Product Business Analyst

The Koddi product team is looking for a Business Analyst to help develop best in class technology solutions for our customers and partners. The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. This individual should excel at: writing user stories, conducting detailed research, synthesizing stakeholder requests into well-defined product requirements, driving go-to-market execution, and collaborating with engineering on product development. Previous experience working as a product owner, product analyst or software engineer is a plus.  Strong experience in ad-tech as well as with search and display would be a plus, in particular with experience working on supply side or demand side platform development.

• Research business problems. When assessing the business model, the BA figures out the business owner’s main points of pain or what market gap they try to fill in or expand
• Write user stories. Be able to describe a feature from the end-user’s point of view and ensure user flow matches the approved business value and goal
• Translate the product vision and requirements into detailed technical specifications and user stories for the development team. 
• Establish acceptance criteria that determines whether a feature satisfies both a stakeholder and the end-user
• Effectively communicate acceptance criteria to the development team, to ensure feature development meets the business needs for the release
• Prioritization of product and/or release backlogs, and conducting backlog grooming/refinement sessions with the respective team
• Facilitate conversations with stakeholders regarding features in development, obtaining feedback, and making decisions on which feedback items should become part of the backlog
• Adjust user stories accordingly and close the feedback loop with stakeholders
• Advocate for end users and customers – the voice of the customer and the voice of the market – to bring an understanding of our customer’s workflow and its challenges to the team
• Participate in all relevant sprint meetings, including daily meetings, sprint planning, review, retrospective sessions, and backlog grooming
• Provide demos and materials to support a successful go to market plan, launch and adoption of new features and functionality
• Standardize the process of writing stories and software requirements
• Support the product manager in drafting non-functional requirements (e.g., system’s quality attributes such as usability, security, reliability, performance, availability, speed and scalability)
• Support the product manager in drafting functional requirements (product features that engineers implement to allow users to achieve their goals).
• Support the product manager in products’ strategic vision and defining the roadmap 
• Complete high level product testing, in support of the QA team, to ensure the definition of done is achieved during development.

• 3 years of professional experience as a Business Analyst, Technical Product Owner or Developer in an Agile development environment
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in the areas of Information Science, Math, Computer Science, Operations, Business or related disciplines
• Professional experience in gathering requirements, creating documentation, and user stories
• Must be detail-oriented and organized, able to prioritize, handle multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
• Strong collaboration skills
• Experience with APIs, data translation, and industry best practices
• Have a passion for technology and strong technical ability (e.g., understanding of software development languages and techniques; understanding of APIs and databases) in order to communicate effectively with software developers
• Understanding of the technical architecture of complex and highly-scalable SaaS and web-based applications
• Experience with Agile software development / Scrum methodology
• Experience with SQL and Excel
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Self-motivated and results focused
• Growth mindset and able to learn quickly
• Must be an analytical thinker, problem solver and be able to make decisions 
• Proficient research skills, logical thinking, and presentation skills.  
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities and coordinate with multiple parties involved in intricate, fast moving projects with tight deadlines

• Development experience
• Project Management skills
• Experience building or visualizing wireframes or sketches
• AdTech, Search and Display Industry experience
• Experience with JIRA or similar project management tools

WHO WE ARE

Koddi is a global technology company with software and services that empower marketplace monetization through commerce media. Our enterprise platforms leverage first-party data to drive marketplace revenue and profit by improving user experience and target shoppers throughout the purchase path. Koddi’s platforms enable any advertiser, any marketplace, in any industry to increase awareness, generate demand, and drive revenue.

Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Koddi has additional offices in New York, Ann Arbor, Austin and Düsseldorf. Ranked by Forbes, Deloitte, and the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation, we’re growing rapidly and looking for innovative problem solvers to join our team. For more information, visit www.koddi.com.