Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst/Agilist, you will be an experienced leader that works closely with project stakeholders and coaches cross-functional agile teams to deliver and support complex software capabilities and offerings. The Business Analyst/Agilist leads requirements identification and elicits stakeholder goals/needs while also guiding and facilitating the Scrum and/or Kanban teams involved in a large, fast-paced program implementing complex technology for business-oriented solutions. This individual enables the effective application of the Agile lifecycle and associated ceremonies, ensuring the agreed-upon agile practice is being followed, removes impediments and fosters a high-performing team with a focus on continuous improvement for quality and timely delivery.

The key responsibilities of a Business Analyst/Agilist include:

• Facilitate requirement identification
• Document user requirements as backlog items
• Coordinate with stakeholders to identify goals and project priorities
• Works closely with clients to define the business problem, issues and planned approach for one or more engagement components
• Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables that support business goals
• Guide, coach, and motivate teams with the goal of increasing productivity
• Organize and lead agile ceremonies
• Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on productive conflict resolution and problem-solving
• Prepare and present deliverables including monthly status reports
• Coordinate activities with other teams across the program
• Monitor delivery health by understanding and leveraging metrics, delivery dashboards, risk mitigation strategies, dependency coordination, and feedback loops.
• Manage Sprint and Product backlogs
• Oversees performance of engagement data collection, research and reporting activities and staff
• Leads analyses for key solution elements

Do you have what it takes? Are you driven to implement creative solutions that unravel complex and ever-changing challenges? We value passion, curiosity, and perseverance with an ability to communicate ideas and results to diverse audiences. We look for people who thrive in collaborative and independent assignments, have the aptitude to learn new data quickly, and who are willing to mentor junior team members.

Key skills we look for include:

• Exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
• Excellent team player and team builder
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with diverse personality types
• Agile experience in a complex, large-scale enterprise capabilities in lead role
• Experience in Jira
• Proven knowledge and experience with agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and mentor the team to reach their highest potential
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level and communicate agile methodologies within the organization
• Strong ability to manage multiple agile teams and ensure a proper balance between client, business and technology teams, and management
• Must be self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex problems
• B.S. or B.A. degree required
• Minimum experience requirements: twelve (12) years of experience required
• Must have or be willing to obtain Secret Clearance (this requires US Citizenship)
• Acceptable candidates must successfully pass a drug test and background screen

Preferred skills for this position:

• Agile certification

Location: Dayton/Cincinnati/Columbus, OH area highly preferred, remote considered

A little more about us. At Illumination Works, we know data, and we should, we’ve been doing it since we started in 2006! We specialize in everything data from big data to data science, software ​engineering, data management, and cloud development. Illumination Works is a trusted technology partner in user-centered digital transformation—delivering impactful business results to clients. We partner with ​customers to solve their unique technology and data challenges​, and stay on top of modern technologies ​and advancements leveraging our ​Innovation Lab. ​

Why choose us? We invest in our employees in all aspects of their life and we value family. We offer market competitive salary, a generous PTO package, and comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans. We also offer 401K, short/long-term disability insurance, a fun and engaging culture, and training opportunities to keep you up to speed on the latest technologies.

Illumination Works is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. Acceptable candidates must successfully pass a drug test and background screen.