Agile Business Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

(Hackettstown, New Jersey)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Our Technology organization is a strong team with over 40,000 infrastructure engineers and software developers around the globe. Our technologists identify new opportunities in the Financial Services, using cutting-edge technologies and developing new mobile and digital platforms for consumers.
Summary
As part of the GID team, the Agile Business Analyst, Product Owner works with the Chief Product Owner and other stakeholders to define and communicate product vision and requirements to the product development team(s). The Product Owner is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Product Backlog and full participation in all sprint ceremonies like the Sprint Planning Meeting and daily standups. The Product Owner ensures that the requirements are clear and complete, makes adjustments in line with overall business value and ultimately accepts or rejects the software development work.
Responsibilities
* Create, maintain, and "own" the product backlog * Executes responsibilities with an understanding of the product vision, strategic objectives, and priorities * Prioritizes stories in the product backlog for a specific team, according to business value * Translate high-level strategy & product direction into features, epics and user stories; prioritize in the product backlog for selection for sprint backlog * Is the primary interface to the Scrum Team and is responsible to provide team with user stories and help the team define the business driven test cases * Prioritize the backlog according to business value and stakeholder input * Identify product release content and timeline * Convey the vision and goal at the beginning of every release and sprint to Development Teams * Represent the stakeholders, end users and customers to the team, answers questions, and provides direction * Assist with the elaboration of the user stories and requirements * Participate in the planning meetings, reviews (demo) and retrospective meetings * Coordinate with other Agile Product Owners to coordinate release planning for cross-product initiatives. * Participates in the creation of low or high fidelity prototypes * Is subject matter expert (SME) in specific functional area(s) for assigned Scrum team * Is the primary interface to the Scrum Team and is responsible to provide team with user stories and help the team define the business driven test cases * Accepts or rejects product development results from a team * Identifies and prepares materials for and, as needed, delivers internal training for new features
Ideal Candidate
* Bachelor's Degree * Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM), preferred **Required Skills and Abilities:** * 3+ years of Agile experience * Excellent written and oral communication skills required * Strong interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution and negotiation skills * Strong product & project management skills * Experience with requirements: elicitation, gathering, documentation and management * Proven ability to quickly learn new business domains and technical applications * Experience with software development of client-server, web-based, data warehousing, reporting, or similar systems * Excellent collaboration skills across departments and roles * Analytical mindset * Demonstrated functional and conceptual understanding of technical matters related to software development **Required Core Competencies:** * Initiative and Resourcefulness: Must be a self-starter requiring minimal supervision, handle unforeseen difficulties, ability to develop new ideas and handle unusual work situations. Must be able to get things done through others. * Problem Solving: The ability to identify and analyze a problem, propose solutions, anticipate future problem areas before initiating action and implementing solutions. * Productivity: Must be goal oriented and driven based on overall business and product line objectives and priorities; achieve high quality results, complete projects accurately and thoroughly, and with little supervision. * Planning and coordination: Must excel in planning and organization to achieve job objectives, setting priorities among activities; utilizes available resources, copes with changing conditions and unforeseen events, assumes responsibility for completion of one's own work and meets deadlines. * Communication: The ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, with audiences of differing levels of technical and functional skills. * Attitude and Cooperation: Must demonstrate enthusiasm, courtesy, adaptability, flexibility and spirit of cooperation. * Teamwork: The ability to work with supervisors, peers, subordinates, support and staff personnel, keep others informed of work status and changes that relate to their activities; and stimulate team cooperation to successfully complete the task or assignment.

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