Application Analyst

The Role

This is a remote position. Chicagoland area candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured requirements gathering sessions including workshops, interviews, and process walkthroughs with cross-functional stakeholders across Ordering, CPG Operations, and Finance
• Facilitate meetings with Technology and Business leaders to develop needs and requirements, coordinating between business partners and IT to ensure projects stay on schedule and on track
• Author and maintain user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria, owning the product backlog and coordinating grooming sessions with business and technical leads
• Translate business needs into functional specifications, process flow diagrams, and integration documentation for Ordering and CPG platforms
• Serve as the primary liaison between business partners and Development Team, managing scope, risk, and project status throughout the SDLC
• Develop and maintain comprehensive application documentation including technical specs, integration maps, configuration guides, and operational runbooks
• Support CPG and Ordering operations and integration projects, ensuring data integrity, clear requirements, and outcomes are documented throughout
• Support Level 3 application triage by capturing issue requirements and working with technical teams to define resolution criteria
• Partner with business stakeholders to define MVP scope, establish launch readiness criteria, and maintain a phased roadmap for future capability delivery.
• Collaborate with the development team on sprint planning and release sequencing, ensuring business priorities are reflected in delivery timelines and dependencies are proactively managed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in a professional environment supporting Manufacturing Operations
• Demonstrated history of thinking critically to investigate and resolve issues and advance improvements to other opportunities
• Strong technical background and comfort troubleshooting reported issues, bugs, and comfort documenting and testing in a technical environment
• Project management and organization skills to manage own projects and maintain visibility of project status to involved stakeholders
• Experience interacting with and technically supporting Order Management, CPG, ERP, and related operational systems a plus
• Experience with highly regulated industries a plus
• Experience authoring and updating application process flow diagrams as well as architectural application integration diagrams a plus
• Deep understanding of supported business domain and the technical systems, capabilities, and integrations that underpin it
• Partner with business stakeholders to define MVP scope, establish launch readiness criteria, and maintain a phased roadmap for future capability delivery.
• Collaborate with the development team on sprint planning and release sequencing, ensuring business priorities are reflected in delivery timelines and dependencies are proactively managed.
• Experience leveraging AI tools such as Claude to assist with requirements documentation, user story generation, and application mockup creation a plus

Additional Requirements

• Must pass any and all required background checks
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
• Must possess valid driver's license
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
• Must be approved b y state badging agency to work in cannabis industry

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