What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst/ Product Owner (Austin, TX) position at CEDENT?
W2 Position only
no c2c
Candidates Local to Texas
Job Description / Minimum Requirements:
The Worker will serve as a senior Business Analyst/Product Owner for the modernization projects. The Worker will be responsible for delivering quality products that meet the state's desired operational and technical requirements. The worker will have considerable latitude to use their experience and judgement to ensure successful completion of their assigned tasks. The Worker will be required to multi-task, analyze priorities, communicate clearly, and set expectations for the phases of the project. The worker will be responsible for communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders including program and technical staff, and other contracted and vendor resources. The Worker will participate in meetings, track deliverables and schedules, and alert management of any issues that may impact providers.
The services to be provided include, but are not limited to the following:
A. Analyzes program policies, procedures, and processes to determine the impact on business systems and functional areas.
B. Analyzes and reviews system, data, and project deliverables such as business user requirements, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans to ensure business and technical requirements are met.
C. Works with program area staff to solicit, analyze and document business processes and requirements.
D. Acts as a liaison between state staff and vendors to translate operational and business requirements to vendors.
E. Serves as the Product Owner for an agile team, including working with agile/scrum teams of contracted software vendors to implement system changes.
F. Analyzes and writes User Stories with Acceptance Criteria based on business needs and according to the Agile methodology.
G. Develops and maintains business user test scenarios and participates in systems and user acceptance testing.
H. Creates use case scenarios, test plans, and exit criteria that accurately map back to the documented business requirements or user stories.
I. Reviews, analyzes and executes test cases with a formal testing tool.
J. Tracks, documents and reports the status of testing.
K. Evaluates proposed test strategies to ensure appropriate test coverage.
L. Identifies potential project risks and issues and develops mitigation strategies,
M. Reports project status to management on established timelines.
N. Documents action items and business decisions.
O. Conducts meetings and/or presentation tasks as needed.
P. Manages schedule for deliverables as established.
Q. Other duties as assigned related to the project.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years Required/ Preferred Experience
8 years Required Experience in performing complex business analysis and writing technical documentation.
8 years Required Experience reporting project status to management including risks, issues, and key decisions.
8 years Required Experience identifying project risks and issues; and developing/implementing mitigation strategies.
8 years Required Experience in effective general written/oral communication, including documenting requirements, deliverables, test scenarios and project status.
8 years Required Experience utilizing business analysis skills and interacting with business end users to gather, validate and document business requirements and translate into technical solutions to satisfy the business needs.
8 years Required Experience performing review and approval processes of complex technical user and system requirements written by vendors.
8 years Required Experience with Microsoft Office products (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
8 years Required Experience coordinating and developing test plans/strategies, exit criteria and test scenarios.
8 years Required Experience executing detailed test cases within a complex software environment.
8 years Required Experience using testing management software.
8 years Require Experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software.
8 years Required Experience utilizing the Agile software development methodology.
8 years Required Experience as Senior Business Analyst and Agile Product Owner.
8 years Required Experience with Medicaid systems and processes.
8 years Required Experience in claims processing.
4 years Preferred Knowledge of Texas Medicaid programs.
2 years Preferred Experience with long term care services.
no c2c
Candidates Local to Texas
Job Description / Minimum Requirements:
The Worker will serve as a senior Business Analyst/Product Owner for the modernization projects. The Worker will be responsible for delivering quality products that meet the state's desired operational and technical requirements. The worker will have considerable latitude to use their experience and judgement to ensure successful completion of their assigned tasks. The Worker will be required to multi-task, analyze priorities, communicate clearly, and set expectations for the phases of the project. The worker will be responsible for communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders including program and technical staff, and other contracted and vendor resources. The Worker will participate in meetings, track deliverables and schedules, and alert management of any issues that may impact providers.
The services to be provided include, but are not limited to the following:
A. Analyzes program policies, procedures, and processes to determine the impact on business systems and functional areas.
B. Analyzes and reviews system, data, and project deliverables such as business user requirements, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans to ensure business and technical requirements are met.
C. Works with program area staff to solicit, analyze and document business processes and requirements.
D. Acts as a liaison between state staff and vendors to translate operational and business requirements to vendors.
E. Serves as the Product Owner for an agile team, including working with agile/scrum teams of contracted software vendors to implement system changes.
F. Analyzes and writes User Stories with Acceptance Criteria based on business needs and according to the Agile methodology.
G. Develops and maintains business user test scenarios and participates in systems and user acceptance testing.
H. Creates use case scenarios, test plans, and exit criteria that accurately map back to the documented business requirements or user stories.
I. Reviews, analyzes and executes test cases with a formal testing tool.
J. Tracks, documents and reports the status of testing.
K. Evaluates proposed test strategies to ensure appropriate test coverage.
L. Identifies potential project risks and issues and develops mitigation strategies,
M. Reports project status to management on established timelines.
N. Documents action items and business decisions.
O. Conducts meetings and/or presentation tasks as needed.
P. Manages schedule for deliverables as established.
Q. Other duties as assigned related to the project.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years Required/ Preferred Experience
8 years Required Experience in performing complex business analysis and writing technical documentation.
8 years Required Experience reporting project status to management including risks, issues, and key decisions.
8 years Required Experience identifying project risks and issues; and developing/implementing mitigation strategies.
8 years Required Experience in effective general written/oral communication, including documenting requirements, deliverables, test scenarios and project status.
8 years Required Experience utilizing business analysis skills and interacting with business end users to gather, validate and document business requirements and translate into technical solutions to satisfy the business needs.
8 years Required Experience performing review and approval processes of complex technical user and system requirements written by vendors.
8 years Required Experience with Microsoft Office products (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
8 years Required Experience coordinating and developing test plans/strategies, exit criteria and test scenarios.
8 years Required Experience executing detailed test cases within a complex software environment.
8 years Required Experience using testing management software.
8 years Require Experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software.
8 years Required Experience utilizing the Agile software development methodology.
8 years Required Experience as Senior Business Analyst and Agile Product Owner.
8 years Required Experience with Medicaid systems and processes.
8 years Required Experience in claims processing.
4 years Preferred Knowledge of Texas Medicaid programs.
2 years Preferred Experience with long term care services.
This is a contract position
