Business Analyst / Project Manager

At Imagine we go beyond print to help our clients deliver game-changing visual communications from concept to delivery that set the standard for our industry. The first step in this process is hiring great employees! Our innovative teams are the most committed, highly experienced artisans in the business. We are committed to delivering high-quality marketing solutions, in every environment and campaign, helping our clients capture the heart, minds, and loyalty of their customers. For more than 30 years, The Imagine Group has established itself as one of the most influential and innovative visual communications companies in the industry. Join us and let's Imagine a better way together.

Position Summary:

The Business Analyst / Project Manager brings value to the organization by articulating the needs and the rationale for change, and to design and describe solutions that can deliver value. They not only outline the initial specifications, but also coordinate all the moving parts and teams throughout the SDLC.

In addition to discovering and documenting requirements, they create and facilitate the execution and validation of the acceptance criteria, manage the deliverables, and often assist in supporting existing applications and customers.

Location: This positioncan either be fully Remote or Hybrid (1-2 days onsite) in the surrounding areas of Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, Il, or Charlotte, NC.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Elicit high level requirements from project sponsor in initial meetings and facilitate subsequent meetings with SMEs to obtain enough detail to write user stories, use cases or functional specifications.
• Create the project charter/vision document (problem statement, stakeholders, success criteria, high level requirements, constraints, etc.)
• Identify, document, and manage assumptions, issues, and risks to project success.
• Create and maintain product backlog using user stories.
• Progressively add details to the user stories with acceptance criteria, tests, and visual models to create shared understanding with the team.
• Provide ongoing consultation and clarification of the Features and Stories to development team throughout the development process to ensure their understanding of the functionality and desired outcomes.
• Write and execute tests, create defect tickets in backlog. Oversee and manage regression testing activities.
• Coordinate and lead demo sessions of in-progress software with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate and create user training documentation as needed.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• 5-7 years working as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment; Graphic Arts industry experience is a plus but is not required.
• Basic SQL skills, comfortable working with data, both analyzing existing data sets, as well as validating test results or triaging issues by inspecting data in the database.
• Experience with agile tools such as Rally, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to simplify user demands and work in fast moving environment.
• Highly organized, self-starter, with strong analytical and communication skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence - ability to see other perspectives, self-reflect, and find innovative ways of meeting business goals.
• Knowledge or understanding of how web applications work. Exposure to application components: UI, web services, server architecture, basic networking, databases.
• Wireframe tools such as Balsamiq is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity for repetitive work.

Imagine is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Diversity and Inclusion are not just a checked box, it is a critical part of our commitment to deliver innovative solutions to our clients and provide a great place to work for our entire Imagine family. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

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