Senior Business Analyst - Remote
About The Position
ICF seeks an energetic and curious Business Analyst to guide development of a user facing, web-based data collection tool, as well as a portfolio of business intelligence products. Job Location: Remote within the United States. This position requires that the job be performed in the United States. If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and also prohibits personal VPN connections. Our core work hours are 10am - 4pm Eastern Time with the option to start earlier or work later depending on your time zone. You may be asked to travel for a conference, for PI-Planning twice a year, or to another ICF location for collaboration once a quarter. What You Will Do: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand operational responsibilities and business needs. Analyze current processes and identify opportunities for improvement. Develop hypotheses and design experiments to validate proposed solutions. Recommend tools and technologies aligned with program goals. Participate in Program Increment Planning and contribute to thematic roadmaps. Typical projects include development of client-centric business intelligence dashboards and reports Ensure the product team delivers value iteratively using agile and SAFe practices. Duties will also include participating in release and sprint planning, obtaining tech approaches and levels of effort (LOE) for proposed enhancements or new work, presenting LOEs to client and PO to help prioritize releases, liaising between client(s), developer(s), and quality assurance tester(s), to ensure satisfaction and understanding. Plan stories for releases and sprints; participate in release planning, baselining, and development Liaising between client(s), developer(s), and quality assurance tester(s); answering developer questions Assist scrum masters and tech leads in eliminating delays and blocks to developers Breaking down Epics into functional user stories and ordering them in a way that makes sense to the product team and meets business user needs Ensuring user stories include acceptance criteria and labels that reasonably cover all areas necessary for complete testing of the functionality Help in leading refinement, and sprint planning meetings to ensure work is matched and complements each developer's strengths and objectives Working with tech leads to help identify patterns in defects and work out processes to ensure there are no reopen defects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent (applicants can substitute one year of related experience for one year of education)
- 5+ years of experience in a Business Analyst role
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
- Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
- Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years
- Independently interacting with clients on technical/functional topics, work performance and task schedule to proactively identify potential follow-on opportunities, challenging assumptions and identifying growth opportunities
- Leading client-specific initiatives from Tech Approach and LOE through delivery, including client demos
- Good leadership and team-working skills.
- Highly effective analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively at all levels of the business.
- Organized, detailed oriented and able to prioritize and multi-task.
Nice To Haves
- U.S. Citizenship or Green Card is highly prioritized due to federal contract requirements
- Scrum or other Agile certification
- Master’s degree preferred
- Ability to self-organize, priorities and conduct research on multiple projects under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience in consulting or healthcare is an advantage but not essential.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand operational responsibilities and business needs.
- Analyze current processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Develop hypotheses and design experiments to validate proposed solutions.
- Recommend tools and technologies aligned with program goals.
- Participate in Program Increment Planning and contribute to thematic roadmaps.
- Participating in release and sprint planning
- Obtaining tech approaches and levels of effort (LOE) for proposed enhancements or new work
- Presenting LOEs to client and PO to help prioritize releases
- Liaising between client(s), developer(s), and quality assurance tester(s), to ensure satisfaction and understanding
- Plan stories for releases and sprints
- Participate in release planning, baselining, and development
- Answering developer questions
- Assist scrum masters and tech leads in eliminating delays and blocks to developers
- Breaking down Epics into functional user stories and ordering them in a way that makes sense to the product team and meets business user needs
- Ensuring user stories include acceptance criteria and labels that reasonably cover all areas necessary for complete testing of the functionality
- Help in leading refinement, and sprint planning meetings to ensure work is matched and complements each developer's strengths and objectives
- Working with tech leads to help identify patterns in defects and work out processes to ensure there are no reopen defects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
