Hybrid role 3X a week in office in Elk Grove, CA; no remote capabilities

ALLDATA is the industry’s #1 choice for unedited OEM automotive repair and collision information. Founded in 1986, the Elk Grove, California-based company has more than 115,000 subscribers worldwide who rely on us for access to the OEM-accurate information and procedures they need for safe and accurate repairs. More than 400,000 technicians trust ALLDATA’s industry-leading software solutions for faster diagnostics, updated OEM information covering 95% of vehicles on the road today, and simpler shop management. With the support of our parent company, AutoZone, we are an employer of choice for those who are passionate about working for a leader in the automotive software industry.

Position Summary:

The Business Analyst is assigned to work with 2-3 Scrum teams and is responsible for performing discovery, requirements elicitation and requirements documentation work. This team member documents all requirements in user stories and manage all grooming sessions with the Scrum teams. The Business Analyst supports all of the activities of the Product Manager(s) assigned to the respective teams.

Position Responsibilities - Other duties may be assigned:

· Demonstrate sufficient level of product competency.

· Conduct and document findings from discovery sessions and requirement elicitation meetings to define business requirements for product development priorities.

· Write user stories and participate in prioritization of backlog.

· Serve as liaison between business, architects and development teams.

· Conduct grooming sessions and manage stories through to completion.

· Support product manager, product owner and scrum master in product implementation.

· Facilitate product or project meetings.

· Write acceptance criteria for purposes of building test documentation.

· Ad-hoc testing.

· Use case modeling.

· In absence of scrum master, conduct scrum practices and guide teams.

· Participate in the review and/or analysis of customer feedback.

· Support roadmap creation and management.

· Participate in all scrum activities/ceremonies.

· Create product and/or product-related process documentation.

· Consistently demonstrate the ability to independently lead discussions/meetings related to the product, write clear stories with comprehensive acceptance criteria, create thorough and accurate product documentation and perform product/process analysis, yielding clear results that meet the task objectives.

· Consistently attend and take an active role in all meetings, such that participation is an on-going effort to drive the delivery of value to customers and the organization and/or resolve impediments to the process.

· Provide clear, concise and timely communication to all members of the scrum team and any product stakeholders to deliver the value of current and future sprints.

· Independently manage assigned meetings to produce the desired outcome in a time-efficient manner based on a clear set of self-defined meeting objectives.

· Demonstrate understanding and produce work based on the priorities that provide value to customers and the organization.

· Consistently produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner, self-assigning dates/times for delivery and meeting delivery due dates.

· Create comprehensive, clear and accurate documentation to ensure effective development and testing of products and solutions.

· Consistently meets the values outlined in the AutoZone Pledge & Values.

Position Requirements:

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a closely related engineering field is required.

· 2+ years of professional experience in business analysis and requirements definition.

· Professional experience contributing to the Software Development Life Cycle for a commercial product and/or an internal Business System.

· Experience in an Agile Scrum environment preferred.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Excellent interpersonal skills and abilities to successfully interact with peers, departments outside of the Technology team and members of the management team.

· Excellent organizational skills.

· Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.

· Comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the SDLC.

· Effective analytical/problem solving and research skills.

Salary: $94,000 - $165,000

Compensation Range (USD): MIN 94000.0 - MID 129000.0 - MAX 165000.0

AutoZone, and its subsidiary, ALLDATA are equal opportunity employers. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other legally protected categories.