Technical Business Analyst

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VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

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VML Costa Rica, part of WPP, is looking for a Technical Business Analyst. The Tech Business Analyst will be part of a technology team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be responsible for understanding and outlining business requirements that will be used by the interdisciplinary teams (Dev, QA, Creative), as well as participating in delivery from concept, design, and development to testing.

What you'll do:

* Lead requirements gathering process.

* Understand the business requests, needs, and data challenges of the client's organization and industry.

* Author user stories and define acceptance criteria.

* Translate the "what" from the requirements into the "how" for functional specifications.

* Ensure business, functional, and technical requirements are captured, organized, approved by the client, and followed up.

* Establish a baseline for project scope, identify deviations and change requests.

* Design Business needs to system solutions, ensuring compatibility and continuity within the account's existing digital ecosystem.

* Manage complex discussions with the client, like saying "yes" or "no" to a client request.

* Negotiate the priorities with the client so projects and requests can be traded off if the team is already at full capacity.

* Work with cross-functional teams to identify a solution and create the applicable business and development documentation.

* Plan the execution of a project: next steps, point of contact (SPOC), Tech Leader, who follows up, etc.

* Support Developers and QA through Build and Test, Primary Focal for Triage and Troubleshooting of issues.

What you'll need:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).

* 3+ years of experience working in an interactive agency, online software development environment, or systems integration consulting.

* At least 2 years of experience documenting requirements and specifications for a variety of software applications, including websites, intranets, and/or mobile experiences.

* Multi-disciplined individual with familiarity in a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures related to modern web development, content management systems, mobile…