The Texas Elections Business Analyst serves a primary liaison between Texas election stakeholders, election operations personnel, product management, development, QA, and implementation teams. This role is responsible for eliciting, documenting, validating, and managing business requirements related to election administration, voter registration, absentee voting, voting history, election management, ballot certification, redistricting, reporting, public portals, and election-night processes. They can translate complex business requirements into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, validating solutions through UAT, troubleshooting production issues, and ensuring delivered functionality meets both statutory requirements and operational needs.The ideal candidate possesses deep election domain expertise, strong analytical skills, and experience supporting complex statewide election systems in a highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
Election Operations Analysis
- Analyze Texas election laws, SOS directives, business processes, and county workflows.
- Translate election statutes, administrative rules, and operational procedures into actionable business requirements.
- Support election lifecycle activities including:
- Voter Registration
- Absentee / BBM / FPCA Processing
- Voting History
- Candidate & Ballot Certification
- Election Setup
- Early Voting
- Election Day Operations
- Canvassing & Certification
- Jury Integration
- Public Information Requests (PIR)
Requirements Management
- Conduct stakeholder interviews, workshops, and requirements sessions.
- Develop:
- Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
- User Stories
- Process Flows
- Use Cases
- Functional Specifications
- Acceptance Criteria
- Manage requirements traceability from business need through deployment.
Client Engagement
- Act as a trusted advisor to:
- Texas Secretary of State staff
- State election administrators
- County election officials
- Program leadership
- Facilitate discussions regarding:
- New requirements
- Legislative changes
- Defect resolution
- Process improvements
- Operational readiness
Solution Analysis & Technical Collaboration
- Partners with Product Managers, Architects, Developers, QA, and DevOps teams to define and evaluate solution options.
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