Lead Business Analyst

Proactive.IT Appointments Ltd.; Windsor; Hybrid; USD 67,186 - 107,497; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive technology-based initiatives and deliver impactful projects. In this hybrid role, you will leverage your extensive business analysis experience to understand client goals and ensure fit-for-purpose solutions are delivered on time. Collaborating with project teams in an agile environment, you will lead the requirements elicitation process, document user stories, and utilize tools like JIRA to monitor progress. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of projects within a dynamic IT services environment, where your expertise will be pivotal in achieving business success.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership roles and extensive business analysis.
• Strong skills in requirements elicitation and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities on large, complex projects.
• Elicit requirements and document them as user stories.

Skills

Leadership

Business Analysis

API Integration

Requirements Elicitation

Communication Skills

Agile Methodologies

JIRA

Documentation Skills

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Lead Business Analyst

Our client is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to join ASAP. Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office. As a Lead Business Analyst, you will be responsible for understanding the business goals that are to be addressed by technology-based initiatives and assisting in the delivery of projects that support my client in achieving these goals. Your key toolkit will include requirements & business analysis and excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).

Your drive to understand the real needs behind projects will enable you to ensure that fit-for-purpose solutions are delivered on time and in full within our dynamic environment.

As an experienced Lead BA, you will excel at setting and meeting the expectations of your client-base and leading the business analysis activity on large, complex projects. Working in an agile environment, you will work with project teams to elicit requirements and document them as user stories with supporting artefacts, using JIRA to monitor progress.

Expected experience & skills:

• Demonstrable experience in a leadership role
• Working with APIs and on API integration projects
• Experience analysing API specifications and swagger documents to elicit requirements
• Extensive business analysis experience on large projects and programs
• High-level scoping activities and detailed requirements analysis
• Strong experience working on feasibility and scoping activities for new or potential projects
• Excellent knowledge in a wide variety of business analysis tools and techniques
• Working in Agile environments and following the SCRUM framework
• Excellent facilitation and requirements elicitation skills
• Demonstrable experience documenting requirements for complex projects
• Evidence of analysing and documenting complex business processes
• Extensive experience of defining requirements and user stories in a digital environment, e.g., websites, apps, internal systems
• JIRA to write user stories and manage product backlogs
• Strong experience writing acceptance criteria in Gherkin format
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting