a fast-paced mobile-focused environment.

The ideal candidate has BA/PO experience in financial services, agile experience, excellent communication, and the ability to break down requirements and coordinate with architects,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Self-motivated and Agile experience.
• Excellent communication skills and requirements gathering expertise.
• Ability to write epics/features and user stories; coordinate with stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services and enterprise-level projects.
• Non-visa dependent; local candidates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison between business and technology partners, will be responsible for creating user stories in Jira.
• Write epics/features and break them down into user stories; coordinate with stakeholders.
• Identify system interactions and provide development teams with software nuances.
• Lead grooming sessions; accept stories with the Line of Business.
• Ensure deliverables are on track in a fast-paced agile environment.

Skills

BA/PO Experience

Agile Experience

Financial Services

Requirements Gathering

Excellent Communication

Stakeholder Collaboration

User Story Writing

Non-Visa Dependent

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Job description

No C2C, please. W-2 only. Visa sponsorships are NOT offered for this positon. Local candidates ONLY.

Title: Product Owner/Business Analyst

Location: San Francisco, CA (hybrid - 3 days onsite)

Duration: 12-18 months

Pay Rate: $58.93/hour

Requirements:

• FS Experience
• Enterprise-level experience
• Standard BA/PO
• The manager wants candidates to provide solutions and partner with the LOB; to be the SME for that train
• Refine solutions
• Prioritize work by prioritizing tasks
• Provide tangible examples; the manager wants to know about their process w/examples
• Innovative, energetic, solution provider
• Can explain functionality of the application

What are the day-to-day responsibilities?

Act as liaison between business and technology partners, will be responsible for creating user stories in Jira.

What are the top 3 must-have skills?

• BA/PO Experience in a Financial Services environment
• Experience supporting customer-facing applications (mobile, online, fraud, ATM, fc)
• Agile Experience
• Creating user stories in Jira

What are the nice-to-have skills?

• Mobile experience
• Prior experience with the client
• Agile certifications are a plus

Position Summary:

The Product Owner in Mobile group works in a fast-paced, complex, and challenging environment aligned to the client's technology vertical. This role is engaged through all the phases of the agile methodology. The ideal candidate is well-versed with agile, requirement gathering, can understand the project in-depth, and be communicative with all stakeholders to ensure deliverables are on track. One of the key responsibilities is for candidate to identify and understand system interactions in order to provide development team with software nuances for efficient implementation. This role is also primarily involved in typical analyst responsibilities like writing epics/features, breaking them down to user stories, coordinating with various stakeholders, conducting regular grooming sessions, performing ad-hoc testing and working with Line of Business to accept stories. Product Owners are expected to be self-driven and lead initial phase of project with minimal support.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
• Self-motivated.
• Agile experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Expert in requirements gathering.
• Ability to work with user interaction team and perform detailed analysis on wireframes and consider all edge cases.
• Ability to work with Architects/Dev leads to discuss and understand back-end systems.
• Must be able to identify tasks and timeline for his/her deliverables.
• Ability to work with all stakeholders (Line of Business team, Development team, Testing team, other back-end teams).
• Eager and enthusiastic to learn and adapt new skills.
• Ability to deliver System Interface diagrams/ Business Technology diagrams.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes in the environment.
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• Must be non-visa dependent.

Desired Skills:

• Mobile experience.
• Project Management experience

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:

Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands - Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells - creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.