Business Analyst III (Product Owner) - Document 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

Our software business systems are built to provide efficiency and functionality to our branch offices and warehouses, allowing Expeditors to provide outstanding customer service and competitive rates. Our internal and external systems are an integrated suite of collaborative supply chain software applications that are designed to assist our operations teams and customers in managing international and domestic shipping challenges.

The document management team focuses on building and sustaining the digital creation, storage, and movement of documents related to shipments, supply chain, customs, and accounting.

 Job Description

You will be part of an Agile Team that strives to ensure our systems support our users, and ultimately shareholders, by providing the value they need most. You will have a direct role in driving a shared understanding of business goals and objectives between Business and IS, to deliver quality systems that meet business needs. By employing a variety of business, process, data, and system analysis techniques, the Business Analyst aligns stakeholders, reduces ambiguity and risk, and defines solutions that meet defined goals and objectives. The successful Business Analyst on the Document Management team is passionate about making sure the team is adding the most value possible for its stakeholders.

 Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Manager, architects and program stakeholders in building and prioritizing team backlog.
• Elicit and analyze functional and non-functional requirements. Craft meaningful requirements and specifications that align stakeholder needs to system capabilities. 
• Create clearly defined user stories.
• Lead requirements discussions, specification reviews, and backlog grooming sessions to achieve shared understanding.
• Collaborate to design high-value and sensible IS solutions, making sure both functional and non-functional requirements are addressed in the design and the test plans.
• Help the team meet its objectives by assisting with other aspects of the development process where possible.
• Proactively and continuously improve business and system knowledge and improve processes.

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, or equivalent, in Computer Science or a closely related field of study (such as Management Information Systems).
• 5+ years of business, process, data, and/or systems analysis experience in software development.
• Aptitude for business analysis demonstrated through applied skills and knowledge.
• Proficiency with the system development lifecycle, including agile techniques.
• Effective at navigating ambiguity and driving diverse teams towards clarity and consensus.
• Effective at eliciting, analyzing, and crafting meaningful stakeholder requirements and specifications. 
• Effective at researching and resolving issues. 
• Ability to simplify complex business and technical needs.
• Ability to clearly communicate details and concepts to a broad range of audiences.
• Ability to compose concepts, ideas, and designs into actionable, measurable deliverables.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, as well as verbal and written communication skills.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Broad knowledge of database structures, data relationships, and data modeling.
• Working knowledge of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) with the ability to effectively communicate business requirements through Business Object Models, State Diagrams, and other UML diagrams.
• Demonstrated leadership.
• SAFe familiarity and/or certification.
• Experience working in a logistics business domain.

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: $100,000 to 145,000

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.