Senior Requirements Analyst
Position: Senior Requirements Analyst
Organization: EBSCO Publishing
Location: Ipswich, MA
EBSCO Publishing is entering its third decade as a leading provider of reference databases for students, library patrons, doctors, nurses, business people and researchers around the world. Always at the leading edge, we continue to work to identify new challenges and combine technology with data to meet the information needs of our customers worldwide. EBSCO Publishing, a division of EBSCO Industries, employs over 700 professionals in their Ipswich, MA headquarters.
EP's EBSCOhost Product Management team is currently seeking a Senior Requirements Analyst to gather, analyze, document and validate the needs of project stakeholders within our organization. As the principal conduit through which requirements flow between the customer community and the software development team, the Senior Requirements Analyst plays a central role in collecting and disseminating product information.
Responsibilities
- Plan, prepare and facilitate collaborative requirements sessions with cross functional teams. Create clean and concise wireframes, use cases, site maps, flow diagrams, screen prototypes and other artifacts to describe the intended user experience. Work collaboratively with designers and developers to develop highly usable interface functionality.
- Prepare for and facilitate usability tests, focus groups, and other customer requirements gathering & validation exercises.
- Develop accurate and concise requirements documentation. Choose appropriate documentation strategies for each project and audience, including user stories, use cases, scenarios, detailed functional descriptions, annotated wireframes, flow charts and other visuals. Guide and review requirements documentation produced by other team members.
- Investigate web sites, blogs, and listservs; perform competitive analysis of current and future product offerings; stay current on industry issues and market trends; organize and documenting findings.
Skills
Required qualifications include:
- Bachelor's degree .
- 7+ years of progressive experience in Information Architecture, Requirements Analysis, or Product Management on web-based software, search, and/or library technology products.
The ideal candidate will have experience in library services or products and a strong understanding of search, academic research, and/or library sciences. Must have highly demonstrable skills creating user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, screen prototypes and functional specifications. The ability to multi-task and work independently is critical, while maintaining team involvement and meeting deadlines and deliverables. Must be extremely organized, detail oriented, and accurate; with strong problem solving and analytical skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a positive attitude are necessary in this position.
If you're excited about this opportunity and all that EBSCO Publishing can offer you apply now!
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