Source: https://deftridge.com/job/user-story-backlog-grooming-united-states-dt-6778415/ Title: User Story Backlog Grooming, $82-98/h | Deftridge Summary: User Story Backlog Grooming for a manager Business Analyst, remote in the US. $82-$98 an hour, 3 to 6 hours a week. Starts within 7 days. Regular Posted Nov 3 · DT-6778415 # User Story Backlog Grooming Manager · Business Analyst · Remote · United States **$82–$98** / hour About $1,750 a month at 5 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Specialty insurer covering fleets and logistics · 11–50 employeesCL-68173 · based in Salisbury - **Where** Remote · United States - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 3–6 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Weekday evenings3 h a week overlap with ET **2,227** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This specialty insurer covering fleets and logistics (11–50 employees) is looking for a manager Business Analyst for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. Writes and refines stories so engineers can start. Workload peaks and dips, so a few fixed hours a week fit better than a full-time seat. It is an insurer, so accuracy and an audit trail come before speed. The work is fully remote. Any location in United States works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 3 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (ET). ## What you deliver - Refine 15 backlog stories each week with acceptance criteria and open questions listed. - Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call - Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day - A written update every Thursday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked ## What a week looks like - Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window - Monday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked - Thursday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread **Duration:** 6 months, then month by month. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Jira Confluence ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Business Analyst, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Jira and Confluence - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager Business Analyst - **Experience** 7-12 years in data & analytics - **Tools** Jira, Confluence - **Offers** 4 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** $90 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $90 an hour, is **in line with** the median manager Business Analyst rate in the United States ($90). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $90 This task $90 $64 $122 [All Business Analyst jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-analyst/united-states/) · [Business Analyst rates in United States](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/united-states/) · [Data & Analytics jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/data-and-analytics/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-68173 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, User Story Backlog Grooming is noted. 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