ScolerTec Inc. is seeking multiple Lead Business Analysts to support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications. The role involves leading Business Analysts across Agile Scrum teams, managing product backlogs, gathering requirements, and ensuring alignment with customer expectations and business objectives.

Responsibilities:

Lead Business Analysts across multiple Scrum teams to build and maintain the product backlog and support business objectives
Own the backlog-decomposition strategy and ensure consistent implementation across the product backlog
Take ownership of the product backlog for the entire product scope
Work closely with customers to ensure alignment with expectations while maintaining control of scope
Maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog with work items ready for at least four upcoming sprints
Establish and enforce the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done across development teams
Provide transparency throughout backlog decomposition using metrics and automated dashboards
Lead Program Increment planning and provide guidance on deliverables, dependencies, milestones, timelines, and sequencing
Work with Business Analysts and Product Owners to resolve impediments and clarify requirements with customers
Conduct retrospectives and Communities of Practice meetings with Business Analysts to gather feedback, identify improvements, and cross-train staff
Identify opportunities to improve end-to-end processes, product quality, requirements alignment, and customer satisfaction
Proactively identify and manage risks, develop mitigation plans, and follow issues through resolution
Collaborate with architects, testers, Product Owners, developers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with deliverables
Generate contractual deliverables in accordance with required scope and timelines
Support end-user interviews and customer-journey mapping by documenting input in required templates
Develop business-process maps using Microsoft Visio, including process and subprocess flows
Develop narratives that accompany process flows and describe activities and the business and technical data exchanged
Facilitate process-mapping and analysis sessions with project teams and customer stakeholders
Analyze opportunities for standardization and required variations across business units, rules, and local requirements
Present process-analysis results to project teams and customer stakeholders
Maintain process maps and narratives in an accessible hierarchical structure
Deliver journey-mapping strategies, process-analysis results, and customer-interview findings through Agile ceremonies and project reports

Requirements:

10+ years of experience supporting product owners and Agile teams, eliciting business needs, maintaining backlog user stories, writing technical documentation, and modeling business processes and system requirements
Experience assisting with testing by writing acceptance criteria and validating test-case results
Experience producing current and relevant requirements, appropriately sizing user stories, and removing roadblocks before sprint execution
Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Experience leading and providing guidance to multiple Business Analysts and development teams
Experience gathering and assembling requirements by consulting with Product Owners, customers, stakeholders, and end users
Experience developing requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria
Experience assisting Product Owners and team leads with product scope, vision, and roadmaps
Experience providing system analysis and subject-matter expertise for issues and defects
Experience conducting business-process analysis, workflow analysis, and business-process re-engineering
Experience supporting legacy-system integration and deployment
Experience developing requirements for modernization and new-development projects
Experience conducting gap analysis, workflow analysis, Analysis of Alternatives, business-process modeling, wireframes, and storyboards
Experience delivering technical briefings and facilitating meetings for diverse audiences
Strong technical background and experience working with solution architects and senior development team members
Hands-on experience with progressive elaboration of highly technical epics and user stories
Experience managing product backlogs, dependencies, risks, milestones, and delivery sequencing
Experience with Agile Scrum practices, backlog refinement, Program Increment planning, and requirements traceability
Experience developing process maps and narratives using Microsoft Visio or a similar tool
Experience supporting testing by developing acceptance criteria and reviewing test results
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills
Consultant mindset with the ability to work with senior customer stakeholders and build strong customer relationships
Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods, best practices, and emerging technologies
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement
Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team
Strong leadership, organization, stakeholder-management, and meeting-facilitation skills

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Lead Business Analyst