Georgia Lottery is a recognized leader and innovator in the lottery industry and we significantly change the lives of our customers through prize payouts. We also provide educational opportunities for Hope Scholarship recipients, Pre-Kindergarten programs and technical upgrades for classrooms.
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Product Analyst is responsible for conveying product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team by defining user stories and prioritizing product backlog. This person is also responsible for testing the software before moving to production. The Senior Product Analyst must possess excellent communication and organizational skills with an analytical mind to decipher imperfect, ambiguous information into requirements that the developers can use to deliver desired results. Duties include, but are not limited to: grooming product backlog, testing, data analysis, documentation and performing other tasks as assigned by Software Development Manager.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as the Agile team's primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision-making.
- Document the intended output and behavior of new functionality by writing: user stories, story maps, and business process flow charts.
- Work closely with software developers and other stakeholders throughout the full software development lifecycle and be involved in the continuous improvement of our software.
- Assist in the acceptance testing of new functionality to validate the solution meets product goals.
- Analyze the technical and business impacts and dependencies of new features.
- Document and analyze current business processes and underlying systems/applications.
- Produce timely and high quality work product requirements including specifications, process flows, mock-ups and wireframes.
- Work as a Application Librarian and work with audit to comply with their requirements.
- Setup and Conduct Security Prescans of Software Applications.
- Groom JIRA Stories and Epics for Product roadmap.
- Data Analysis to prepare reports for management or for troubleshooting defects.
- Make recommendations to improve processes and be analytical and methodical in your approach to new problems
- Perform system tests following software upgrades and collaborate with business team to remediate identified issues.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in a computer programming related field and 5+ years equivalent work experience as a Product Analyst. Minimum of 5 years experience with Agile/Lean methodologies, Quality Assurance methodologies, Product grooming in an Agile environment, JIRA, Zephyr, Confluence or GIT and Data Analysis. Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Benefits
- Family friendly atmosphere
- Fun environment
- Competitive pay
- Excellent benefits package
- 401k with company contribution
Our motto is For the Students! Come join our dynamic team at the Georgia Lottery Corporation.
The Georgia Lottery was created by the people of Georgia in 1992 to enhance educational funding in the State. With net sales exceeding $70 billion since its inception, Georgia Lottery proceeds have allowed more than 1.8 million students to attend colleges through Georgia's HOPE scholarship program and more than 1.6 million four-year-olds have attended Georgia's Prekindergarten Program. Currently, the Georgia Lottery offers exciting scratcher and draw games as well as online DIGGI games.
At the Georgia Lottery, we are always looking for team members who exhibit our values of Integrity, Quality, Teamwork, Innovation, Customer Centric, Results and Fun! We offer exciting opportunities, great work life balance and a mission that impacts so many students in Georgia.
