Technical Writer
Alpharetta, GA
Contract: 6+ Months
Rate: DOE Job Description: The Client is looking for a Technical Writer, to work with the agile product management and engineering team to successfully deliver features and products to the market. The Technical Writer will work closely with the assigned scrum team to translate these into technical tasks and be responsible for the overall delivery of product features within quarterly releases. Responsibilities: As a Technical Writer, you will - Author requirements and user stories for product features working with stakeholders (both internal and external) as needed ensuring that stakeholder and market needs are met.
- Technical aptitude; programming and/or UX (User Experience) background a strong plus
- Familiar and have experience in using agile/scrum methodologies such as SAFe to drive and deliver product releases.
- Provide week-to-week tactical objectives to the scrum team, and provide quick JIT decisions to system-level questions and defect triage.
- Be the voice of the product and company at system demos, sales calls, conferences, and industry forums.
Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent. Certification or experience in areas related to Product Management, Scrum, or Agile methodologies.
- 5 years experience as a Technical Writer or similar roles.
- Strong experience in Agile development particularly Scrum
- Must have proven work experience as a technical 'influencer' and the ability to own and drive the product and/or specific product features.
Preferred Additional Skills : - Facilitation skills: Elicit business and user needs and all technology delivery needs
- Analytical skills: Evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level information into appropriate features and/or stories.
- Experience with off-site product development teams.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and flexible environment with the ability to influence.
- Technical aptitude; programming and/or UX (User Experience) background a strong plus
- The successful candidate should demonstrate innovation, constant learning, self-motivation, and effective team participation.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills are required.
- The candidate should demonstrate a willingness to share knowledge, excellent listening skills, and strong analytical skills.
- The candidate must be able to work effectively under projects and daily deadlines.
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Last updated on Jun 1, 2022