Iteration Manager / Business Analyst

Slater and Gordon Lawyers; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shutdown leave

Paid parental leave

Long service leave

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Slater and Gordon Lawyers is a leading personal injury and class actions law firm seeking an Iteration Manager / Business Analyst to support multiple technology teams in agile delivery. You will facilitate ceremonies, refine requirements, and drive continuous improvement across the domain.

You will coordinate backlogs, collaborate with Product Owners, and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria while maintaining transparent delivery plans and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years’ experience in Iteration Manager, Scrum Master, Business Analyst or similar delivery roles within technology teams.
• Strong experience facilitating agile ceremonies and supporting agile delivery practices.
• Proven business analysis skills including requirements gathering, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple teams and supporting complex change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of agile delivery, backlog management, sprint planning and continuous improvement.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, process mapping and problem-solving.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills.
• Experience with agile collaboration and planning tools such as Atlassian products.
• Agile and/or business analysis certifications (for example, Certified ScrumMaster or IIBA) highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery across multiple technology teams, ensuring alignment to priorities, outcomes and timelines.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, showcases and retrospectives.
• Manage and groom team backlogs with Product Owners, ensuring work is prioritised and iteration-ready.
• Coordinate delivery planning, estimates, dependencies and issue resolution across teams.
• Maintain delivery plans, workflows, metrics and reporting to support transparency and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to gather, clarify and document business requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, epics and acceptance criteria.
• Support solution design, testing and delivery by providing ongoing business and requirements analysis.
• Promote consistent agile practices, coach teams and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and communicate delivery progress, risks and decisions effectively.

Skills

Agile delivery

Requirements gathering

Backlog management

Sprint planning

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

CSM or IIBA certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Atlassian tools

Job description

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

What are we looking for?

As an Iteration Manager / Business Analyst in the Engineering group, you will support multiple technology teams to deliver high-quality outcomes through agile delivery, workflow coordination and stakeholder collaboration.

You will facilitate agile ceremonies, manage delivery activities, gather and refine business requirements, and help drive continuous improvement across the domain.

• Support delivery across multiple technology teams, ensuring alignment to priorities, outcomes and timelines.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, showcases and retrospectives.
• Manage and groom team backlogs with Product Owners, ensuring work is prioritised and iteration-ready.
• Coordinate delivery planning, estimates, dependencies and issue resolution across teams.
• Maintain delivery plans, workflows, metrics and reporting to support transparency and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to gather, clarify and document business requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, epics and acceptance criteria.
• Support solution design, testing and delivery by providing ongoing business and requirements analysis.
• Promote consistent agile practices, coach teams and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and communicate delivery progress, risks and decisions effectively.

What will you bring?

• 3–5+ years’ experience in Iteration Manager, Scrum Master, Business Analyst or similar delivery roles within technology teams.
• Strong experience facilitating agile ceremonies and supporting agile delivery practices.
• Proven business analysis skills including requirements gathering, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple teams and supporting complex change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of agile delivery, backlog management, sprint planning and continuous improvement.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, process mapping and problem-solving.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills.
• Experience with agile collaboration and planning tools such as Atlassian products.
• Agile and/or business analysis certifications (for example, Certified ScrumMaster or IIBA) highly regarded.

To be eligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights in Australia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater and Gordon application process.

Acknowledgement of Country Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + Inclusion Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know in your application.