Primarily remote but do need to be onsite 1-2x/month in Riverdale, Utah.
Role Summary:
Align with Project Managers to support projects within the IT space. Liaise between stakeholders and developers to elicit and document requirements. Waterfall and Agile hybrid environment. BA’s generally start with a BRD and break into workable epics, features and stories in JIRA for development and delivery. Business Analyst should be able to write BRDs, FRDs, use cases, user stories, workflow diagrams, process mapping, data mapping and visualizations.
Should have technical acumen and understanding of the software development lifecycle and systems architecture, so they can add value to technical conversations, identify and mitigate risks, be proactive in planning and looping the correct individuals/teams to support initiatives. Ex. if we need to build this feature, we will need to integrate with these systems, build APIs or web services, ensure proper data mapping in the database, connectivity to systems, UI components, etc. Understanding of application layers and how systems communicate at a high level to spearhead the effort and engage the right teams and technical resources.
Day to Day:
- Supporting 3-5 projects simultaneously
- Collaborate with BA assigned to project
- Communication with stakeholders
- Attend project status meetings
- Attend PM team meetings / training and side projects (developing SOPs for the team)
Required Experience:
- Senior IT/Technical Project Manager with 10-15+ years of experience
- Technical acumen, understanding of systems architecture and experience working with technical teams
- Experience working in hybrid environments, Agile and Scrum
- Ability to work with difficult stake holders and own their projects
Preferred Experience:
- Banking/FS experience
- JIRA/Confluence
Company Overview: 6th largest credit union is the U.S. that is rapidly growing and expanding in the Western U.S.
Project/Position Overview: Looking for an experienced technical and functional Sr. IT Project Manager to join their PMO and take on multiple technical projects (4-5).
Team Size: 25
Team Structure: Project Manager and Business Analyst assigned, business units assign SMEs, resource management will align IT resources
Soft Skills: Technical acumen, detail oriented, proactive and will speak up/add value, ability to dig in with stakeholders to develop detailed and thorough requirements, driving conversations
Key Stakeholders: IT groups, mainframe team, app dev team, database teams, QA, ops and infra teams - business users to VPs
Deliverables: BRDs, FRDs, epics, features, user stories, workflow diagrams, process and data mapping, visualizations
Framework: Hybrid, Waterfall and Agile
Tools/Technology: JIRA, Confluence, Visio
Education/Certification: N/A
