Business Analyst

DNV - Energy Systems' Renewables & Power Grids group is seeking a talented Business Analyst within our Products and Data (P&D) team to accelerate and grow our culture of digitalization, innovation, and customer focus. In this role, you'll define Agile business requirements in the form of user stories and acceptance criteria, configure IT solutions, train users, and develop processes that scale. You'll also work with agile software teams and engage directly with top experts leading the energy transition to understand areas of opportunity, develop cohesive products with internal and external partners, and delight our customers with unsurpassed results and solutions. You will serve as a trusted technical voice throughout the software development lifecycle as we develop digital solutions and features that drive engagement and inspire our users. This is a high-profile role where your contributions will have a direct impact across multiple service areas within our company as we support the energy transition and accelerate the deployment of renewables worldwide.

Our ideal candidate will have an unwavering dedication to our customers, a pragmatic mindset, and the ability to consistently help our teams make data-driven prioritization decisions within an agile development environment. They will be as comfortable digging into the details of a problem as they are with presenting their findings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders. This person will seek and appreciate multiple perspectives and will regularly interact with a broad range of users to uncover the common threads that connect their needs.

Ideally this position will be based out of our San Diego, CA (USA), Oakland, CA (USA), Montreal, QB (Canada), or Toronto, ON (Canada) office. However, other remote locations may also be considered.

What You'll Do

Lead the gathering of business and user-focused requirements to support the product team, including defining the backlog and grooming user stories and acceptance criteria while ensuring the user's perspective is represented
• Support the product team in understanding business needs for software, identifying the best solutions for meeting the needs, estimating impact value, and documenting software requirements
• Identify core business needs, break down and document operations into user stories, document business rules, and construct workflow diagrams, as needed
• Interview business stakeholders to gather detailed product requirements (scope, background, business case, etc.)
• Condense complex business processes into clear and actionable user stories with acceptance criteria
• Assist Product Owner with sprint grooming, user story development, and prioritization
• Participate in and facilitate Agile events and other agile activities
• Support the product and development teams by gathering critical details, answering business questions, and coordinating collaboration with business stakeholders to facilitate decisions
• Support the Product and Data team with creating data visualizations and reports to enable users to grasp concepts, identify patterns, track KPIs, and make better business decisions

What is Required

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• 3 years of experience as a business analyst within an agile software team
• Experience working with Agile methodology, including defining requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and testing solutions
• Supportive and proactive team member, eager to work in a collaborative environment and inspire others, as well as work on self-directed independent projects
• An exceptional drive, a learning mindset, a bias toward action, and unwavering integrity
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, including communicating complex technical issues to a non-technical audience through presentations and emails
• Fluent in MS Office products and experienced with roadmap software (we use Aha!), Azure DevOps / JIRA, and data visualization tools
• Able to understand and synthesize complex processes into concise solutions
• Willingness and ability to travel, up to one week per quarter
• Pre-employment drug and background screening

What is Preferred

• Renewable energy or related industry experience
  Experience developing, working with, and integrating APIs or microservices
• Experience analyzing both structured and unstructured data
• Experience developing prototypes and running experiments

**Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position**

What We Offer

• Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation, Company Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick, and Disability)
• Multiple Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefit Plans to choose from
• Spending Accounts - FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, Company-Seeded HSA
• 401(K) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
• Education reimbursement program
• Employer-Paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid/remote opportunities

**Benefits may vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election

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DNV is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit or business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment department (hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodations will be addressed confidentially.

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As required by the various Pay Transparency laws, DNV provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado, California, Washington, or New York. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the states of Colorado, California, Washington, and New York only, the range of starting pay for this role is $75,000-$110,000

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DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management, operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad experience and deep expertise we advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions.

We provide assurance to the entire energy value chain through our advisory, monitoring, verification, and certification services. As the world's leading resource of independent energy experts and technical advisors, we help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry. We are committed to realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement, and support all stakeholders to transition faster to a deeply decarbonized energy system.