Vacancy expired!
Job Information
Job Title: Product Specialist 1-3 Salary Range: Level 1 - Min: $82,457 Mid: $109,942.50 Max: $137,428 Level 2 - Min: $88,179 Mid: $117,572.50 Max: $146,966 Level 3 - Min: $94,665 Mid: $126,220.50 Max: $157,776 HAT Points Level 1 - 496 Level 2 - 571 Level 3 - 657 Dept/Div: IT Product Management Supervisor: Chief Enterprise Applications Location: 2 Broadway and other locations as required Hours of Work: 9:00 AM -5: 3 0 PM (7.5 hours /day ) or as required Deadline: June 30, 2022 In order to protect our employees and continue to provide safe and reliable service to our communities, as of November 14, 2021 we are requiring all new MTA hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date. MTA will consider exceptions for religious and medical reasons, where appropriate. "Fully vaccinated" means you must have both doses of a 2-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the second dose, or have received 1 dose of a 1-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the dose. Proof of your vaccination status in the form of a CDC vaccine card must be submitted prior to your start date. Summary The purpose of this position is to collect and clarify business requirements for product development, typically under direction of a more senior product specialist. The specialist will assist in workflow planning, needs analysis, and business risk assessment, as well as consulting with the customer to best support the business through the effective use of technology. The product specialist collaborates on multiple products with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, Design, Data Science, Data Engineering, and others. The product specialist collaborates with the product development team to; (a) maintain the workflow by continually maturing the backlog and (b) minimize impediments so the product team is not blocked or surprised. Responsibilities Level 1: • Conducts requirements gathering sessions, producing basic documentation to catalogue customer needs. • Creates requirements documentation and simple functional specifications to ensure clarity around customer needs and corresponding deliverables. • Validates and obtains sign-off for functional requirements/specifications. • Documents changes to requirements throughout the project and routes information to ensure timeliness and accuracy of deliverables. • Determines business strategy, under guidance, for one or more products and translates it into user stories and business requirements for the development team. • Builds product development documentation within JIRA and runs Scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning and Sprint review. • Serves as point-person on products to clarify business requirements and UX strategy to IT. • Analytical decision support draws conclusions by completing a thorough analysis of circumstances; considers various options and makes an informed decision. • Risk management: prioritizes risk mitigation while supporting goals and objectives of the organization. • Develops and utilizes relationships with a focus on productivity; works through conflict in a confident and objective manner. • Completes daily tasks in an organized, efficient, and accurate manner-consistent with expectations. • Other duties as assigned. Level 2: Same as level 1 with the following additional responsibilities: • Facilitates requirements gathering sessions for basic requests, typically under a more senior product specialist, proactively drawing out requirements from stakeholders to catalogue customer needs. • Performs gap analysis to identify opportunities for process improvement or management control of workflows. • Creates requirements documentation and simple functional specifications to capture business needs and for validation with the client and shared with project stakeholders. • Validates and obtains sign-off for functional requirements/specifications. • Takes ownership of changes to requirements throughout the project, documenting and routing any changes as appropriate. • Tracks and reports on project progress against BA defined requirements throughout the project life cycle to ensure timeliness and accuracy of deliverables. Level 3: Same as level 2 with the following additional responsibilities: • Facilitates requirements gathering sessions to understand and document complex business needs, clarifying vague or unclear requirements. • Provides direction and leadership to more junior level product specialists. • Determines business strategy for products and translates it into user stories and business requirements for the development team. • Builds product documentation within JIRA and runs Scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning and Sprint review. • Applies thorough understanding of business processes and user needs to formulate and define system scope and objectives. • Analyzes business operations and processes to identify opportunities for process. improvement, management control of work, or automation. Generates process and solution options and reviews with appropriate stakeholders. • Serves as point-person on products to clarify business requirements and UX strategy to IT, and ultimately responsible for testing and approval of implementation. • Analytical decision support draws conclusions by completing a thorough analysis of circumstances; considers various options and makes an informed decision. • Risk management: prioritizes risk mitigation while supporting goals and objectives of the organization. • Works through conflict in a confident and objective manner. • Develops and utilizes relationships in a productive manner; manages conflict in purposeful fashion. Qualifications Level 1: • Must possess basic understanding of the applications environment and the project execution process.- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Vacancy expired!