Business Analyst

Randstad Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join their dynamic team on a 6-month contract, with a strong likelihood of extension. This role involves managing requirements, developing user stories, and facilitating collaboration across teams to ensure project success. The ideal candidate will have a background in digital retail and experience with agile methodologies. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and is committed to an inclusive workforce, where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Benefits

Highly competitive market hourly rates

6-month contract with potential for extension

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in digital retail, especially in checkout and order management.
• Proven skills in ticket writing and managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage requirements gathering and lead refinement sessions.
• Facilitate collaboration with third-party teams to meet project timelines.

Skills

Requirements Management

Ticket Development

User Stories Creation

Process Improvement

Digital Retail Experience

Agile Methodologies

Job description

Are you an experienced Business Analyst in search of your next contract opportunity? Our high-profile client is seeking to hire a Business Analyst to join their talented team on a 6-month contract with a strong probability of extension. Apply for this amazing opportunity if this sounds like a good fit for you!

Advantages

What’s in it for you!

As a consultant with our client, you’ll receive :

• Highly competitive market hourly rates
• A 6 month contract with a strong probability of extension

Responsibilities

1. Requirements Management
2. Understand all requirements associated with a new EPIC or Initiative.
3. Work with Product Manager / Owner and Sr Developers / Leads on documenting requirements associated with a particular initiative or EPIC.
4. Develop and maintain functional specifications or “How to Use This Feature” documentation (when appropriate).
5. Manage and lead the requirements gathering sessions.
6. Ticket Development & Refinement
7. Create and refine detailed User Stories consistent with the High Level Requirements noted in the associated EPIC.
8. Refine Stories as needed so that they have the required details to be actioned by the full scrum team.
9. Elicit and document ticket dependencies, ensuring that information is tagged correctly and captured in the Dependency Huddle board.
10. Ensure all stories meet the agreed “Definition of Ready” before being taken into sprint planning sessions.
11. Note: for Critical tickets brought in mid-sprint, analyze and refine tickets to mitigate risk of issues.
12. Contribute to work estimates as appropriate to ensure effective sprint planning.
13. Maintain a “healthy” backlog aligned with targets for 2 sprints ahead.
14. Manage and lead the ticket refinement process.
15. Partnering with Third Party Teams (internal / external)
16. Facilitate necessary conversations with external teams, ensuring tickets are created to address requirements.
17. Facilitate meetings with third parties to ensure work progresses to meet EPIC or project timelines.
18. Ensure cross-team collaboration and escalate blockers as needed.
19. Close out post-go-live issues as per prioritization.
20. Process Improvement
21. Support continuous process improvement and experimentation.
22. Ensure consistency with lulu’s INTL practices.
23. Lead or contribute to Process Improvement activities.
24. Share lessons learned with peer Business Analysts.
25. Review Test plans to ensure acceptance criteria are linked to requirements.
26. Operations Support
27. Update third-party info on scheduled maintenance/outages and contact details.
28. Quarterly Planning
29. Review and analyze EPIC requirements for solution and stakeholder needs.
30. Coordinate with UX, Engineering, and external teams to determine dependencies and risks.
31. Communicate findings and support updating EPICs and user stories.
32. Assist in creating external team requests and clarify assumptions with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Retail Experience - preferably lower funnel (checkout, order management, fulfillment).
• At least 2+ years in digital retail industry.
• Experience with Cart, Checkout, Order Management, Fulfillment, especially in integrations.
• Ability to facilitate refinement sessions and review requirements.
• Proven ticket writing skills for multi-stack scrum teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience working with Product Managers.
• Openness to hybrid agile/waterfall methodologies.

Summary

If you are a Business Analyst interested in joining a dedicated team, this could be the perfect opportunity. Apply below or contact your Randstad representative for more info.

Randstad Canada values diversity and is committed to an inclusive workforce. Please disclose any accommodation needs during the application process by contacting [emailprotected].