The worker will serve as a Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner for the NF PDPM project. The Worker will be responsible for delivering quality products that meet the state's desired operational and technical requirements. The worker will have considerable latitude to use their experience and judgement to ensure successful completion of their assigned tasks. The worker will be required to multi-task, analyze priorities, communicate clearly, and set expectations for the phases of the project. The worker will be responsible for communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders including program and technical staff, and other contracted and vendor resources. The worker will participate in meetings, track deliverables and schedules, and alert management of any issues that may impact providers. The services to be provided include, but are not limited to the following: A. Analyzes program policies, procedures, and processes to determine the impact on business systems and functional areas. B. Analyzes and reviews system, data, and project deliverables such as business user requirements, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans to ensure business and technical requirements are met. C. Works with program area staff to solicit, analyze and document business processes and requirements. D. Acts as a liaison between state staff and vendors to translate operational and business requirements to vendors. E. Serves as the Product Owner for an agile team, including working with agile/scrum teams of contracted software vendors to implement system changes. F. Analyzes and writes User Stories with Acceptance Criteria based on business needs and according to the Agile methodology. G. Develops and maintains business user test scenarios and participates in systems and user acceptance testing. H. Creates use case scenarios, test plans, and exit criteria that accurately map back to the documented business requirements or user stories. I. Reviews, analyzes and executes test cases with a formal testing tool. J. Tracks, documents and reports the status of testing. K. Evaluates proposed test strategies to ensure appropriate test coverage. L. Identifies potential project risks and issues and develops mitigation strategies, M. Reports project status to management on established timelines. N. Documents action items and business decisions. O. Conducts meetings and/or presentation tasks as needed. P. Manages schedule for deliverables as established. Q. Other duties as assigned related to the NF PDPM project. Services are expected to start 10/23/2023 and are expected to complete by 08/31/2024. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 2008 hours. Requirements Required Experience <ol> <li>8 Years of experience in performing complex business analysis and writing technical documentation.</li> <li>8 Years of experience reporting project status to management including risks, issues, and key decisions.</li> <li>8 Years of experience identifying project risks and issues; and developing/implementing mitigation strategies.</li> <li>8 Years of experience in effective general written/oral communication, including documenting requirements, deliverables, test scenarios and project status.</li> <li>8 Years of experience utilizing business analysis skills and interacting with business end users to gather, validate and document business requirements and translate into technical solutions to satisfy the business needs.</li> <li>8 Years of experience performing review and approval processes of complex technical user and system requirements written by vendors.</li> <li>8 Years of experience with Microsoft Office products (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).</li> <li>8 Years of experience coordinating and developing test plans/strategies, exit criteria and test scenarios.</li> <li>8 Years of experience executing detailed test cases within a complex software environment.</li> <li>8 Years of experience using testing management software.</li> <li>8 Years of experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software.</li> <li>8 Years of experience utilizing the Agile software development methodology.</li> <li>8 Years of experience as Senior Business Analyst and Agile Product Owner.</li> <li>8 Years of experience with Medicaid systems and processes.</li> <li>8 Years of experience in claims processing</li> </ol> Benefits Rate: $60- $66.67 DOE The worker will work remotely 3 days in a week and 2 days at the office (Tuesdays & Thursdays). Hybrid Role Interviews will be conducted: By Phone, In person, Through Microsoft Teams

<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div>Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry-standard business process mapping, and reengineering.Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.Performs advanced business analysis work. Leads and facilitates the service-request lifecycle process via customer-related service requests, business requirements analysis, documentation of business workflows, solicitation of requirements, business requirements peer reviews, technical specifications, related artifacts review, and leading user acceptance testing prior to implementation.Acts as liaison between technical and non-technical customers, effectively providing automated solutions to business problems. Documents clear, detailed, and thorough technical specifications from simple to complex requests. May facilitate user design sessions. Ideas are expressed clearly and concisely, both written and verbally, to address audiences effectively.Collaborates with Project Managers, Program SMEs, and technical staff to perform analysis, design, and planning during project development and implementation stages.<ol><li>Performs advanced business analysis work. Leads and facilitates the service-request lifecycle process via customer-related service requests, business requirements analysis, documentation of business workflows, solicitation of requirements, business requirements peer reviews, technical specifications, related artifacts review, and leading user acceptance testing prior to implementation. (35%)</li><li>Acts as liaison between technical and non-technical customers, effectively providing automated solutions to business problems. Documents clear, detailed, and thorough technical specifications from simple to complex requests. May facilitate user design sessions. Ideas are expressed clearly and concisely, both written and verbally, to address audiences effectively. (30%)</li><li>Collaborates with Project Managers, Program SMEs, and technical staff to perform analysis, design, and planning during project development and implementation stages. (10%)</li><li>Provides quality assurance-related consultation to users. Communicates technical business processes verbally and via workflow diagrams. (10%)</li><li>Participates in project teams in the delivery of IT solutions through the analysis and documentation of business processes, requirements, and specifications. Promotes productivity and efficiency by studying current practices, helps customers analyze complex technical and managerial processes, identifies inefficiencies, and assists customers in realizing business value. (15%)</li></ol>RequirementsRequired:<ol><li>8 years of Experience in business analysis, business process mapping, requirements gathering and requirements documentation</li><li>8 years of Experience in data analysis and in analyzing of raw data</li><li>8 years of Experience in reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs</li><li>8 years of Experience in building and tracking the Requirements Traceability Matrix</li><li>8 years of Elicit and clearly define and document customer needs and associated requirements</li><li>8 years of Analyze a variety of work processes and associated document and information flow</li><li>8 years of Analyze and document logical relationships among the data, process or events</li><li>8 years of High level of sound logical reasoning and analytical ability</li><li>8 years of Highly developed oral and written communications skills</li><li>8 years of High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others motivate employee and elicit work output</li><li>8 years of Knowledge and understanding of Information Technology industry trends, directions and market experience; ability to relate them to own organization</li><li>8 years of Knowledge of architectural concepts, principles, and tools relevant to infrastructure, information, applications, organizational structure, etc.</li><li>8 years of Knowledge of emerging technologies (new to company systems as well as those that are new to the information systems industry)</li><li>8 years of Knowledge of tools, techniques and good practices for protecting the integrity of corporate data and associated processing, company technology practices, standards and procedures</li><li>8 years of Knowledge of solution delivery utilizing Agile or Scrum methodology</li></ol>Preferred:<ol><li>2 years of Experience with Texas DIR Project Delivery Framework and document templates</li><li>2 years of Familiarity with company's information architecture and information management methodologies</li><li>2 years of Familiarity with the existing and planned software technology and the global, regional and local software architecture and infrastructure components</li></ol>BenefitsRate: $56- $66 DOEServices are expected to start 10/02/2023 and are expected to complete by 08/31/2024. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 2000 hours. The primary work location(s) will be at 701 W 51st Street, Austin, TX 78751.The worker will work remotely.Candidates must be within the State of Texas. </div></div>

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