We're seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in software development and a solid understanding of B2C manufacturing environments. You'll play a key role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful digital initiatives.
You will be crucial in analysing business needs, gathering requirements, and translating them into actionable plans for the businesses agile software development teams. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will ensure that the technology solutions are aligned with strategic goals and deliver significant value to the users.
Key Responsibilities:
- Requirements Elicitation & Analysis:
- Work with stakeholders to identify and define business needs, problems, and opportunities.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
- Analyse and model business processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
- Translate business requirements into clear, concise, and actionable user stories and functional specifications for the development teams.
- Stakeholder Management & Communication:
- Requirements Elicitation & Analysis:
- Work with stakeholders to identify and define business needs, problems, and opportunities.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
- Analyse and model business processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
- Backlog Support & Prioritisation:
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to define, refine, and prioritise the product backlog based on business value and user needs.
- Work with the development team to clarify requirements and ensure they have the necessary information to deliver solutions.
- User Focus & Market Understanding:
- Contribute to understanding user needs, pain points, and workflows through research and feedback analysis.
- Assist in monitoring industry trends and competitor activities to help identify new opportunities.
- Quality Assurance & Acceptance:
- Work closely with the Quality Assurance (QA) team to ensure requirements are testable and have defined acceptance criteria.
- Support the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process to validate that delivered solutions meet the business requirements.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst within a software development environment, with a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner within a software development environment, with a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Demonstrated experience working with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Proven ability to translate complex business needs into clear, concise, and actionable requirements or user stories.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Experience with project management or product management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Trello) is highly desirable.
- A passion for technology and a commitment to delivering exceptional user experiences.
- Experience in the manufacturing sector is a plus.
- Technical background or understanding of software architecture concepts is a plus.
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