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Position Summary:

Florida Atlantic University is seeking a Business Analyst – Boca Raton, FL.

Summary of Responsibilities includes:

• Works closely with the Value Management Office (VMO) Associate Director, Project Managers, and Product Owners to assist with defining, promoting, and executing project management and agile practices across the organization.

• Works with a defined team to ensure work is prioritized and completed on time.

• Interfaces between the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and university functional areas.

• Defines, refines, and follows established Product Owner and Business Analyst practices.

• Assists with testing for deployments or the coordination of testing.

• Works independently on mission-critical, complex, university-level, cross-unit/division projects.

• Works with various products and services, learning their functionality and often providing light administration as needed.

• Monitors ticket queue and maintains stakeholders engaged and current on requests, including expectation for completion. Manages changes in priorities, scope, and requirements.

• Investigates and resolves support tickets for production issues when tickets are escalated.

• Translates functional area needs and requests into technical requirements for developers.

• Engages stakeholders to fully understand business needs and breakdown requirements into user stories for Sprints or Kanban assignments.

• Leads interactions with functional leaders, end users, vendors, management, and developers with the purpose of gaining a shared understanding of requirements, expectations, and the status of projects.

• Facilitates meetings, presentations, demos, and progress updates.

• Documents and maintains functional and non-functional requirements, workflows, data flow diagrams, and creates user stories for developers.

• Articulates issues, questions, and recommendations to stakeholders, team members, and leadership.

• Analyzes requests to identify trends and opportunities for improvement, automation, and increased efficiency.

• Works with project managers and other members of the Value Management Office (VMO) to conduct requirements gathering, scope of work definition, risk analysis, and documentation for projects.

• Assists with agile ceremonies such as daily standups, retrospectives, sprint planning, etc.

• Works with multiple functional areas’ business processes and their data.

• Supervises, coordinates, prioritizes, and reviews the work of others.

• Works with agile work tools such as Azure Dev/Ops, Jira, etc.

• Works with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Team Dynamix, Confluence, Meisterplan, Smartsheets, etc.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

FAU Benefits and Perks:

If Benefits & Perks are important to you, then FAU is the place to be! Working at FAU has its perks! In addition to helping drive change and having a positive impact by supporting our students, staff, and faculty, FAU offers:

• Excellent benefit packages including Medical (PPO/HMO $50 per month single & $180 per month family), Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending plans, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and much more.

• State retirement options including tax-deferred annuities and Roth 403(b) plans.

• State employees Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

• Sick Leave Pool Program.

• Paid time off (eligible employees) including vacation and sick leave, 1 personal day, 9 paid holidays, and paid winter break (at President’s discretion).

• Paid Community Engagement Volunteer Service Day

• Employee Educational Scholarship Program (EESP) for eligible Staff/Faculty - Tuition assistance after 6 months of full-time employment. For in-unit faculty, the EESP program may be extended to spouses and dependent children (eligibility rules apply).

For details on FAU's amazing offers, visit us at https://www.fau.edu/hr/benefits/index.php

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Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization and one year of appropriate experience.

Salary:

$65,000 - $70,000 per year.

College or Department:

OIT: Value Management Office (VMO)

Location:

Boca Raton

Work Days and Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Application Deadline:

2025-09-28

Special Instructions to Applicant:

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
Resume

OFFICIAL SEALED TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED:
Final candidate will be required to have official, sealed transcripts and original NACES evaluation, if applicable, sent from their educational institution to Human Resources prior to the start of employment.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENINGS REQUIRED:
Selected candidates must successfully complete and pass all employment screenings prior to the start of employment. Employment screenings may include a criminal background check (level I and level II), motor vehicle check, credit check, reference checks, alcohol, and drug screening check.

REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATIONS:
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations may contact the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX at 561-297-3004 or send an email at accomodate@fau.edu. To contact Human Resources, please call 561-297-3057. For communication assistance call 7-1-1.