Business Analyst / Project manager

Business Analyst / Project manager

Experience

5-7 Years

Work Location

Farmington Hills, MI

Industry Type

Information Technology and Services; Computer Software

About You

• Self-motivated: You can work with a minimum of supervision and be capable of strategically prioritizing multiple tasks in a proactive manner.

• Driven: You are a driven team player, collaborator, and relationship builder whose infectious can-do attitude inspires others and encourages great performance in a fast-moving environment.

• Entrepreneurial: You thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment and you’re excited by the chance to play a large role.

• Passionate: You must be passionate about online collaboration and ensuring our clients are successful; we love seeing hunger and ambition.

• Can-Do Attitude: Thrive in a startup mentality with a “whatever it takes” attitude.

Responsibilities

Define Solutions & Document Requirements

• Gather business requirements via proactive communication and collaboration with partners, clients, industry and internal experts.

• Understand the business processes and need in software development projects

• Document business requirements and specifications, including functional and non-functional requirements, flow charts, process descriptions, user cases, user stories, acceptance criteria and data specifications

• Assist the testing team in developing test cases, reviewing them and signing off on the final outcome

• Work with technical architects who have responsibility to design solutions that meet the requirements. Collaborate with business and technical resources internally and externally to achieve the solution

• Serve as the conduit between the client stakeholders and the software development team, including the offshore development team.

Deliver Solutions

• Ensure the on-time release of deliverables by coordinating schedules with development teams, Softura partners and clients. Development teams may include offshore project managers, development managers, technical lead, developers and QA

• Coordinate deliverables into requirements road-maps and technical solution road-maps

• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and manage the feedback from the client

• Report on key metrics of a project to internal stakeholders and client key stakeholders

• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog as per business value and needs

• Manage project schedule and Work Breakdown Structure, create and update Requirements Traceability Matrix, track and report hours spent against estimates, review and approve time sheets, track project completion, projects risks, project funds and provide a weekly project update to internal and external stakeholders

• Manage enhancement and change requests, estimate added efforts and execute change orders in a timely manner

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Computer Science

• 5-7 years of experience as a Business Analyst/Project Manager developing business requirements, process flows, and program charters and/or statements of work

• Experience running client meetings for gathering requirements, managing projects, collaborating on solutions and resolving issues

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal teams and external customers, technical and non-technical staff, stakeholders, and development teams

• Excellent teamwork skills

• A strong background in technology, analysis and critical evaluation of information gathered from multiple sources

• Ability to understand technology and business process and how the two are dependent upon one another for solution delivery

• Prepare and communicate status reports to team and management

• Elicit business requirements from key stakeholders by using interviews, document analysis requirements workshops, task and workflow analysis

• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

• Manage multiple projects from small to large scale in a cross-functional environment

• Able to work independently, be a collaborative team player, excellent time management and prioritization skills, able to manage a heavy workload at times, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude, and providing exemplary customer service

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business or Computer Science

• Experience with Agile software development or Scrum Master Certification

• Hands-on programming experience developing web or mobile applications in C#, Java, ASP.net

• Experience in object oriented analysis and design using UML methodology

Why Work With Us

• If you’re looking to make an impact, Softura is the place for you. We are a young organization and growing fast. You have the freedom to experiment, learn and grow with like-minded people.

• We focus on getting things done thru our team of people who bring creativity, energy and excellence to every engagement.

• The breadth of what we do means exceptional opportunities for learning and development. We grow when our employees grow, so we give them lots of opportunities to learn and grow.

• As a group, we are flat and treat everyone the same. Work doesn’t always have to be serious, we strive to have activities to keep our employee’s fun filled with high-energy

Benefits

Benefits and compensation include health insurance for employees, retirement plans and competitive compensation.

• Competitive salary

• Flexible start and finish times, with opportunities to work from home

• Comprehensive training and career development program

Company Overview

About Softura: Softura is a leading IT Services company with 25+ years of experience in the US and in India, delivering solutions across many industries and verticals. Powered by 400+ professionals we Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver high-quality custom software solutions both On-Shore and Off-Shore. As a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, we have the experience and expertise to deliver unparalleled solutions for your unique business needs.