The Client HealthSpring Medicare Data Quality Operations (MDQO) application development team is looking for an agile business analyst (BA) to fill a critical role.
This BA will gather requirements; work with the internal business community, technical teams and MDQO staff to build quality software for company operations related to the MDQO mandate. The person that fills this role will have experience fulfilling CMS objectives in a health insurance environment, compliance initiatives, and developing related quality agile requirements for technical development teams.
The ideal candidate will have successful experience writing requirements for CMS related software applications for plans, claims, medical health records, providers, members, vendors and submissions that get handed to an agile engineering team.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities and Accountabilities Execute responsibilities with an understanding of product vision, strategic objectives, and priorities Translate high-level strategy & product direction into features, epics and user stories Prioritize in the product backlog for selection for sprint backlog Act as primary interface to the scrum team and provide user stories and define business driven test cases Create, maintain, prioritize, and own the product backlog with respect to business value and stakeholder input Identify product release content by collaborating with stakeholders, project management and technical teams Participate in developing realistic timelines based on requirements, resources and departmental needs Convey vision and goals for software releases to project management and development teams Represent stakeholders, end users and customers to the technical support team Assist with the elaboration of the user stories and requirements Participate in the planning meetings, reviews (demo) and retrospective meetings Coordinate with other agile product owners in release planning for cross-product initiatives Participate in creation of low or high fidelity prototypes Is subject matter expert (SME) in specific business knowledge related to product initiatives Is the primary interface to the scrum team and provides them with user stories Helps development teams define business driven test cases Accepts or rejects product development results related to the business need and established requirements Identifies and prepares materials for, and delivers internal training for new features as needed Skills: Required Skills and Abilities: 3 years of Agile experience Excellent written and oral communication skills required Strong interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution and negotiation skills Strong product & project management skills Experience with requirements: elicitation, gathering, documentation and management Technical experience developing applications preferably in an enterprise setting Proven ability to quickly learn new business domains and technical applications Experience with enterprise software development of windows, web-based, data, reporting, or similar systems Excellent collaboration skills across departments and roles Analytical mindset Demonstrates functional and conceptual understanding of technical matters related to software development Required Core Competencies: Resourceful initiation through enthusiastic and courteous communication Accomplish objectives through teamwork Identify and analyze problems, propose solutions, anticipate failures Complete quality projects accurately and thoroughly with little supervision Excel in planning, organization and prioritization Effectively communicate to diverse audiences orally and in writing Must understand basic enterprise application development practices Translate project vision into realistic requirements Works with the development and project managers to ensure good planning Interpret business needs into written requirements Translate technical concerns for the stakeholders Manage stakeholder and business owner expectations with project management’s help Identify, model and document requirements and business domain details Represent project stakeholders throughout the process of development and ongoing operations when Aid in writing user acceptance test (UAT) cases Be a liaison between project stakeholders and your testing organization during UAT Identify quality assurance test requirements by writing acceptance criteria Facilitate requirements sessions with business partners and stakeholders Help determine the scope of projects Write use cases Design prototype screens (wireframe) Education: Technical Bachelor degree in Information Systems, Data Systems or Informatics preferred. Will consider other appropriate education and experience blends.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM),
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