Hybrid Senior Business Analyst

at RELX

• Job title: Senior Business Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $77,300 - $128,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Alpharetta, United States

About the role

• Business Analyst linking product and engineering teams in insurance solutions at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Streamlining productivity and overseeing technical requirements in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Within your Product vertical, own full subject matter expertise and documentation of all work as it moves from product to engineering.
• Define scope and risk for new product concepts, work closely with Product Management and Design to understand needs, goals, and deliverables.
• Manage outward and upward, helping to coach fellow team members on how work can be done effectively and with minimal risk.
• Partner closely with Product Design and UX team members to verify documented work will match desired functionality, be a champion for great user experiences.
• Own JIRA and ticketization on all fronts — oversee the board in partnership with Product Management contribute to all tickets being well documented, be the first-line-of-defense for any questions or frustrations from engineering.
• Participate in all sprint ceremonies: sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, and retros.
• Own any of these areas as needed if you’re the most qualified in the room.
• Oversee a number of release management tasks, including change management documentation, QA testing requirements, and go-no-go preparation.
• Keep partners in product accountable to metrics driven results, call timeout if requirements are coming over without a success metric attached to them.
• Partner with Product Management to triage bugs and document fixes.
• Help set business-side expectations as needed around timing.
• Promote a positive, well intentioned, fun and energetic environment where the team is excited to collaborate and do excellent work
• Mentor and encourage team members to do great work, learn from their mistakes, and enjoy the journey.

Requirements

• Curious and technical at heart, with the ability to learn complex systems across the engineering landscape (front-end, back-end, mobile, and big data).
• 5+ years of Agile product delivery under your belt, ideally measuring success with hard facts, metrics, and data.
• A deep passion for the innovation and discovery side of product — a willingness to find the balance between creativity and realistic delivery
• Willing to ‘work small’ shipping value sprint over sprint and working towards constant iterative improvement.
• Excellent documentation capability and a willingness to always be the one documenting, be it: early-stage discovery note taking, product requirements documentation, JIRA work tickets, technical systems diagrams, as well as change management and training materials.
• Empathy for customers and consumers as well as fellow team members across the organization.
• A positive attitude and willingness to always be open-minded in team engagements.
• You believe in ego-free work, willing to throw away work and start over when needed because it helps create alignment and understanding.
• Smart, humble, and self-motivated.
• A team player who is comfortable taking ownership, trying things, and learning from mistakes.
• Ability to drive alignment between various levels of stakeholders and team members — juggling needs and communication at all levels of the organization.
• Focus on craftsmanship and quality

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice