Remote Appian BA for Federal Programs

Groundswell; Michigan; On-site; USD 74,230 - 142,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401K match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work schedule

On-site gym

Job summary

Groundswell is seeking an Appian Business Analyst to join our team. You will partner with Appian product teams and potentially engage customers to generate requirements for Appian applications.

Responsibilities include defining MVPs, conducting discovery, modeling data, and collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to shape product plans and roadmaps. Remote role with East Coast hours and eligibility for federal clearance consideration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in performing business analysis and refining requirements for information systems.
• Strong communication at all levels of an organization (written and verbal).
• Experience with use cases, Agile user stories, and process modeling.

Responsibilities

• Support Product Dev Managers in defining the minimum viable product (MVP) for a given application / product and the supporting release plans.
• Conduct requirement discovery, data modeling, process improvement/reengineering analysis, process design, and models BPM applications, user interface design, and data interface requirement discovery.
• Conduct discovery workshops with customer stakeholders to collect and document solution requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Dev Managers and technology stakeholders to define new and/or enhanced product requirements and functionality.
• Collaborate with Product Dev Managers to support prioritization of feature enablers defined by architects within the product roadmap.
• Deliver and maintain user engagement analytics for characterizing users and supporting case studies and other data.
• Author user stories with detailed acceptance criteria for developers and QA.
• Work with teams to provide answers, feedback and direction on work items and user stories.
• Consult Product Dev Managers for guidance on product vision, roadmap, requirements.
• Collaborate to define sprint plans based on product vision and roadmap.
• Refine product requirements from stakeholder input, sprint showcases, and demos.
• Collaborate to prepare estimates for user stories within the backlog.
• Conduct formal review and acceptance of user stories implemented by a team.
• Identify, track, and manage risks; escalate when necessary.
• Identify improvement opportunities and recommend solutions.
• Design and implement complex data models based on requirements.
• Use tools such as TFS, Jira and Github for project management.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Gathering

Communication

Process Modeling

Agile / Scrum

Appian knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT or related field

Tools

TFS

Jira

Github

Job description

Groundswell is seeking an Appian Business Analyst to join our team. You will partner with Appian product teams and potentially engage customers to generate requirements for Appian applications.

Responsibilities include defining MVPs, conducting discovery, modeling data, and collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to shape product plans and roadmaps. Remote role with East Coast hours and eligibility for federal clearance consideration.