Overview:
Please note this is hybrid position based out of our Phoenix, AZ Support Office. The Technical Product Analyst II position will play an important part of managing Sprouts’ product domains focusing on the end-to-end software lifecycle. This will include being part of the software selection, development, implementation, and support processes. The candidate for this position will have prior experience interacting with stakeholders, vendors, and developers to ensure the complete collection, documentation, and implementation of requirements. This role will also require strong leadership, interpersonal communication, and collaboration skills in addition to the ability to lead and guide teams through the project lifecycle with minimal supervisory direction.

Essential Functions:

• Leads and manages small to medium sized projects with little to no supervision
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translates them into technical solutions that align with the organization’s goals and objectives
• Creates technical and non-functional requirements documentation to include visual representations of business processes and systems (i.e. current state, desired end state and performance of any gap analysis)
• Maintains multiple product backlogs by working across various teams to determine priority and level of effort
• Manages release/upgrade schedules while ensuring release notes are received, impacts are well understood, and pre/post deployment testing is completed
• Monitors and maintains system performance; conducts regular audits and provides recommendations for optimization and improvement
• Utilizes a variety of analytics, critical thinking, and problem-solving methods to find solutions to complex problems
• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of the organization

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements:

• Innovative Mindset – Proactive and creative in terms of introducing new technologies that remove friction from the Customer’s and Store Team Member’s experience
• 2+ years of experience working on software sourcing and implementation projects, including some experience in all areas of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall projects methodologies preferred
• Must have a minimum of 1+ year(s) combined experience from above in a retail setting, preferably with Merchandising related applications.
• Preference given to candidates with experience in any of the following areas:
• Schematics Planning, Floor Planning, Sales Planning, Price and Promotional Planning and/or Vendor Planning software and processes, Reading/writing SQL

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Pay Range: The pay range for this position is $76,923.00 - $97,000.00 / year. Sprouts Farmers Market determines pay based on applicable experience and qualifications of the applicant.

• Leads and manages small to medium sized projects with little to no supervision
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translates them into technical solutions that align with the organization’s goals and objectives
• Creates technical and non-functional requirements documentation to include visual representations of business processes and systems (i.e. current state, desired end state and performance of any gap analysis)
• Maintains multiple product backlogs by working across various teams to determine priority and level of effort
• Manages release/upgrade schedules while ensuring release notes are received, impacts are well understood, and pre/post deployment testing is completed
• Monitors and maintains system performance; conducts regular audits and provides recommendations for optimization and improvement
• Utilizes a variety of analytics, critical thinking, and problem-solving methods to find solutions to complex problems
• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of the organizatio