United Wholesale Mortgage is hiring: Business Analyst Technical Coach in Pontiac

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The Business Analyst Technical Coach will be responsible for the continuous development of our Business Analysts, helping teams and individuals grow and function at the highest level. The role includes coaching of our Business Analysts in everything from technology, tools, processes, and more. This opportunity will allow you to leverage your technical experience in new, exciting and challenging ways, at a company that moves quickly and is aggressively growing. Were looking for someone with experience on cross-functional teams, and has a strong desire to help others.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Evaluate sample work outputs such as user stories, acceptance criteria and working software in a demo to provide effective feedback on value delivery.

• Observes Business Analyst engagement with business partners, development teams, project meetings and agile events to provide continuous improvement feedback
• Schedule and conduct coaching sessions with Business Analysts at every stage of their career, communicate action plans for improvement, and follow up.
• Helping to develop first-year Business Analysts, advocating for them to set them up for success, easing their transition into a team environment, and providing guidance and support to accelerate their growth.
• Build relationships and collaborate with team members across the enterprise, including stakeholders, users of our applications, Product Owners, development teams, our #1-ranked Training team, leaders at all levels, and more.
• Serve as a key stakeholder and driver behind BA-related communities and centers of excellence. Make recommendations on optimizing processes and leverage the latest techniques and technologies to ensure teams are following practices and standards.
• Serve as an independent third party that can mentor, support rapid skill development, and identify educational and technical opportunities.
• Stay abreast of current market and technology trends, and gather new best practice work samples on an ongoing basis, to provide opportunities to help grow team members.
• Observe development teams and agile rituals and provide continuous improvement feedback.
• Advise on new training opportunities and gaps for the Training team to prioritize for new or enhanced training material.
• Proactively identify trends using data and feedback to address skill and capability gaps.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

Must Have Qualifications:

• At least 5+ years of professional experience working as a Business Analyst
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment that uses a CI/CD model.
• Strong coaching, feedback, presentation, and team-building skills.
• A passion for mentoring and guiding Business Analysts, and being invested in their growth.
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to simultaneously drive multiple projects, in different stages, forward.
• Exceptional people skills, with strong initiative to connect with leaders and team members and build relationships quickly.
• Proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage projects from inception through execution.
• Ability to both work independently and collaboratively, with a positive attitude, 'yes' mentality, and receptive to feedback.
• Experience working in TFS/Jira a plus

THE PLACE & THE PERKS:

Ready to join thousands of talented team members who are making the dream of home ownership possible for more Americans? Its all happening on UWMs campus, where our award-winning workplace packs plenty of perks and amenities that keep the atmosphere buzzing with energy and excitement.

Its no wonder that out of our six pillars, People Are Our Greatest Asset is number one. Its at the very heart of how we treat each other, our clients and our community. Whether its providing elite client service or continuously striving to improve, our pillars provide a pathway to a more successful personal and professional life.

From the team member that holds a door open to the one that helps guide your career, youll feel the encouragement and support on day one. No matter your race, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation and ethnicity, youll be welcomed here. Accepted here. And empowered to Be You Here.

More reasons youll love working here include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
• Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
• Adoption reimbursement program
• Paid volunteer hours
• Paid training and career development
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Mortgage discount and area business discounts
• Free membership to our large, state-of-the-art fitness center, including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba, various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
• Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physicians office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon?
• Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
• Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
• In-house Starbucks and Dunkin
• Indoor/outdoor caf with Wi-Fi

DISCLAIMER:
All the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation and change. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Team members may be required to perform other or different job-related duties as requested by their team lead, subject to reasonable accommodation. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Employment with UWM is "at-will." UWM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By selecting Apply for this job online you provide consent to UWM to record phone call conversations between you and UWM to be used for quality control purposes.