Technical Business Analyst

The Technical Business Analyst in an Agile environment serves as a strategic leader and expert facilitator, driving the successful delivery of complex product initiatives. This role is pivotal in translating strategic vision into actionable user stories, ensuring alignment across multiple agile teams and stakeholders. By leveraging deep expertise in agile methodologies and business analysis, the Senior Business Analyst optimises product development processes, mentors team members, and drives continuous improvement, ultimately delivering high-value solutions that exceed customer expectations and contribute significantly to organisational success. Key Outcomes/Objectives: Strategic Product Vision Realisation: Articulate and translate intricate, high-level strategic objectives into detailed, actionable product roadmaps and meticulously refined backlogs, guaranteeing unwavering alignment across multiple agile teams and diverse stakeholder groups. Optimised Agile Development Processes: Implement and refine agile processes, leading to increased sprint velocity, reduced impediments, and improved overall team outcomes. Enhanced Stakeholder Alignment and Satisfaction: Facilitate clear and consistent communication across diverse stakeholder groups, resulting in increased alignment on product vision and significantly improved stakeholder satisfaction. Mentored and Developed Agile Teams: Provide expert guidance and mentorship to associate analysts and agile team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance. Data-Driven Strategic Product Decisions: Leverage advanced data analysis and reporting to provide strategic insights, enabling data-driven product decisions and maximising ROI. Core

Responsibilities: Strategic Product Roadmap and Backlog Management: Develop and maintain comprehensive product roadmaps and backlogs, aligning strategic objectives with detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, ensuring cohesive product vision and execution. Agile Process Optimisation and Implementation: Lead the implementation and refinement of agile methodologies, conducting process reviews and implementing improvements to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness. Advanced Stakeholder Communication and Facilitation: Facilitate complex stakeholder meetings and workshops, ensuring clear communication, conflict resolution, and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. Mentorship and Team Development: Provide expert mentorship and guidance to associate analysts and agile team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. Advanced Data Analysis and Strategic Reporting: Conduct in-depth data analysis and create strategic reports, providing actionable insights to inform product decisions and maximise ROI. Cross-Team Collaboration and Coordination: Coordinate and collaborate with multiple agile teams and stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration and alignment across all product initiatives. User Research and Customer Insight Integration: Lead user research initiatives and integrate customer insights into product strategy and backlog prioritisation. Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Proactively identify and assess potential risks, developing and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure successful product delivery. Community of Practice: Contribute to the appropriate Community of Practice (CoP) for your role by leading discussions, sharing practices, offering firsthand experience to the wider community, engaging in knowledge exchange / cross-pollination to further your craft. Create content and individually contribute to the stated successful outcomes for this CoP

Qualifications: Education/ Experience: Bachelor's degree and/or proven equivalent qualifications, or substantial industry experience demonstrating comparable expertise. 5-8 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with significant experience in leading complex agile projects. Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic product initiatives in an Agile environment. Demonstrated experience in mentoring and developing agile teams. Skills: Expert knowledge of Agile methodologies. Advanced skills in product roadmap and backlog management. Exceptional communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills. Advanced data analysis and reporting skills. Proficiency in using advanced agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Aha!). Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. Strategic thinker with a strong business acumen. Proactive and results-oriented. Excellent communicator and collaborator. Highly adaptable and thrives in a dynamic Agile environment.