Product Analyst

Job Title- Product Analyst

Project Location Downtown Chicago IL (Hybrid - 3x)

Duration- 12 months contract

VISA: USC/GC Only

Job Description: Project Overview:
The Azure Central APIM team is the development squad within Integration Services responsible for deployment management and support of the Azure Central API Management Platform for ***. This will enable *** govern API estate in a modern controlled manner ensuring adoption and consistency of standards across the bank and for our clients. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Business Analyst to join our dynamic team as we expand our Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) component. The ideal candidate will have experience with API data platforms and an understanding of Data platforms Event and or messaging platforms (e.g. Kafka) test-driven development and user-focused platform service documentation. You will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions ensuring seamless integration testing and delivery of our iPaaS initiatives.
The Product Analyst is key to ensuring the MVP delivery by facilitating between product needs and development teams.

Contractors Role:
Assist the Azure Central APIM team to perform the following functions:
You will need understanding of technical components like Cloud API management products Event platforms programming languages design frameworks.
Development concepts and methodologies like ci/cd Test Driven Development BDD test pyramids non-functional requirements.
Good to have programming language understanding and data analytical skills with API specifications.
Responsible for gathering requirements and refining the product backlog translating designs into features/epics documenting user stories and interacting with developers QA and business partners to ensure understanding of the deliverables.
Product analysts are at the heart of product planning and development helping teams create products by delivering data-driven insights about customers and markets including areas of improvement in the product lifecycle. They provide insight that drives management decisions on product direction and investment.

Experience Level: 3 Senior;8 years of experience

Qualifications (must haves):
Strong understanding of integration frameworks and middleware technologies.
Proficient in gathering and translating business requirements into technical specifications.
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Business Administration or related field.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Comfortable working closely with cross-functional development teams of engineers designers researchers strategists and scrum masters
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum roles artifacts and ceremonies
Strong interpersonal/communication skills
Experience in the product development lifecycle
Conducting business analysis and translating business requirements to customer experience and development needs

Tasks & Responsibilities:
> Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit analyse and document business requirements for iPaaS solutions.
> Develop detailed functional specifications user stories and acceptance criteria. And keep track of them in the requirement management software like ADO / SharePoint Office 365 and maintain traceability.
> Work closely with the development team to design and implement test-driven development (TDD) practices.
> Create and manage user-focused documentation for platform services.
> Lead and participate in 3 Amigos sessions to refine requirements and clarify ambiguities.
> Develop onboarding materials and processes for new team members and users of the platform.
> Leverage extensive experience with data platforms to provide insights and recommendations.
> Build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
> Participate in signoff and release processes.
> Perform the following General Product Analyst work
> Monitor product performance
> Identify patterns and trends that indicate how well a product performs gather and analyze customer feedback data to gauge performance
> Utilize data to understand customer perception of products
> Conduct in-depth interviews with individual customers facilitate focus groups or even create polls to collect feedback
> Evaluate products and find ways to improve performance
> Draw insights about products from the data gathered.
> Evaluate products to determine how they can be improved or updated
> Create reports and presentations about product data findings such as charts graphs tables or other visuals - to represent the data in a way stakeholders easily understand