Strategic Agile Product Owner – Sanctions & Analytics

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to represent stakeholders, elicit and document business needs, and align IT delivery with strategic goals. You will manage backlog, validate features, coordinate with sponsors and teams, and ensure compliance with sanctions and risk controls using SAFe and agile methods.

Candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience; SAFe certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or a related field and five (5) years of relevant experience in process improvement, project delivery, business/requirements analysis or business operations/product line
• SAFe Practitioner (SP), SAFe Agilist, or SAFe Product Owner/Manager certification preferred
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks under pressure
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in Process Engineering methodologies and Change Management practices
• Familiarity or working knowledge with multiple technical software delivery methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall)
• Proven ability to utilize data and analytics to formulate recommendations, solve business problems, and drive business improvements
• Strong customer service orientation
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and strong organization and communication skills
• Knowledge of OFAC, BSA/AML, sanctions compliance, and financial crimes risk management
• Knowledge of sanctions list management, fuzzy matching algorithms and screening tuning
• Experience with large-scale screening platform transformations or cloud modernization initiatives
• Experience with sanctions screening platforms
• Experience JIRA
• Experience with Confluence
• Experience with Microsoft Teams
• Experience with SharePoint
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Suite
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
• Position must be within a reasonable driving distance to Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities

• Represent business stakeholders to elicit, understand, analyze, document, refine and communicate business needs
• Partner with sponsors, stakeholders, and Information Technology to define and document business processes, needs, measures, risks and controls
• Work with management and stakeholders to understand and validate business strategy, vision and customer needs
• Assist with project-level plans related to schedule, scope and resources
• Work independently on small to medium complexity efforts or support Senior/Lead staff on larger efforts
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks
• Participate in validation and testing of features before end-user acceptance
• Provide just-in-time story elaboration to designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others
• Maintain a prioritized backlog of stories and provide business guidance to the execution team
• Review, accept and prioritize stakeholder feedback and new requirements
• Review and accept or decline development output against acceptance criteria
• Manage and track benefits, adoption and operational risks with business process owners
• Lead intake and prioritization of development work aligned to business and technology goals

Skills

Business Analysis

Process Improvement

Data Analytics

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Service Orientation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Microsoft 365 Suite

Job description

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to represent stakeholders, elicit and document business needs, and align IT delivery with strategic goals. You will manage backlog, validate features, coordinate with sponsors and teams, and ensure compliance with sanctions and risk controls using SAFe and agile methods.

Candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience; SAFe certification is preferred.