Product Analyst

JANA has a progressive culture of personal and professional growth. With a vested interest in each employee’s professional growth and continuous improvement as an individual, JANA supports professional development, continuous education, industry participation and technical accreditations. Other Perks that come with joining JANA’s Team include:

- High-energy Collaborative Environment: JANA combines the energy of a start-up software organization with the discipline of a precision engineering firm.
- Regular Social Events: Join the entire JANA Team for fun Social Events like our Weekly Kahoot and Beer Club, Annual Birthday Bonspiel, Ice Cream Parties, Holiday events, Cinco de Mayoeven an Easter Egg Hunt
- Best-in-Class Benefits: JANA offers all employees a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability coverage, as well as our great Wellness Benefit
- Giving Back: JANA is dedicated to giving back to our community in various ways. Every year we hold an annual food drive for the Aurora Foodbank and have become one of their top contributors
- JANA promotes a healthy work-life balance: Through our comprehensive vacation program, floater days, and a hybrid work environment (combination of in-office and work-from-home), JANA employees are able to take time to rest and rejuvenate

As a Product Analyst on JANA’s Product team, you will work with our cross functional teams to help drive our product development process. You understand that a good product is not only built and delivered around carefully gathered, solutioned and communicated requirements, but also within a healthy team environment. You are passionate about analyzing and consistently delivering high quality products.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assists with product delivery by working and consulting with internal & external stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables are produced in a timely manner
- Assists Product Owners / Business Stakeholders to understand, analyze, research, and document business cases, current state, solution context, and the future state of the product
- Leads the analysis and documentation of business and functional requirements for existing products and upcoming products
- Leads the documentation of user stories and acceptance criteria
- Supports the product team in preparing for the design workshops and subsequent follow-up/research
- Assists with product training, including the creation of material for internal or external audiences
- Becomes a reliable point of contact for business / functional knowledge and ensure there are no communication gaps between cross-functional teams
- Assists in gathering the appropriate competitive knowledge and market opportunities by exploring market trends and be a reliable resource in the industry landscape
- Leads the revisions of test cases

Required Skills & Experience
- Education: Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience: 2+ years of work experience
- Empathy: Experience in facing customers and understanding their needs
- Communication: Excellent technical writing and presentation skills
- Soft Skills: Analytical skills with good communication, works effectively with others, time management and self-organizing skills
- Attention to detail: You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't
- Speaking/Presenting: Clearly articulates ideas, opinions and information in technical presentations
- Collaboration: Works effectively with others to achieve positive results
- Problem solving: Able to analyze complex problems and formulate different points of attack to come up with viable solutions
- Prioritization: Coordinates and organizes resources and people in efficient and effective ways to accomplish larger strategies and goals
- Attention to Detail: Understands that success is in the details and notices things that others don't
- Mentor Courage: Provides direct, honest, fair and constructive feedback and related actions