[KITlist-Tech] Product Manager for Fortune 500 company — contract to perm (San Jose, CA)

 

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Product Manager needed for long term (1+ year) direct client project. Client is Fortune 500 (stable, public, growing).

We are looking for a Product Manager for Personalized Merchandising. This role will work closely with our team of engineers, data scientists, machine learning experts and other product managers to help define the Merchandising and Recommendations roadmap and work with engineering to roll out core new capabilities that help support customer-facing features.

This individual needs to have a deep technical understanding of the various aspects of an e-commerce platform. They will fluently communicate with technical and non-technical individuals and extrapolate technical requirements from business requirements. They will also adopt the change management portions of platform initiatives in order to ensure success of these pivotal programs.

You have in-depth experience working in e-commerce product teams within large-scale companies taking the products from design to final delivery including extensive workflows mapping. You are self-directed, operationally minded and motivated, with strong analytical, project management and influencing skills. You have deep expertise in personalization and recommendation engines.

Required skills/experience:
- 5+ years of hands-on product management experience in large-scale e-commerce product teams (required)
- Experience with personalization and recommendations engines
- Deep understanding of relevant technologies including product data, content management systems, machine learning, etc.
- Excellent written and presentation abilities. Be able to communicate to a global audience.
- Ability to clearly articulate strategy and requirements to partners, engineering, analytics and business partners.
-Decision making and prioritization skills; experience planning complex production schedules.
- Exhibits high degree of ownership and accountability
- Uncompromising focus on the highest quality.

Description
- Work with Digital Merchandisers to gather requirements around merchandising and workflows.
- Collaborate with software UI/UX designer to create intuitive UI and workflow.
- Translate requirements into generic personalization and recommendations engine capabilities that are extensible to all projects and channels.
- Drive detailed requirement definitions intended for the engineering teams.
- Partner with other product management teams to communicate project status, resolve issues, and ensure that high quality products are delivered on time.
- Understand and discuss technical concepts and handle trade-offs with internal partners and engineering.
- Collaborate with engineering to conduct RFPs and evaluate third party technologies for appropriateness, if necessary.
- Collaborate on a continuous basis with other product management track owners, analyze impact of upcoming new features, identify software requirements and include these in the product roadmap.
- Consult in development of launch plans, ensure detailed planning of deliverables.
- Identify and drive business process changes needed to support new products once released into production.
- Be responsible for identifying and leading business process re-engineering opportunities.

Education:
Completion of an undergraduate or graduate Computer Science degree (Required)

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[KITlist-Tech] CorrectionL Business Process Analyst (San Jose, CA)

 

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Business Process Analyst needed for long term (1+ year) direct client project. Client is Fortune 500 (stable, public, growing)
As a Business Process Analyst with knowledge of process mapping and business process reengineering, analyze business processes and workflows in pursuit of identifying improvements and areas for automation. Facilitate process workshops and document any information elicited using process maps and business requirements documents. Work with business and IT teams to find the best way to improve and/or design new processes and solve process-related problems within and across systems teams and applications. 

Required Experience:

-Exceptional business process analysis skills.

-Excellent technical analysis skills.

-Produce excellent documentation.

-Able to communicate effectively with engineers and business stakeholders.

-Problem solver

-Excellent diagramming and communication skills

-Proven ability to run/moderate workshops and meetings

-Able to influence partners through data and processes

-Experience with effective requirements, data gathering, analysis, and stakeholder interactions around business process and technology needs

-Knowledge of business process modeling methodologies, notations, and relevant tools, including modeling and visualization tools

-Experience with analysis of enterprise–wide business functions and business processes in collaboration with multiple business organizations

-Knowledge of business process reengineering best practices

-Engineering background or experience working side-by-side with engineering for 5+ years.

-Good knowledge of Internet-based application development and software development & testing approaches and project lifecycle.

-Able to quickly take complex requirements from a range of stakeholders and distill them into a prioritized list of deliverable user stories.

-Ability to operate in a complex environment with rapidly changing priorities.

-Have the confidence to challenge assumptions and direction from business stakeholders when their needs are not technically achievable.

Job Description:
With a strong understanding of eCommerce and a blend of business and technical knowledge, research, gather data, and map the as-is data to publishing processes. Using exceptional business analysis, communication skills, and process design methodology, identify, improve and/or design new processes to achieve business objectives. See the big picture, understand project objectives and be able to apply understanding of how processes should work to operational improvement initiatives. 
Inform/help provide direction for internal publishing systems application feature development by interpreting business requirements for the technical teams as well educating business users on process efficiencies and where technology can best help complement their processes to achieve the business goals, objectives, and measures.
Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and enhancements to current systems. Leverage highly technical knowledge to ensure efficient design, development, and implementation. Act as a technical resource in all phases of the development and implementation process.
Activities include, but aren't limited to:
 

-Work with stakeholders to identify business requirements, processes and risks.

-Evaluate current business processes and recommend solutions for improvements.

-Define, implement and maintain business processes and procedures to meet business objectives.

-Analyze and identify opportunities for business process improvements.

-Develop initiatives for continuous business process improvements.

-Work with other process engineers in integration of new and existing business processes.

-Using best practices, carry out business process analysis, re-engineering, process measurements and change management activities.

-Identify user needs and develop strategies to meet them

-Collaborate with business and IT teams to design new work processes

-Communicate complex data in ways that are easy to understand
-Provide input on business metrics that may ultimately help end users

-Make recommendations for product or service enhancements

-Manage process change

-Lead/facilitate process design/redesign workshops that involve eliciting process requirements and liaising with users

-Educate business users responsible for managing and operating business processes

-Applying their knowledge of business process modeling notations (BPMN, EPC, BPEL) to documenting processes.

-Use appropriate ERP, BPM, CRM and BI tools.

Education:
- Business Process Reengineering or Business Process Improvement Certification

- Lean/Six Sigma Certification

- BPM Certification (AIIM BPM Certificate, Certification from BPMInstitute.org, ABPMP's

- Certified Business Process Professional (CBPP®)

- BA Certification (CBAP/CCBA, BCS BA Certification, PMI-PBA, etc)

- Understanding of ERP, BPMS and statistical/data analysis skills.

- Bachelor's degree in relevant area
Reply to: Frivera@otmcorp.com 
OTM Software Professionals is a locally owned and operated company in the Silicon Valley working on the hottest projects. We offer direct support to all of our employees as well as excellent benefits. Do you have the skills, experience and drive to become a part of the OTM team? Apply today to become part of the OTM team!

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[KITlist-Tech] CONTR: Business Process Analyst (San Jose, CA)

 

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Business Process Analyst needed for long term (1+ year) direct client project. Client is Fortune 500 (stable, public, growing)
As a Business Process Analyst with knowledge of process mapping and business process reengineering, analyze business processes and workflows in pursuit of identifying improvements and areas for automation. Facilitate process workshops and document any information elicited using process maps and business requirements documents. Work with business and IT teams to find the best way to improve and/or design new processes and solve process-related problems within and across systems teams and applications. 

 

Required Experience:

 

-Exceptional business process analysis skills.

-Excellent technical analysis skills.

-Produce excellent documentation.

-Able to communicate effectively with engineers and business stakeholders.

-Problem solver

-Excellent diagramming and communication skills

-Proven ability to run/moderate workshops and meetings

-Able to influence partners through data and processes

-Experience with effective requirements, data gathering, analysis, and stakeholder interactions around business process and technology needs

-Knowledge of business process modeling methodologies, notations, and relevant tools, including modeling and visualization tools

-Experience with analysis of enterprise–wide business functions and business processes in collaboration with multiple business organizations

-Knowledge of business process reengineering best practices

-Engineering background or experience working side-by-side with engineering for 5+ years.

-Good knowledge of Internet-based application development and software development & testing approaches and project lifecycle.

-Able to quickly take complex requirements from a range of stakeholders and distill them into a prioritized list of deliverable user stories.

-Ability to operate in a complex environment with rapidly changing priorities.

-Have the confidence to challenge assumptions and direction from business stakeholders when their needs are not technically achievable.

Job Description:
With a strong understanding of eCommerce and a blend of business and technical knowledge, research, gather data, and map the as-is data to publishing processes. Using exceptional business analysis, communication skills, and process design methodology, identify, improve and/or design new processes to achieve business objectives. See the big picture, understand project objectives and be able to apply understanding of how processes should work to operational improvement initiatives. 
Inform/help provide direction for internal publishing systems application feature development by interpreting business requirements for the technical teams as well educating business users on process efficiencies and where technology can best help complement their processes to achieve the business goals, objectives, and measures.
Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and enhancements to current systems. Leverage highly technical knowledge to ensure efficient design, development, and implementation. Act as a technical resource in all phases of the development and implementation process.
Activities include, but aren't limited to:
 

-Work with stakeholders to identify business requirements, processes and risks.

-Evaluate current business processes and recommend solutions for improvements.

-Define, implement and maintain business processes and procedures to meet business objectives.

-Analyze and identify opportunities for business process improvements.

-Develop initiatives for continuous business process improvements.

-Work with other process engineers in integration of new and existing business processes.

-Using best practices, carry out business process analysis, re-engineering, process measurements and change management activities.

-Identify user needs and develop strategies to meet them

-Collaborate with business and IT teams to design new work processes

-Communicate complex data in ways that are easy to understand

-Provide input on business metrics that may ultimately help end users

-Make recommendations for product or service enhancements

-Manage process change

-Lead/facilitate process design/redesign workshops that involve eliciting process requirements and liaising with users

-Educate business users responsible for managing and operating business processes

-Applying their knowledge of business process modeling notations (BPMN, EPC, BPEL) to documenting processes.

-Use appropriate ERP, BPM, CRM and BI tools.

Education:
- Business Process Reengineering or Business Process Improvement Certification

- Lean/Six Sigma Certification

- BPM Certification (AIIM BPM Certificate, Certification from BPMInstitute.org, ABPMP's

- Certified Business Process Professional (CBPP®)

- BA Certification (CBAP/CCBA, BCS BA Certification, PMI-PBA, etc)

- Understanding of ERP, BPMS and statistical/data analysis skills.

- Bachelor's degree in relevant area

 

 
OTM Software Professionals is a locally owned and operated company in the Silicon Valley working on the hottest projects. We offer direct support to all of our employees as well as excellent benefits. Do you have the skills, experience and drive to become a part of the OTM team? Apply today to become part of the OTM team!

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[KITlist-Tech] CONTRACT: Business Systems Analyst (BSA) (Sunnyvale, CA)

 

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Business Systems Analyst (BSA) needed for long term (1+ year) direct client project. Client is Fortune 500 (stable, public, growing). eCommerce Digital Content Management

Job summary

OTM is seeking an experienced e-commerce BSA to join a large scale Digital Content Management (DCM) team. You will define and transform the systems, tools and processes that enable the DCM Production team to bring the latest products / content across different platforms. Your mission is to improve the business team's velocity and flexibility for making changes as well as increase the quality of the information presented to client customers to support growth into new markets, new customer experiences, and new platforms.

The BSA will engage DCM Production, Product, content Dev, Engineering and cross-functional teams to map out DCM business production process from upstream source of product data/content integration to final catalog presentation online.He or she will focus on product catalog production processes, underlining product data structure and relevant system tools. He will help to articulate problems, vague ideas or concepts and turn them into structured analysis for engineering solution assessment, project formation and

business decision making.

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience working in large-scale, global product catalog management environments with in-depth industry knowledge on product data strategy, product data structure and Product Metadata Management

• Strong experience in product data analysis is a must with hands on experience in metadata,

data collection, cleansing, modeling and discovering useful information to support architecture solution and business decision making

• Strong experience in business process management is a must with in-depth knowledge of tools, processes and methodologies including documenting as-is and to-be process flows.

Trained in Six-Sigma is a plus

• Demonstrated success in influencing business decision making, data governance policy and process improvement supported by structured and data analysis literally across organizations

• A problem solver who thrives in ambiguous working environment with the ability to develop strategy and tactic approach to turn vague ideas into clear definition

• Experience in Agile methodologies and implementation model including user story writing

• Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks under pressure with a high degree of flexibility to expand his or her responsibilities when needed

• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills across cross-functional and global audiences that include DCM production, engineering, content development and product management

Project Description:

You will be the DCM product data expert responsible for defining detailed requirements for business processes and the product catalog.

You will represent the DCM Production community throughout the project lifecycle, defining solutions that promote best-in-class practices in the various facets of web production: demand management, production workflow, delivery processes, quality assurance.

This involves:

• Knowing the DCM Production (your customers), their product platforms processes and tools

• Defining best-in-class systems and processes that will enable the DCM production team to support the business goals

• Driving requirements gathering that promote scalability, smart production practices, and intuitive usability

• Effectively articulating requirement with process flows, feature definition and data metrics to the technology teams who will build production systems and tools

• Managing business team adoption of these tools and processes through readiness planning, documentation, training, and support

• Understanding the businesses demand for new website features and functionality that have a high reliance on publishing capabilities

• Project management and coordination in a cross-functional environment with hands on experience across project cycle, e.g. project formation, launch and execution including UAT, production cutover, business roll out is a plus

You are:

• Smart, analytical and detail oriented

• Articulate, organized and process oriented

• Self-directed and passionate about managing information

• Willing to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty with the messy world of working with users and solving their problems

You can:

• Listen

• Evangelize smart solutions and processes

• Communicate effectively to senior management regarding risks/benefits of solution options

• Write and own requirements documents, functional specs, test plans

• Help business in articulating their requirements and transform requirements into user stories

• Plan and execute user acceptance test across functional teams

• Bridge the communication between technical and business teams

• Plan workload and coordinate resources

• Work with development, QA and deployment teams

You know:

• Web technologies

• Large scale, global content and product catalog systems

• Principles of content and product data structure, metadata and taxonomy management

• E-commerce

• Web production

• How developers think and communicate
• Agile methodologies and implementation mode
Apply to: frivera@otmcorp.com
OTM Software Professionals is a locally owned and operated company in the Silicon Valley working on the hottest projects. We offer direct support to all of our employees as well as excellent benefits. Do you have the skills, experience and drive to become a part of the OTM team? Apply today to become part of the OTM team!


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[KITlist-Tech] Sr. BA Analyst - Contract role (Sunnyvale, CA)

 

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OTM is seeking a Sr. BA Analyst with a strong technical understanding of the eCommerce platform ecosystem particularly Personalization Engines, preferably experience with Content Management Systems. Candidate should possess a blend of business/technical knowledge, drive to make the vision into reality.

Responsibilities:
- Elicit and capture user requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria consistent with Agile Scrum Standards
- Create process, workflow, state and sequence diagrams (illustrating information flow, data requirements and interoperability between systems)
- In-depth Data Analysis and data flow capture on systems integrating into the Personalization Engine
-Collaborate with Design team to understand, give feedback and decompose the mockup designs and map them to the functional user stories. Conduct walkthroughs and handover of the same with engineering.
-Manage the User Acceptance Test phase ticket analysis
-Work closely across a team of application users, the digital merchandisers on the business team, Engineering team and one or more project managers / Scrum Masters to understand the work that needs to be done

Required Experience:
-Excellent business process analysis skills
-Excellent technical and systems analysis skills
-Outstanding communication skills
-Quickly take complex requirements from a range of stakeholders and distill them into a prioritized list of deliverable stories
-Produce excellent documentation
-Have the confidence to challenge assumptions and direction from business stakeholders when their needs are not technically achievable
-Ability to work successfully with engineering teams to explain requirements, capture demo feedback and ensure engineering is implementing per the requirements and feedback received
-Ability to operate in a complex environment with rapidly changing priorities

Required Skills:
-8+ years of business / systems analysis experience in enterprise eCommerce Systems
-3+ years of experience of working with Scrum development
-Excellent written and presentation skills - able to communicate effectively with engineers and business stakeholders
-Good knowledge of Internet-based application development and software development & testing approaches and project lifecycle

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