Business Systems Analyst at Horizontal Talent in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

• Analyzes business and user needs, documents user flows, and revises existing systems and software as necessary to support testing.
• Provides planning, estimation, and management of medium to high complexity projects using established methodologies and project management practices.
• Responds to requests for information, including providing sprint reports, weekly statuses, root cause analysis etc.
• Provides analytical support to testing team for user flow planning and decision-making.
• Formulates and defines test scope and objectives through the various releases. Writes procedures and provides training for testers and less experienced staff.
• Ability to empower a self-organized team to work together on product delivery.
• Familiar with Automated Acceptance Testing and the ability to shape sprint planning around this model.
• Champion Agile principles and demonstrate ability to teach, mentor, facilitate and coach teams to continuously improve while using the Agile/Scrum framework.
• Ability to manage the Agile software development lifecycle from project initiation to releasing to production.
• Ability to challenge teams to break down stories into reasonable sizes so that work can be delivered in every sprint.
• Oversee the day-to-day work of the Testing team by providing leadership direction, facilitation, and coaching to the team and its product owners.
• Coordinate development dependencies that may span multiple development teams.
• Work with project stakeholders to define release scope, and deliverables in support of business goals.
• Act as a primary communication hub between functional departments and the scrum team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time.
• Participate in creating and managing project timelines as per the project schedule so that timelines are met.
• Remove impediments for the teams and escalate the need for resolution of impediments to Stakeholders such as product teams, scrum teams, as needed.
• Coordinate and oversee performance of resources and set expectations accordingly; and work with resource manager to address performance issues, as appropriate.
• Develop and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Coordinate and facilitate sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospectives.
• Drive development of release and sprint roadmaps.
• Assist product owners with backlog creation and grooming of stories (user flow journeys).
• Promote Agile and Scrum best practices across the organization.
• Report status of teams to executive audience.
• Possess general understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and system design.
• Proven experience managing large, complex web application development is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in any business/technical discipline or equivalent experience required.


Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $66 - $74 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.