Business Analyst

FPSG; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Manchester is seeking a Business Analyst to work with cross-functional teams, defining product features and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. You will leverage your software services experience to deliver high value features and implement the product strategy. The ideal candidate possesses strong analysis and negotiation skills, ensuring quality output amidst technical and strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Software as a Service products and cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of business processes and system integration.
• Proven ability to handle conflicts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and split features and user stories with the delivery team.
• Ensure delivery of high quality and high value features.
• Contribute to and implement product strategy and business cases.

Skills

Analysis skills

People skills

Negotiation skills

Technical savvy

Multi-tasking ability

Job description

Business Analyst / Agile / Software Development

Fantastic opportunity to work with a team of cross functional engineers to ensure that Products are developed in line with the roadmap and strategy. Alongside the Product owner you will help define and create features and user stories for the team to implement.

Role Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include :

• Working with the delivery team and stakeholders to define, document and split features and user stories
• Understanding the customer problem and scope of work to ensure we are delivering high quality high value features
• Becoming an expert in your product area and the go to contact for stakeholders and other teams
• Contributing to and implementing the product strategy and related commercial business cases
• Following Lean and Agile principles you will work closely with the delivery team and across the business
• Manage product roadmap priorities to ensure development work is prioritised

Person Specification

You will have the following skills :

• Previous experience in an environment with Software as a Service products and those in the cloud
• Excellent analysis skills to understand the business processes and how each system is integrated to inform the user stories and provide detail that is required
• Excellent people skills with peers, seniors, subordinates and customers and comfortable negotiating through conflict
• Possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
• Ability to multi-task, balancing the customer, product strategy and technical priorities required to deliver a competitive product