Senior Technical Business Analyst- Homes.com

Job Description

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

Homes.com is already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company.

Learn more about Homes.com (https://www.homes.com/about/) .

Our Washington, DC team is seeking an accomplished Senior Technical Business Analyst to join our team in supporting multiple software products across Homes.com.

This position is located in Washington, DC and offers a hybrid schedule of 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

• Articulate the underlying needs of the business and serve as a conduit through which the vision is communicated and delivered to a technical team.

• Identify stakeholders, initiate and drive communication, and create documentation to unpack and represent the needs of the business.

• Lead discovery sessions between product managers, technical resources, and stakeholders to gather requirements to support backend and data-based initiatives.

• Serve as a product evangelist, effectively communicating the product vision, roadmap, and value proposition to development teams, customers, and stakeholders.

• Work with technical teams to translate the needs of the business to technical requirements and break them down into relevant, accurate, detailed, and consumable user stories that can be developed within an agile scrum framework.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap, aligning with the company's strategic goals and objectives.

• Write detailed Acceptance Criteria, including KPIs in the form of Behavior Driven Development scenarios for User Stories that can be understood by business stakeholders, software developers, and quality assurance analysts.

• Participate in backlog refinement sessions with a scrum team to help explain and answer questions so they can accurately story point the delivery effort.

• Conduct preliminary validation of solutions and perform end-to-end User Acceptance Testing.

• Work closely with technical manager and stakeholders to create and shape release plans to include roll out efforts and documentation.

• Review automation tests and quality assurance test cases to ensure they cover the relevant business scenarios.

• Effectively communicate technical blockers and technical challenges to upper management and aid in driving alignment and solutions.

• Triage and analyze reported bugs and service requests to determine root cause and work towards wholistic and scalable solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college.

• A track record of commitment to prior employers.

• Understanding of relational data models and SQL.

• Ability to query SQL database and interpret results.

• 5+ years of Product, Data, or Business Analysist experience.

• Experience delivering large-scale products/systems where you are responsible for the full product lifecycle, from concept through GTM (go to market).

• Solid understanding of agile development methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.

• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software development life cycle, including testing, certification, monitoring, and support operations.

• This role is highly self-directed. Being capable of driving outcomes with very little supervision is a must.

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Experience with PowerBI, Snowflake, AWS.

• Experience with machine learning and the machine learning life cycle.

• Software coding experience background.

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug

• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance

• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family

• Commuter and parking benefits

• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes

• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups

• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 37 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable products and services. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry and for our customers. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

CoStar is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. CoStar is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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