Job Opening: Business Analyst, Strike Social

Company background:
Strike Social develops artificial intelligence and provides 24/7 optimization to drive the best outcomes in social media advertising. Through media-buying software and service, Strike powers 15,000+ campaigns globally each day for the world’s leading agencies and brands, including Disney, Honda, Xbox, Mattel and Wendy’s. With global operations, Strike is headquartered in Chicago and was named the city's Best B2B Startup in the 2016 Moxie Awards.

Responsibilities: 

• Collect requirements from business users and translate them to product feature 
• Accurately translate business requirements into technical requirements 
• Develop and maintain strong relationships, and keep clients informed and engaged throughout the entire project lifecycle 
• Partner with technical architects to assure that technical models are aligned with business models 
• Resolve any conflicts with requirements between business units or between business and technology 
• Support Business Requirements activities by providing end-to-end analysis for product and initiatives with respect to data requirements, data flows, data modeling, workflow context and design, and user interface designs within and across our systems 
• Author documentation of all aspects of the systems in question, including business requirements, use cases, and Business System Concept documents 
• Work closely with engineering team to prioritize requirements for development sprints in an agile environment 
• Work with software and QA engineers on product development and business testing 
• Contribute to the product vision and roadmap 
• Manage technical appropriateness and / or feasibility of requirements and designs 
• Obtain sign-offs and manage requirements change 

Qualifications: 

• BS / BA and 2 - 3 years of relevant work experience, advertising and media industry experience a big plus
• Experience in various aspects of systems development, including development, project management, business analysis, UI design, information architecture, data modeling, etc  
• Experience with application integration and developing workflow and functional Use Cases 
• Strong meeting facilitation and coordination skills  
• Strong leadership skills across both single discipline and multi-discipline teams 
• Deep subject matter expertise in digital media and analytics is a plus 

Working at Strike Social:

Strike Social is a close-knit, work-hard/play-hard environment. If you want a fun, challenging and rewarding experience, apply to join our team! Aside from standard (and generous) employee benefits, Strike offers unlimited PTO, an open office environment, casual dress code, a spectacular Loop location and frequent team outings. 
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.