Business Analyst - Project Manager

Location: Tijuana Baja California, Mexico

Duration: 12 months

Job Description: Technical Business Analyst / Project Manager

We are seeking a customer facing Technical Business Analyst/Project Manager with solid Scrum Agile experience. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team delivering IT enterprise solutions projects across multiple departments and business groups.

Key Responsibilities

Work with all stakeholders to define and document User Requirement Specification, Functional requirement Specification, Testing Validation Documentation/UAT traceability matrix and all requisite work that will determine the success of the solution

Develop and write clear user stories and technical tasks, including providing other documentation as needed (i.e. specifications, process diagrams, and other models to clarify the desired solutions) and translate product requirements into user stories and/or technical specifications.

Work with Stakeholders, product owner, development team and team lead, collaboratively, to help prioritize stories, tasks and their dependencies to ensure a smooth Project progress.

Provide guidance in test plans, test cases, test scripts to ensure that solutions tested meet requirements.

Self-managed approach to effectively gather and communicate project expectations in a clear and concise fashion to multiple stakeholders

Develop and manage detailed project plans and project schedule with identifiable critical paths, task dependencies, and major milestones.

Manage project risks, develops mitigation plans and resolves problems impacting project completion.

Timely escalation of any concerns, risks and issues pertaining to business analysis

Participate on project meetings and provide insight as appropriate.

Documenting and reporting to project leadership and senior management.

Develop and maintain business requirements and ensure they aligned with both functional and technical requirements

Establish and execute plans for improved business functions through technological advances.

Monitor the progress of an IT project to ensure timely and effective completion and provide instruction manuals and training for users of a new system or application.

Evaluate the progress of project to determine the need for adjustment in strategy.

Assess options for process improvement, including business process modeling.

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or comparable field of study.

Minimum of 3 yrs. As business analyst with experience as a project manager.

Must demonstrate superior critical thinking skills.

Experience leading business analysis activities while ensuring the traceability and optimum coverage of business requirements.

Experience managing project execution of integrated Enterprise application solution projects using Agile Scrum.

Ability to create and review project requirements to allow timely, high-quality delivery.

Experience with business analysis and quality assurance professional standards, business processes, workflows, methodologies and leading practices required.

Experience developing detailed project plans with identifiable critical paths, task dependencies, and major milestones, and pro-actively manage the agreed project plans and schedules, including holding team members accountable for timely deliverables.

Proven track record of delivering on time and on budget

Ability to estimate resources needed to achieve implementation success and ongoing support goals.

Demonstrated leadership ability in complex projects involving cross functional development teams within all levels of an organization

Excellent client relationship skills, representing the development team and ensuring that customer expectations are managed

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent time management skills

Proven IT technical background and ability to understand complex IT solutions

Ability to work effectively in a time critical

Agile or Scrum experience a must

Knowledge on ITIL V3 Foundation (Service Now)

Experience leading multiple projects in multiple domains

Ability to influence and drive change with cross functional development teams.

Knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).