Business Analyst Manager

ABOUT FILSON AND SHINOLA

In 1897 C.C. Filson began outfitting prospectors headed for the Gold Rush with tools and apparel strong enough for the toughest spots on earth. More than 100 years later, Filson remains committed to providing pioneers of all fields around the world with unfailing goods made from the highest quality materials available.

Filson recognizes that it takes a world-class team to make a world-class product. As we build on the Filson legacy of American craftsmanship, we are looking for individuals who share our dedication to innovation, excellence, and superior customer service.

At Shinola, we make beautiful, enduring, handcrafted goods that are built to be lived in, worn out, and well loved.  Our thoughtful craftsmanship, timeless design and spirited stories inspire our customers to live well, with confidence & joy—in a style that is uniquely their own!  Because we are a growing and evolving company, each employee is a key stakeholder, making decisions every day that directly impact our overall vision and direction. At Shinola, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant contribution at the start of what we believe will become an iconic American brand.  

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Business Analyst Manager will manage and lead a team of Senior Business Analysts & Business Analysts (BA) through agile sprint development, facilitate key scrum ceremonies, work with Technical Product Managers to prioritize BA tasks, collaborate with business stakeholders to understand business requirements, and translate with architects to design solutions that meet business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Remove blockers for Business Analysts by identifying solutions to keep team on sprint plan. Ensure tasks are well defined and include necessary assets prior to sprint and limit amount of unplanned work.
• Define, manage, and maintain Jira best practices and SOP documentation standards
• Identify areas of opportunity to enable the team to be more effective, improve quality of work, and overall sprint performance
• Serve as the conduit between the client stakeholders and the software development team, including external 3^rd party development teams

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business System Analysis, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years as a people leader/manager
• 3+ years as a business analyst or software engineer
• Experience in Agile, scrum methodology, and technical resource planning
• Clear communicator that can deliver a message to business and technical audiences in a clear and succinct manner
• Understanding of business processes across departments and the ability to translate requirements into IT solutions
• Manage multiple projects of various scales in a cross-functional environment
• Intrinsically change motivated- driver of process improvements and creator of actionable strategies and plans, able to anticipate obstacles and generate creative solutions to complex obstacles

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Scrum master or agile development certification

Bedrock offers generous benefits which include medical, dental & vision insurance, 15 days of paid vacation, 11 paid holidays with 3 additional floating holidays and a 401K match. 

Note: This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive.  Employee may be required to perform other duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Bedrock is an equal opportunity employer.  We believe that every employee has the right to work in surroundings which are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination.  It is our policy that all decisions involving any aspect of the employment relationship will be made without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, veteran and military status, genetic information, political ideology or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.  Discrimination and/or harassment based on any of those factors are totally inconsistent with our philosophy of doing business and will not be tolerated.

With regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, the company offers what the law refers to as "reasonable accommodation" to enable a person to perform his or her job.