Senior Business Analyst
We are looking for a talented and passionate Senior Business Analyst to jointheResearcherPlatformteamsin SN Digital (SND), a technology division of Springer Nature.
Our teams support researchers to discover,readand publish content across the Springer Nature portfolio. This work drives key business goals to grow content consumption and submissions.
The way that academic research is being communicated to audiences around the globe is changing rapidly. Increasingly, validated research data can be consumed at scale through AI tools and machine intelligence, creating a moment of transition in research communication, and an inspiring opportunity to shape how millions discover, trust, and apply research, accelerating the translation of insight into real world impact faster than before. This role will help drive Springer Nature through this transition.
About Springer Nature
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About Us
SN Digital has 230 people based in London, Berlin, Lisbon, Pune, New York, Madrid, Dordrecht, and Heidelberg. We work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary delivery teams, developing digital products and services that answer user problems and support business goals.
The work is exciting and meaningful.
Our culture is collaborative and friendly.
We encourage and support growth, both personal and professional.
Having a good command of English is essential; collaboration is vital in ourday to daywork, so being able to communicate your ideas and understand others is critical.
This role is a terrific opportunity for friendly, curious people who want to get involved in our work, who love to learn, who will embrace and develop our culture, and help make SND a place where people and ideas can thrive.
We are intentionally looking to create teams that are diverse and inclusive. Diversity is the mix of culture, background,experienceand personality that we all bring; inclusion is getting the mix to work better together. We want every team member to contribute to our shared goals while respecting each other's skills,knowledgeand needs.
The way we do business
We build our software incrementally, iteratively, and continuously, soyou’llbe able to see new work go live to over four million visitors around the globe every week. Ourflavourof agile has been heavily influenced by XP and Kanban, and if somethingisn’tworking, we change it.
Our work delivers value to both the business and our customers, our teams are cross-discipline: business analysts and the user experience team work with stakeholders to coordinate research and understand requirements, whilst our frontend developers and software engineers pair with quality analysts to develop the most robust solutions, and our platform engineers work across theorganisationto ensure our infrastructure never lets us down.
Wegenerally followa mix of agile and lean practices with an overall philosophy towards continuous delivery.We’llrely on each and everyone’sexpertiseto adapt and improve these processes to serve the team, project and company as best fit their current contexts.
Visitsndigital.springernature.com to learn more about who we are and what we do.
About the role
In this role, you will be part of a cross-functional agile delivery team,leveraginganalysis tools to inform decisions that support both businessobjectivesand user needs. You will collaborate closely with both your team and business stakeholders to understand complex business problems, defineworkandidentifykey opportunities.
Our teams are diverse, with members from various backgrounds and nationalities. Together, we work to create solutions that not only meet the business goals of Springer Nature but also provide tangible value to our users.
Responsibilities
Work with stakeholders to understand our goals & vision, andidentifybusiness needs through strong business insight
Orchestrate collaboration within the team and externally with business stakeholders while balancing competing stakeholder priorities
Communicate to the development team how the requirements are aligned with the business needs and “big picture” goals and vision using clear storytelling techniques
Collaborate and provide business analysis support to the product manager, business sponsors,SMEsand the team during development
Unearth the root cause(s) of pain points, andvalidatebusiness opportunities and problems using data analytics and quantitative analysis where relevant as a tool
Prioritisecompeting demands and obtaining buy-in from stakeholders
Map,analyseandvalidateinformation flows within a complexorganisationalsetting and contribute to process and system design improvements
Plan,organiseand lead workshops that generate ideas and resolve problems
Champion business analysis best practices and principles within the BA community
Challenge and influence decisions; focusing on customer and business value
Monitoring,trackingand communicating progress and issues relating to the projectas a whole applyingproject management practices
Capturing information in teams Jira and ensuring they are kept up to date what you will be doing
Develop an understanding of the technology stack, systemcapabilitiesand data landscape to support effective solution delivery
Within 3 Months, you will:
Strengthen team ceremonies conducted regularly, adding value to the delivery process.
Have an understanding ofthe team’s context in the broaderprogrammeand business.
Havedeveloped relationships with team members and core stakeholders.
Be familiar with the technology stack and data landscape
Can co-plan,organiseand lead group sessions that generate ideas and resolve problems.
Can unearth the root cause(s) of pain points andvalidatebusiness opportunities and problems.
Be an active participant of the Business Analystcommunities.
By 3-6 months, you will:
Have a clear understanding of the team’s priorities and be able to communicate this to stakeholders.
Build relationships with key providers and dependent teams.
Be able tomonitor, track and communicate progress,risksand issues to stakeholders.
Be able toprioritisecompeting demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.
Map,analyseandvalidateinformation flows and user journeys to and from the product/service digital estate.
Gauge the complexity or scope of a piece of work, collaboratively breaking it into smaller pieces asappropriate.
Contribute to blameless post-mortems.
Set context with your team to ensure any solutions co-defined provide business value whilst solving customer problems
By 6-12 months, you will:
Onboard new members to the team
Co-define the complexity or scope of a piece of work, breaking it into smaller pieces whenappropriate.
Ensure scoped work aligns withprogrammeand company vision
Contribute to the design of the system architecture.
Understand our customers’ needs, both internal and external, and how your work affects their experience.
Give and receive constructive feedback within your team.
Organiseand run sessions with your discipline peers within the Business Analyst community.
Actively work alongside your team to define the vision and strategy of your product or service in terms of business and customer outcomes.
Define KPIs to measure product/service performance in terms of business and customer outcomes.
Have a thorough understanding of the potential opportunities and limitations of your product/service offering
Instila data-driven approach to current and future product/service development.
Day to day responsibilities
As part of an Agile product team, day-to-day, you will:
Engage in and/orfacilitateceremonies such as our daily stand-ups, planning,prioritisationand steering sessions, story kick-offs, collaborative analysis and design workshops,showcasesto internal customers and regular retrospectives.
Work with our many and varied stakeholders to understand,analyseand scope new work.
Support your team members in problem-solving activities to remove blockers and complete agreed-upon work.
About You:
Youare able toquickly gain context of your product and user space and how it fits into the bigger picture of theprogrammelandscape.
You are proactive,self driven, make yourself useful, pullinformationanddon'twait to be asked, seek advice when unsure.
You like working in a collaborative team where there is collective responsibility for the product.
You candemonstrateexperience in working successfully with teams to deliver software in an agile manner.
You candemonstrateyour experience infacilitatinggroups to achieve defined goals and outcomes using various facilitation tools and techniques.
You will have excellent communication skills and articulate concepts and ideas from technical and functional business perspectives effectively.
You have proven experience in managing and resolving conflict with stakeholders.
You can use available data to informdecisions, andbuild better products.
You will have a strong focus on high-quality customer experience and sustainable solutions.
You proactivelyidentifypain points and openly address any form of gaps.
You candemonstratethe outstanding analytical ability to solve complex problems.
Haveexperience working in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
You use your drive,creativityand initiative to move the team forward.
You have experience in driving continuous improvement and innovation across teams.
You are intellectually curious and motivated - constantly looking for more context.
At Springer Nature, our mission is to be part of progress - and that begins with inclusion: of people, perspectives, and ideas. We believe that diverse perspectives drive progress, and we are committed to creating an environment where people and ideas can flourish. If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence ora chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation. Find out more about our DEI work herehttps://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion
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