Business Analyst

Job Title: Business analyst

Role/Job Summary:

In this rapidly evolving world, New Vision is always looking for new ways to disrupt the status quo, go to market faster, and optimize customer experiences. We are seeking an experienced business analyst to lead the charge on this mission. The ideal candidate will have big ideas and strategies that foster an environment of collaboration and creativity. This role is ideal for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and real-world experience distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and refined product backlogs. Most importantly, you will be integral to helping us build better products that people [or businesses] love to use.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to craft vision and concept development of a product.
• Take lead of scrum teams, defining product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, communicating with stakeholders throughout the project.
• Work with internal and external contacts to analyse needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals.
• Work closely with product management/business teams to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value.
• Keep up with agile/scrum best practices and trends.

Product Backlog

• Product Backlog is one of the primary responsibilities of the business analyst.

• He/she must own and define the product backlog with customers according to requirements.

• The Business analyst must first update the product backlog list.

• Following this activity, there must be proper prioritizing of the backlog based on urgency and criticality of the requirements.

• The proper sequence of development also needs to be appropriately charted out.

• This product backlog list needs to be updated continuously.

• As the products’ needs change and evolve, the backlog list also needs to be continually updated.

• The product backlog must be made available to all the stakeholders since it is dynamic and subject to many changes.

Development Stages

• A Business analyst must also be actively involved in the product development process.

• As the customer objectives and vision change, the same needs to be continuously monitored and communicated to the development team.

• A Business analyst must also be present and lead in all cadence and review calls and meetings.

• It is always good for a business analyst to take the initiative and be a part of sprint review meetings while identifying areas of improvement.

Acting as a Primary Point of Contact

• The Business analyst role is unique, and in that, he/she is the primary point of contact for all the relevant stakeholders.

• He/she must make sure there is an appropriate buy-in from customers along with management and development teams.

• This is important for the smooth execution of the project and product delivery.

Communicating Customer Vision

• A Business analyst needs to have a clear perspective on customer goals and objectives.

• This needs to be adequately defined and communicated with all the relevant stakeholders.

• This includes the customer, development team, scrum master, project team, and the corresponding business managers.

Adept and Anticipate Customer Needs

• A Business analyst must have an adequate market and industry experience, not just to understand, but also anticipate customer needs.

• A Business analyst should also understand the customer requirements from a journey lifecycle perspective.

• This will help him/her know long term customer goals and anticipate changes and new requirements better.

Must-Have Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of agile process and principles

• Understanding of business value around feature/functions

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills

• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

• Able to effectively manage conflicting stakeholder needs

• Ability to work along product management tools like

• Story Management tool - Jira, Shortcut, ADO etc.

• Workflow builder tools - Miro, Visio, Draw.io etc.

• Prototyping tool - Axure, Invision

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Scrum/Safe/KMP certified preferred

Experience Required:

3-6 years’ experience as a business analyst

New Vision has created a culture of Thinking Minds which fosters creative thinking and problem solving for our customers. We expertise in building Custom IT solutions.Our endeavour is to create a positive impact on the bottom-line of the clients and helping them increase their profitability, thereby building a long term and win-win business association with all our clients.

New Vision is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees