Senior Business Analyst at steampunkMcLean, Virginia, United States — full-time

Overview

As a Steampunk Senior Business Analyst, you’ll be asked to serve as the Business Analyst on an Agile software development team.

Contributions

Must have experience managing Agile/Information Technology related projects and must be well versed in software development life cycle and project management methodologies
Must be able to identify and mitigate risks.
Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members to produce product and portfolio road-maps
Define help project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
Support managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help to implement an effective system of project governance.
Serves business engagement by making sure team issues are escalated, worked, and resolved
Collaborates with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team.
Document Acceptance Criteria in stories in a way that both development team and business stakeholders can understand and agree on the content.
Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.