Business Analyst II (Product Owner) - Master Data Management, IS Operational Experience

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals
• 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

Job Description

Would you like to be part of the leading edge of IT providing top tier analysis to a global logistics application development team?

As a Product Owner and Business Analyst (PO/BA), you will be joining a collaborative project agile team within the Master Data Management group. Our team designs business systems that store and manage core reference data, including location, customer, and vendor information for our global network. Expeditors has branches around the world, so the importance of data integrity and consistency is paramount. This is an opportunity for you to be on a high-performing team that serves as the center-point for consistent, real-time data for our systems.

As the Product Owner and Business Analyst on the 10-person agile team, you will be responsible for prioritizing the team backlog, helping the team to understand stories and acceptance criteria, and working with business stakeholders. By working with product managers to define the business features you will have the knowledge to help the team understand the business requirements, create business object models, and analyze the data to help create valuable solutions. As the bridge between business and development you will be translating the business needs into realistic development work.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the Agile team with business knowledge and analyst expertise
• Help the team to deliver a minimum viable product that meets the user's needs
• Collaborate with MDM Product Managers to define business features to be ready for development with requirements and acceptance criteria
• Build, refine, and maintain the team backlog in alignment with the program vision
• Communicate business details to the Agile team
• Collaborate with other Product Owners and Business Stakeholders to resolve dependencies, coordinate efforts, and deliver cross-functional initiatives and technical enablers
• Analyze and decompose complex business requirements to build software systems and influence design for testability and scalability
• Participate in team demos, reviews and retrospectives with an eye toward continuous improvement

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of software business analysis experience
• Working knowledge of the UML (Unified Modeling Language) with the ability to effectively communicate business requirements through Business Object Models, State Diagrams, and other UML diagrams
• Proficiency with the system development lifecycle, including agile techniques and other methodologies
• Proven interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
• Effective at navigating ambiguity and helping diverse teams drive towards clarity and consensus
• Management of multiple and competing priorities
• Ability to compose concepts, ideas, and designs into actionable/measureable deliverables
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication
• Ability to recognize and mitigate risks
• Desire to help the team succeed as a whole
• Customer service mindset

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• System or data analysis experience
• Understanding of the transportation and global logistics industry
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Azure Dev Ops, SharePoint
• Passion for technology
• Experience as a Product Owner for an Agile team
• Experience working with reference data and data governance products
• Comfortable working on production systems under audit like those under S404

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary:  $85,000 to $135,000

Expeditors offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees including:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.