Business Systems Analyst - remote
Company: UMass Med School
Location: Shrewsbury
Posted on: March 16, 2023
Job Description:
Business Systems Analyst - remote
Minimum Salary
US-MA-Shrewsbury
Job Location
1 week ago(3/3/2023 10:56 AM)
Requisition Number
2021-37461
# of Openings
4
Posted Date
Day
Shift
Exempt
Overview
GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: Under the direction of the Director or
designee, the Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for
assisting the Product Owner in supporting the delivery of
information technology products at the University of
Massassachusetts Medical School. The Business Systems Analyst will
adhere to UMass Chan agile framework guidelines, with the goal of
ensuring quality deliverables that achieve customer satisfaction.
The Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for interpreting
the business and clinical requirements of various programs, and to
translate these requirements into functional requirements via
features, user stories, leveraging wireframes or other deliverables
to facilitate the creation, modification or enhancement of critical
applications. The Business Systems Analyst will be a key
contributor in the implementation of these projects as well as
providing ongoing product support.
Responsibilities
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Accountable for developing subject
matter expertise for the products and customers that their
development team serves as well as understanding how to help drive
delivery within the empowered team's working agreement and
definition of done.Compose User Stories including necessary tasks
and acceptance criteria under the direction of the Product Owner or
in the capacity of acting Product Owner for smaller
efforts.Develop, adapt, and facilitate scrum framework including
backlog through all sprints of product release phases and capable
of serving as acting Scrum Master as necessary.Assist the Product
Owner in leading and communicating the release plan for the
product.Work directly with Best Practice leader to create and
contribute to the Agile Development Framework for individual
teams.Actively engage with other product owners, business system
analysts and scrum masters in developing a comprehensive strategy
around the development of IT products and services.Contribute
meaningfully in the evaluation and acquisition of related software,
products, and services as needed by clients as an in-house
technologist.Work with Product Owners, Customers, Development Team,
QA and/or Dev Ops Support and key technical resources to identify
stories to be added to the backlog.Support ordering and managing of
the backlog of user stories and product defects to ensure that the
work defined for the team is meaningful to the customer, yet
realistic and attainable for the development teams.Assist in the
planning, coordinating, and documenting product related development
activities of large scale and highly visible projects that will
vary in scope and affected business units.Assist in the QA process
to ensure that functionality meets definition of done and meets
acceptance criteria of user stories.Assist in the on-going
communication with all appropriate parties to ensure that the
product's objectives, scope, and expected deliverables throughout
the product/project delivery lifecycle are effectively socialized
with all stakeholders.Work with development teams as an effective
communication facilitator to address questions and concerns
regarding user stories or other artifacts developed during
sprints.Intersect with development for committing backlog items to
sprint deliverables (where needed assist PO with negotiation
process to define what gets put in each
iteration/sprint).Participate in "Post-Live" retrospectives of
releases to review whether the delivery met expectations and to
identify potential areas for improvement. Documents results of
retrospective and recommendationsPerform other duties as
required.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in computer
science, information management technology, or equivalent
experience.3 years demonstrated experience of influencing the
decision-making process within in an incremental software delivery
model, experience working in an Agile/Scrum framework, SDLC or
Rapid Application development environment, experience working with
technology teams in the implementation of infrastructure, security
and engineering enterprise product software, and an established
track record of delivering on commitmentsExcellent written and oral
communication skills who can easily tailor message and
communication style based on the defined audience, including
vendors.Effective listener, who can translate and communicate needs
and motivate teams to achieve measureable results that improve upon
the current business processDemonstrated ability to be innovative,
flexible, engaging and empowered throughout the delivery
cycleAbility to generate solutions that solve customers' needs
while adhering to software development best practices.Ability to
understand customer needs and their business challenges as it
relates to the product/application development lifecycle and
ensuring a high level of customer engagement during deliveryAbility
to work seamlessly within any of the defined software delivery
modelsStrong organizational skills and the ability to handle
multiple products concurrentlyAbility to travel to off-site
locations
Additional Information
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Prior consulting experienceCSM or PSM
certificationFamiliarity with road mapping tools such as Aha or
Agile delivery tools such as TFS.
Keywords: UMass Med School, Worcester , Business Systems Analyst - remote, Professions , Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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