Position: Business Analyst/Product Manager
Company: Ning
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

**Must-have skills:**
3+ years experience as business analyst or product manager in IT
Knowledge of SDLC 
Extensive experience in creating and maintaining documentation: vision and scope, product backlog, user stories and acceptance criteria, use cases
Good understanding of UX, experience with wireframing/prototyping tools;
Deep understanding of client needs; ability to translate them into lower-level functional pieces and carry out product's gap analysis
Level of English: Upper-Intermediate
 
**Soft skills:**
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
Strong attention to detail, abstract mindset, strong logic skills, ability to identify corner cases and provide the solution for the product
 
**Desired skills:**
Understanding of REST API
Educational background in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction,
Product design, or a related field
Familiarity with technical SaaS products and payments landscape 
 
**Responsibilities:**
Defining the vision, clearly expressing Product Backlog items
Working in partnership with engineering and design teams to enable a smooth agile development process
Ensuring the development team understand items in the backlog
Ensuring technical requirements are clear, aligned, testable, accurate, and maintained
Performing acceptance testing
Uncovering opportunities for future growth and product initiatives
Performing “competitive analysis”, be a domain expert, and understand how competitors approach the same domain
Using a range of inputs from data, customer feedback and your own judgment to build a prioritized product backlog.

**Personal Benefits:**
Opportunity to influence the product development strategy
No micromanagement

**Company Offers:**
Professional and friendly team
Competitive salary
Great benefit package
Learning and growth programs.