Business Analyst

Project Overview:

Our customer is a well-known strategy consulting firm, based in New York City and serving large real-estate development and management companies. It owns a set of digital products that help their customers to manage and improve various aspects of process and project management in their industry: from real estate development projects to large-scale facility management.

The responsibilities of the Business Analyst include (but not limited to):

• Work with project stakeholders to define project scope, goals, deliverables, business and software requirements;
• Analysis of feature functionality related to an application's existing functionalities, before its implementation;
• Break down business requirements to a manageable level and translate them into a form understandable by development team;
• Create and maintain business and software requirements documentation;
• Define software acceptance criteria and validate the product against them;
• Work with UI/UX team on product usability, provide input, and verify results;
• Translate business requirements into software requirements understandable to a development team;
• Educate development team about product features and functionality;
• Effectively manage project scope by ensuring that changes in scope are well documented and approved.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience in Requirements Management or Business Analysis; 
• Practical work experience with such systems like JIRA or VSTS; 
• Good knowledge in Agile, especially in SCRUM; 
• Well-developed communication, negotiation, and presentation skills; 
• Upper-intermediate or advanced level of English; 
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills; 
• Planning and organizing, decision-making; 
• Experience working in a fast-paced project environment and adaptability. 

Nice to have: 

• Work experience in the Real Estate industry.