Product Owner / Principal Business Analyst

Role Description

We are starting a very large new program with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and would love to have you join us! If you are solution-oriented, thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, then come work for our company.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities for the FDA Principal Business Analyst/Product Owner position include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the Primary Product Owner for an application or portfolio of related applications
• Act as the primary point of contact for all communication needs during the requirements gathering phase with the customer
• Act as the SME for the business domain and conduct/manage the knowledge transfer with the testing and development teams
• Participate in analysis and design of the proposed solutions as well as facilitating the development of multiple solution options to address the business needs
• Identify and understand customer expectations as part of the requirements gathering process
• Ensure that the proposed solution concepts align with the existing enterprise framework solution
• Work with application programmers to develop proposed solution prototypes in an iterative manner
• Prepare project documentation like meeting minutes, business process documents, and other process workflow diagrams as required
• Assist the development and testing teams during the execution phase with functional expertise as required
• Assist the implementation team in conducting the User Acceptance Testing of the developed solution

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience working with web-based applications in the areas of requirements gathering, requirements definition and analysis, and product backlog grooming
• Experience with Agile methodology, writing user stories, managing scrum calls, prioritizing the backlog, etc.
• Experience with maintaining a product backlog in tools such as JIRA and TFS
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects (if required) and good documentation skills
• Good analytical thinking skills and a team player
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business and management, information systems, computer science, or other related field
• SAFe Agile and Scrum Master certified preferred
• Eligible to obtain a public trust clearance

Location

• This role is remote.

Covid Policy Disclosure

Should the essential functions of this position require that the employee performing this role work on-site at REI’s Sterling location the following requirements will apply: the individual holding this position must be fully vaccinated, as defined in CDC guidance, as a condition of continued employment. REI will consider requests to be excused from this policy whenever necessary to comply with legal requirements and will consider any requests for reasonable accommodations due to a disability, religion, or other exemptions on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Employees and applicants requesting accommodations should request the accommodation in writing and should explain in detail the reasons why they are seeking an accommodation. REI will request additional information or documentation it deems necessary to inform its decision on an employee’s or applicant’s accommodation request.

Equal Opportunity Employer

REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minority/Female/Disability/Vet).