Business Analyst/Project Manager

Are you tired of working on the same application day in and day out? Are you someone who takes pride in your work and the team you work with? Are you excited to take on challenging projects that help you evolve as a person? Perfect! WWC is constantly working with a variety of clients that allow you to put your expertise to work, and we need you on our team.

You are motivated, fun, and ready to collaborate with a talented team to build awesome software applications. You take pride in your work and strive for continual improvement. You love the idea of joining a flexible company like We Write Code where you can have an active role in helping us shape the future of our company, culture, and team. Bottom line, you want to provide value. Not just for our company, but for the companies we work with.

For the right person, this hybrid position offers project manager and business analyst opportunities – however business analysis skills are most important for this role.

The following skills or qualifications in our ideal candidate:

• Proficiency in creation of business analysis and project management deliverables.
• 4-5 years of combined business analysis and project management experience.
• Someone to take ownership of a project, make it their own; and have fun while doing it.
• A bit of Charisma while communicating with stakeholders and clients, but able to buckle down and have a clear vision of the end goal.
• Someone who wants to listen to expectations, ask questions, and is determined to find the right path for every client.
• Experience managing a large number of concurrent projects in a product-oriented environment.
• Past Experience as a software development architect, technical lead, software developer, or QA analyst.
• Experience in Agile methodology and with agile project delivery methods.
• Proven problem solving skills, with ability to resolve complex issues in an environment of rapid change professionally and with an electric positive attitude; ability to ask questions, detect unstated assumptions, and resolve conflicts.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems independently, to initiate and complete work assignments effectively with minimal supervision.
• Ability to navigate many different tasks, while having clarity to prioritize.
• PMP, CSM, or any other BA certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related discipline, or related professional experience.
• Experience working with JIRA/Confluence or similar tools.
• Experience with portfolio management, project management, requirements management, and application lifecycle management processes.
• Experience managing projects involving software development, infrastructure upgrades, COTS and SaaS implementations with in-house staff and external vendors.
• Ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse views, build and maintain respectful relationships and collaborate with others.
• Experience gathering and writing requirements for software applications.

A list of responsibilities for our Business Analysts

• Identify business areas that can be improved to increase efficiency and strengthen business processes.
• Create and manage product backlogs prioritizing epics, features, and user stories according to customer expectations, market changes, future business needs and organizational priorities;
• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies, which include stand up meetings, backlog grooming, iteration/sprint planning, story pointing, demos, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Create and maintain project management deliverables including project charter, project schedule, contracts, status reports, issues, risks, communication plan(both internal and external), project portfolio data, project KPIs, and cost reports.
• Assists in developing a feature list and rapidly adapts to change during iterations.
• Rank requirements in relative importance of implementing each requirement against all other requirements.
• Assists and support in QA and UAT testing
• Gather and document solution requirements that are unambiguous, testable, and traceable; ability to verify and validate testable requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, business units, technical team, and external partners such as vendors from project initiation to delivery.
• Create and maintain business analysis deliverables such as process maps, user story maps, requirements documents, and use cases.
• Consults directly with designers and developers on interpretation of user stories and features and approaches for testing software.

About the Company

At We Write Code, we believe great ideas deserve great software. We design and develop awesome applications – from startup ideas to enterprise systems – working on projects of any type and size. We take the time to get to know our client’s goals and strategic vision so we are able to craft an elegant and custom-built solution that fits their needs.

We’re also a big believer in building a team that likes to balance work with fun. We’re big nerds when it comes to technology, we like to go out for sushi and tacos as often as possible, and we get excited when we’ve got a new band to share with the team. We work hard so we can be proud of what we’re building for our clients, and we want our team to be excited to work in an environment that strives to make that possible.

The most important part of We Write Code is our culture. We are a group of individuals that aren't afraid to show our truest personalities and If you play D&D and like tacos, and you prefer dogs to cats, you are in the right place.

We are a company that believes that developing software is more than just writing code, its about the bonds and relationships built along the way.

We look forward to meeting you!