Business Analyst

Please review both the basic and preferred qualifications as I highlighted in Green below.

Additional Information

Location: Onsite 3-4 days per week at Grand Central location in Glendale, CA

Must haves: must have true product environmental experience

Agile environment experience

Jira Cloud, Tableau (in future)

Bullhorn #: 16089

Work location: Glendale, CA

INTERNAL NOTES:

Title: Business Analyst

Ideal Start Date: ASAP

Duration of Assignment: 5+ months

Top 3 skillsets needed: QA, Scrum, Entertainment industry exp.

Interview Schedule/Availability: Telephone followed by zoom

Misc. Info: Must give last four SSN, Birth mm/dd and email address

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When and who was their manager?

EXTERNAL JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for a talented Business Analyst to join our dynamic team. As a Business Analyst focused on building Media Platforms and Services, you will act as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technology team, translating business needs into functional requirements and ensuring that our products meet high standards of quality and user expectations.

Responsibilities

• ● Develop an understanding of the key stakeholder requirements and the technical work required to deliver solutions.

• ● Craft well-constructed technical user stories based on business goals, developer feedback, and personal expertise.

• ● Analysis and document the core capabilities and features of the product.

• ● Collaborate with other product team members to coordinate cross-product work.

• ● Work with developers to refine technical user stories for upcoming sprints.

• ● Participate in the QA of new features and provide product acceptance of new features to ensure that new features meet quality standards and user expectations.

• ● Develop and nurture relationships with external platform partners and stakeholders.

• ● Serve as a subject matter expert on functional aspects of the platform, providing guidance, support and timely product updates to cross-functional teams as needed.

• ● Gather and analyze data points to determine how products are performing and where they can be improved.

• ● Keep on top of industry trends, technologies, and techniques.

• Basic Qualifications

• ● Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience

• ● 3+ years of industry experience

• ● Prior experience in an agile development environment, with a solid understanding of SCRUM principles and methodologies

• ● Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities

• ● Proficient in translating complex concepts and requests between technical and non-technical stakeholders

• ● Comfortable working independently or collaboratively within cross-functional teams

• ● Capable of analyzing existing datasets to uncover actionable insights

Preferred Qualifications

• ● Previous experience as the analyst or associate technical product manager for a technical product team

• ● Familiarity with digital video players and streaming technologies (e.g. HLS, DRM, forensic watermarking, etc.…)

• ● A working understanding of the video distribution content supply chain

• ● Comfortable with common AWS products and architecture

• ● Ability to comprehend and interpret technical standards and specifications.

• Required Education Bachelor's or equivalent experience