Analyst 3 - Requirements Analysis

Role: Requirements Analysis

Location: San Diego,CA (Remote)

Duration: 12 months

Job Summary:

The primary responsibilities of the Requirements Analyst will include managing and prioritizing the product backlog and developing detailed requirements, stories, and tasks.

To accomplish this, you will:

• Work with the market product team to define and document product and feature requirements
• Liaise with platform customers to ensure that issues and defects are triaged, prioritized, and remediated
• Collaborate with other Requirements Analysts to manage release coordination activities and partner for value delivery

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements Definition & Analysis:

• Develop crisp product and feature scope documents that can be used to drive product specifications and architecture
• Ensure a clear understanding of product objectives and priorities for the product owner and development team

Backlog Management:

• Work with the product manager to prepare and prioritize the product backlog
• Ensure efficient workflow and alignment with product vision and business value

Stakeholder Communication:

• Keep clients and collaborators informed on product status
• Lead product release plans and set expectations for new functionalities

Project Management & Dependency Oversight:

• Provide leadership in mitigating impediments and ensuring governance for change management
• Lead adjustments to plans and manage dependencies to facilitate successful completion of Release/Sprint Goals

Team Culture & Continuous Improvement:

• Drive a team culture of relentless process improvement
• Accept feedback and adjust course quickly as needed

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Participate in executing technical and/or cross-functional project work
• Understand customer needs through literature review, interviews, direct observation, and competitive analysis

Requirements Translation:

• Translate customer needs into software engineering requirements, product briefs, and feature documents
• Define specific product, packaging, and process specifications

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (Master's degree preferred)
• 3-5 years of experience in roles such as Requirements Analyst, Product Owner, or Product Manager
• 3-5 years of experience working with PaaS or SaaS products
• Strong understanding of cloud computing, APIs, and developer tools
• Demonstrated experience with work management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Aha!
• Proven track record in agile software development environments
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• Self-motivated, with the ability to thrive in team settings
• Excellent organizational and time management capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Creative thinker focused on continuous product improvement
• Ability to prioritize product features based on customer and business needs
• Experience contributing to product roadmap development