Product Associate - Mortgage

As a Mortgage Business Analyst within the Mortgage Solutions team, you will analyze business processes and data to identify improvement opportunities. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technology solutions and documentation. Your role will involve supporting product development, testing, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. **Job Responsibilities:** - Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements for product development. - Identify process inefficiencies and propose solutions aligned with strategic objectives. - Document requirements, process models, and system specifications, converting them into actionable user stories. - Work with IT and other departments to implement system changes that meet business goals. - Support testing and validation, representing end-users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT). - Practice agile methodologies, including story mapping, backlog management, and adherence to scrum ceremonies. - Partner with Product Managers to elaborate features and ensure user stories meet readiness and completion criteria. - Lead communication between business and technology teams to define product features and project milestones. - Ensure all documentation is current, compliant, and meets regulatory standards in the mortgage industry. - Facilitate workshops and training sessions to enhance team understanding and user adoption of new products. **Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:** - 4+ years of experience in product development, with a focus on requirements gathering and solution. - Self-starter with the ability to solve problems creatively and deliver results while working in a dynamic, collaborative, and challenging environment. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, with particular skill in Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Confluence, and VISIO/LUCID. **Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:** - 3+ years of experience with the Mortgage/Lending industry. - Strong understanding of mortgage/Lending products, processes, and regulations, with the ability to apply this knowledge to product development.,