Agile Analyst II at Overland Park

Kforce is seeking an Agile Analyst II in the Overland Park, Kansas (KS) area for one of our premier clients. Kforce is a professional staffing and solutions firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions in the skill areas of technology, finance and accounting, and healthcare. We have been matching job seekers and employers since 1962 and are committed to "Great People=Great Results."

• Partner with product and process owners to understand the vision and define business value for the domain/project.


• Facilitate release planning sessions to develop and maintain the product roadmap.


• Establish the product backlog and work with the product/process owners to ensure feature-level user stories are prioritized and accurately reflect customer and business priorities.


• Lead cross-functional teams comprised of product management, operations, and other subject matter experts to facilitate user story development.


• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functionality requirements.


• Regularly refines the product backlog by adding, prioritizing, and/or removing feature-level user stories to maintain alignment to the product/project vision and roadmap.


• Prepare for iteration planning by selecting appropriate user stories and leading story review.


• Perform detailed story analysis to determine conditions of satisfaction and to understand the impact to other systems, projects, domains, and operational teams.


• Ensure delivery of Analyst artifacts as agreed to by the project/domain team in the Definition of Done.


• Participate in daily scrum meetings and take the initiative to organize other necessary meetings and ceremonies.


• Answer ad hoc questions and provide clarification/direction to development and support teams regarding user stories.


• Support day to day processing, incident triage, RPS Request process, and address questions about how the product currently works.

Education / Experience / Skills:

• BS/BA degree or 3+ years of analyst experience or product development experience


• Must have exceptional soft skills, including the ability to speak to both technical and business concerns


• Ability to think logically, critically, and constructively about complex problems and propose solutions that address expressed needs


• Ability to facilitate negotiation and build consensus amongst competing parties, ultimately driving teams to decision


• Ability to glean organizational strategy and work with stakeholders to identify and define priorities appropriately


• Proven experience and passion for facilitating requirements gathering sessions, designing customer facing interfaces (navigation, look, and feel) for complex web applications and websites.


• Excellent strengths in time management and organization skills with an aptitude toward creative problem solving.


• Possess proven leadership skills


• Ability to operate independently and effectively, making progress on tasks while dealing with process and project ambiguity


• Experience (1 year or more) with analysis in Agile, Scrum, and/or XP development environments


• Experience in medium to large business environment


• Financial industry experience and knowledge of defined contribution plans preferred


• Experience using Agile frameworks and BDD test specification frameworks a plus


• Experience with Lean preferred.


• In depth knowledge of latest Microsoft Office Products, MS Project, Internet, and email


• Working knowledge of Jira is a plus.

Country: USA, State: Kansas, City: Overland Park, Company: Kforce Inc.