Senior Business Analyst Europe (D/F/M)

Ja Solar; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

JA Solar in Madrid seeks a Senior Business Analyst Europe to support the Digitalisation Europe team. You will gather stakeholder requirements across Europe, translate them into actionable specs, and coordinate digitalisation initiatives with HQ teams in China and local business units.

You will also perform market and commercial analysis to inform sales decisions, track progress, and drive successful delivery of cross-functional projects within the European region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3–8 years in business analysis, digitalisation, or project coordination.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects, ideally with EU and China teams.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint; Salesforce/Power BI experience is an advantage.
• Fluent English and Chinese mandatory; other European languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements across European departments and HQ stakeholders.
• Translate needs into structured requirements for the Digitalisation team.
• Coordinate digitalisation projects with milestones, actions, and follow-up.
• Prepare analyses and ad hoc insights to support management decisions.
• Analyze market developments to support Sales and management decisions.

Job description

Your mission

Position, Location, Department
Full-time | Madrid, Spain | Digital Europe

Position Summary

The Senior Business Analyst Europe supports the Team Lead Digitalisation Europe in understanding business needs, gathering stakeholder requirements, and coordinating digitalisation and transformation initiatives across Europe. You act as a link between European business stakeholders, the Digitalisation team, and relevant HQ teams in China, helping ensure that business requirements, project activities, user feedback, and implementation progress are clearly documented and followed through.
In this position, you work closely with European departments to understand their processes and needs, while coordinating with HQ in China to identify existing digital solutions and assess their applicability to the European business.
As a secondary area of responsibility, you support market and commercial analysis to provide relevant insights for business and sales decision-making.

Reporting Line
Reports to Team Lead Digitalisation Europe

Major Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Digitalisation Projects

• Gather business requirements and stakeholder input across relevant functions and European departments, developing a clear understanding of their processes, challenges, and digitalisation needs
• Translate business needs into clear and structured requirements for the Digitalisation team and relevant HQ stakeholders
• Coordinate assigned digitalisation and transformation initiatives, including project planning, stakeholder alignment, user feedback, implementation follow-up, and communication
• Track actions, requirements, issues, dependencies, milestones, and project progress to support successful delivery
• Facilitate communication and alignment between European stakeholders, the Digitalisation team, and relevant HQ teams in China
• Work with HQ to understand existing systems, digital solutions, and transformation initiatives in China and assess their applicability to European business processes and requirements
• Support the adaptation and implementation of suitable HQ solutions within the European organisation

Business Performance & Reporting

• Prepare business analysis and ad hoc insights to support management decision-making
• Support selected reporting, dashboards, and data analysis activities
• Conduct structured analysis on commercial, operational, or organisational topics as required

Market & Commercial Analysis

• Analyse relevant market developments, customers, competitors, and commercial trends
• Provide structured market and commercial insights to support Sales and management decision-making

Selected Strategic Projects

• Support selected cross-functional projects through analysis, project coordination, stakeholder alignment, and follow-up
• Assist with fact-finding, project tracking, and preparation of materials for assigned initiatives
• Coordinate with European departments and HQ stakeholders to ensure that project requirements, responsibilities, and next steps are clearly understood and followed through

Performance Indicators

• Timely delivery of assigned analysis, project coordination, and digitalisation support activities
• Quality of business requirements, analysis, and reporting outputs
• Successful coordination, implementation, and adoption of assigned digitalisation projects and initiatives
• Effective coordination and alignment between European stakeholders, the Digitalisation team, and HQ teams
• Stakeholder satisfaction with delivered analysis and support
• Contribution to management decision-making and business improvement initiatives

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• Typically 3-8 years of experience in business analysis, digitalisation, digital transformation, project coordination, or a comparable business-facing role; experience within the solar or wider renewable energy industry is advantageous but not required
• Experience gathering business requirements and supporting digitalisation or business improvement initiatives is an advantage
• Experience coordinating digitalisation, transformation, IT, or other cross-functional projects is strongly preferred
• Experience in commercial, market, or business analysis is an advantage
• Experience working with international and cross-cultural stakeholders, particularly between European and Chinese teams, is an advantage
• A combined background in digitalisation, IT, or transformation and the solar or renewable energy industry is a strong advantage
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with Salesforce, Power BI, or similar tools is an advantage
• Fluent English and Chinese are mandatory; additional European languages are an advantage

Skills & Competencies

• Structured analytical thinking
• Strong fact-finding and requirements-gathering skills
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements and actions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong project coordination and organisational skills, with the ability to manage actions, dependencies, timelines, and stakeholder follow-up
• Ability to communicate effectively across European and Chinese business environments and facilitate alignment between stakeholders with different operational perspectives
• Ability to understand existing digital solutions and assess their suitability for European business requirements
• High level of ownership and attention to detail

Travel Requirement

Occasional travel across Europe and, where required, to support coordination with HQ or other international stakeholders.

About us

JA Solar was founded in 2005. As a photovoltaic power generation solution platform we continue to advance the "One Body, Two Wings" strategy. The "One Body" refers to our main industry chain integrating silicon wafers, cells, and modules, while the "Two Wings" refer to our PV auxiliary materials and equipment industry and PV+ application scenario solutions. In 2019, JA Solar was officially listed on the A-share market (stock symbol: "JA Solar"; stock code: 002459). With continuous technological innovation, stable financial strengths, and a well-developed global sales and service network, JA Solar has been widely recognized by domestic and international customers and has been listed in the "Fortune 500 China 500" and "Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises" for multiple consecutive years.