Software Requirements Analyst Manager

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The Opportunity:

The Software Requirements Analyst Manager will serve as a Lead requirements analyst on assigned projects and provide management and mentorship to requirements analyst staff at Yahara. The Software Requirements Analyst Manager is focused on leading requirements analysis activities for multiple projects of any size. This role works in strong collaboration with the software engineering roles on projects to efficiently understand, define, and translate business to actionable software requirements and specifications. This position is involved in initial software discovery and definition, and ongoing development and maintenance efforts to ensure accurate implementation. This role includes direct management responsibilities for Software Requirements Analysts and Lead Software Requirements Analysts.

What You'll Do:

Business Analysis

• Create comprehensive product roadmaps based on client organizational vision.
• Collaborate on discovery projects and provide guidance to software requirements analysts and client teams leading the corresponding implementation projects.
• Conduct requirements-gathering sessions with numerous stakeholders at numerous business levels for future-state solutions.
• Analyze complex business problems and identify value-driven systems and solutions that can be leveraged.
• Formulate and define stakeholder objectives into a recommendation of potential solutions.
• Research client's market competitive advantages and disadvantages and external pressures; incorporating them into the overall solution design.
• Organize the requirements into feature-sets and prioritize into 'mandatory' versus 'desired' buckets.
• Build functionality proposals in collaboration with engineering.
• Convert requirements and solutions into actionable work units that support activities such as estimating, development and testing.
• Utilize rapid prototyping tools such as JustinMind, Sketch, or Zephyr.
• Consult with Yahara's technical teams to identify architectural dependencies; document and communicate dependencies as tasks for execution.
• Collaborate with technical team to break large product goals into smaller Epics, features and stories or similar work items.
• Identify project risks that arise from product development and escalate to project manager.
• Work as liaison between Yahara and clients to facilitate, encourage, motivate User Acceptance Testing, gather testing feedback, prioritizing bug fixes, and negotiating acceptance from the client.

Leadership

• Manage, mentor, and develop software requirements analyst staff, including conducting performance reviews and career development planning.
• Collaborate with project coordinators to lead scrum cadences as PC's develop such as stand ups, backlog grooming and estimation, sprint planning and sprint close demos. Lead scrum meetings in the absence of a PC.
• Foster a collaborative team environment and ensure knowledge sharing among software requirements analyst staff.
• Represent Requirement Analysts with other department leads as we improve project team cohesion.

Other

• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish and refine software requirements analyst methodologies, processes, and best practices.
• Actively participate in leadership team meetings and contribute to strategic organizational decisions.
• Stay up to date and incorporate learnings from industry standard entities for software development best practices.
• Facilitate the adoption and refinement of effective new processes to maintain our industry leading software development processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring:

Required

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field.
• 2 years demonstrated leadership and development of technical and process-oriented team members.
• 8 years Software requirements analyst experience with at least 2 of these years exhibiting experience with multiple, large sized projects with high complexity.
• 2 years experience in Agile Project Management and process improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for mentoring team members and leading collaborative initiatives while maintaining direct involvement in project execution
• Proven track record of developing and implementing innovative solutions that challenge conventional methods and deliver measurable competitive advantages.
• Strong, analysis, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle and customer-facing consulting practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a customer-first attitude.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple, complex priorities.

Preferred

• Strong preference for prior experience working with systems in the biotech, Health, IT or scientific realm
• Certified ScrumMaster, or Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO); Certified Agile Leadership - Organization (CAL-O)

Company Benefits & Perks:

• Over 20+ days of PTO accruable in the first year of employment
• Health insurance options to best fit you and your family's needs (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
  • HMO (copay or high-deductible health plan)
  • PPO
• Health Savings Account (HSA) option with annual employer contributions
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA) availability
• 401(k) options (Both Traditional and Roth) with guaranteed company match
• 100% company paid short-term and long-term disability
• 100% company paid life insurance plans with option to increase coverage
• On-site gym membership including basketball court
• Fresh fruit, healthy snacks, and beverages provided in office daily
• Hybrid and remote schedule availability for most positions with home office stipend
• Company supported community outreach/team volunteer opportunities
• Monthly and Quarterly Employee Recognition Awards with spot bonuses for outstanding contributions
• Bonus certification program for career development (Microsoft, AWS, PMP, IIBA, etc.)
• Employee Assistance Program includes:
  • Professional counselling for emotional wellness and life coaching
  • Legal and financial consultation and services
• 100% company paid identity theft protection plan
• Employee-run committee opportunity involvement
• Collaborative and engaged company culture founded on realized values and incredible people

If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources via email at hradmin@yaharasoftware.com

Yahara Software LLC. Is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

The current opening positions listed are full-time, in-house salaried position with competitive salary and benefits. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S on a permanent basis and can work on-site in our office located in Madison, Wisconsin. We are unable to provide any sponsorship at this time.

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