Senior Business Analyst – Digital Platforms & AI

Sword Iberia; España; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sword Iberia is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an international public health project, supporting a platform for discovering, comparing and sharing analytical tools, data and resources. You will gather requirements through interviews and workshops, define user stories, workflows and acceptance criteria, and help shape metadata and lifecycle models.

You will collaborate with developers and UX/UI designers, manage backlogs, coordinate sprints, and contribute to wireframes, validation

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering software products.
• Experience with marketplaces, repositories, data catalogs or discovery platforms.
• Backlog management and sprint planning with engineering teams.
• Experience defining AI or ML requirements.
• Experience with APIs, data models, Git workflows and Jira/Azure DevOps/Confluence.
• University degree in a relevant field.
• Excellent spoken and written English with strong stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyse requirements through interviews, workshops and engagement with users and technical teams.
• Define user stories, workflows, business rules and acceptance criteria.
• Develop classification, metadata and lifecycle models for published resources.
• Specify requirements for AI-assisted search and discovery, including human review processes and quality criteria.
• Manage the backlog, coordinate sprints and support delivery alongside developers and UX/UI designers.
• Contribute to wireframes, user validation and acceptance testing.

Skills

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

English proficiency

Education

University degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Job description

At Sword Iberia, we are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join an international public health project, supporting the development of a platform for discovering, comparing and sharing analytical tools, data and resources.

Key responsibilities:

• Gather and analyse requirements through interviews, workshops and engagement with users and technical teams.
• Define user stories, workflows, business rules and acceptance criteria.
• Develop classification, metadata and lifecycle models for published resources.
• Specify requirements for AI-assisted search and discovery, including human review processes and quality criteria.
• Manage the backlog, coordinate sprints and support delivery alongside developers and UX/UI designers.
• Contribute to wireframes, user validation and acceptance testing.

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner or Product Manager delivering software products.
• Direct experience with marketplaces, repositories, data catalogs, registries or similar discovery platforms, with responsibility for how content is classified, described, published or found.
• Experience managing backlogs and defining sprints alongside engineering teams.
• Experience defining requirements or acceptance criteria for AI or machine learning features.
• Familiarity with APIs, data models, Git-based workflows and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or Confluence.
• A university degree in a relevant field.
• Excellent spoken and written English and strong stakeholder communication skills.

Experience with open-source ecosystems, research, public health or international communities would be an advantage.

Working arrangements: Remote, with significant overlap with Central European working hours and potential occasional travel.