Product Analyst

Company Overview:
Req ID: 394850
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We are currently seeking a Product Analyst to join our team in Parsippany, New Jersey (US-NJ), United States (US).

Job Description:
We are seeking a Product Analyst to support a R&D and discovery engagement focused on defining the future-state product and user experience for an enterprise rules management / decisioning platform.

The Product Analyst will work closely with business rule authors, SMEs, IT teams, Solution Architects, and product stakeholders to understand how the current IBM ODM solution is used, identify business-user needs and pain points, define future-state capabilities, and translate findings into clear product requirements.

This is primarily a discovery and product-definition role, rather than a traditional project-management role.

Key Responsibilities
Current-State Product Clienty
" Understand how business users currently create, review, test, approve, and maintain rules in IBM ODM.
" Conduct interviews and workshops with business users, rule authors, SMEs, IT, and governance teams.
" Document current business-user journeys and workflows.
" Analyze how Decision Tables are used to manage business logic.
" Identify pain points, usability challenges, manual processes, and dependencies on IT.
" Understand which activities are business-managed versus IT-managed.
" Document personas, user journeys, business processes, and key use cases.
Future-State Product Definition
" Define the desired future-state experience for business rule authors.
" Identify capabilities required to preserve or improve business self-service.
" Define requirements for:
o Rule authoring
o Decision Tables
o Rule search and discovery
o Rule validation
o Testing
o Version management
o Approval workflows
o Rule deployment
o Rule monitoring
o Auditability
o Business-user collaboration
" Identify opportunities to simplify the user experience and reduce unnecessary technical dependencies.
Technology / POC Support
" Work with the Solution Architect and engineering team to define scenarios for technology evaluation.
" Identify representative Decision Tables and business-rule use cases for POCs.
" Participate in evaluating alternative rules/decisioning technologies from a business-user perspective.
" Document gaps between current capabilities, desired capabilities, and candidate solutions.
Governance & Compliance
The Product Analyst should understand the business implications of governance requirements, including:
" SOX controls
" Rule approval workflows
" Segregation of duties
" Role-based access
" Audit trails
" Version control
" Rule traceability
" Controlled production releases

The role will help translate these requirements into business capabilities and product requirements, while working with architecture/security teams on technical implementation.
Migration & Change Considerations
" Identify business impacts associated with moving away from IBM ODM.
" Identify business-user training and adoption requirements.
" Document rule-authoring processes that must be preserved during migration.
" Contribute to migration sequencing and business readiness planning.

Required Qualifications
" 8+ years of experience in product analysis, business analysis, product management, or technology consulting.
" Strong experience gathering and documenting complex business requirements.
" Experience working with business users and technical teams on enterprise applications.
" Strong understanding of business rules, decision management, or workflow-driven applications.
" Experience working with Decision Tables, rules engines, BRMS, or comparable decisioning technologies is highly desirable.
" Translate stakeholder needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements.
" Develop epics, capabilities, features, and user stories.
" Define acceptance criteria for key capabilities.
" Create process flows and user journeys.
" Develop use cases for future-state rule management.
" Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder-interview skills.
" Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business requirements and vice versa.
" Strong analytical and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
" Experience with IBM ODM / Operational Decision Manager.
" Experience working with IBM Decision Center.
" Experience with business rule authoring environments.
" Experience working alongside enterprise architects.

NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this remote role is $60-$75.00/hour. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.
This position is eligible for company benefits including participation in medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, and AD&D insurance, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits


About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com


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