Senior Business Analyst, Digital Marketplaces & AI – Remote

Be Consultancy Group BV; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Be Consultancy Group BV is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to shape a Digital Marketplaces & AI discovery platform. You will translate user needs into clear requirements and engineering-ready specifications, working with UX/UI designers and international stakeholders.

The role combines business analysis, product ownership and Agile delivery, with a focus on catalog platforms, discovery workflows and AI-assisted search. Remote across Europe with 10+ years IT experience and fluent English.

Qualifications

• First-level university degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics or a related discipline.
• Professional certification in Business Analysis or Product Management, such as IIBA CCBA/CBAP, PMI-PBA or a recognized Product Owner certification.
• 10+ years of IT experience, including at least 7 years as a Business Analyst, Product Owner or Product Manager delivering software products.
• Direct experience delivering at least one catalog-style product, such as a marketplace, registry, repository, package index, model hub or data catalog, with responsibility for content classification, metadata, listing or discovery.
• Proven experience in product discovery, search functionality, metadata modelling and content lifecycle governance, including publication, updates, deprecation and removal.
• Experience defining requirements and acceptance criteria for AI/ML-powered features, including AI-generated outputs, human-in-the-loop review and confidence thresholds.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery, backlog ownership, sprint planning and day-to-day collaboration with software engineering teams.
• Expertise in user stories, acceptance criteria, personas, journey mapping, process flows, entity-relationship models and data dictionaries.
• Ability to create low-fidelity wireframes and interface concepts, working closely with UX/UI designers to validate user requirements.
• Strong technical understanding of APIs, database schemas, XML, JSON, CSV, Git-based workflows and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or Confluence.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with international communities.
• Expert written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis and requirements gathering through stakeholder interviews, workshops and community engagement activities, including collaborative design sessions.
• Define user personas, customer journeys and discovery workflows, covering artifact search, evaluation, comparison, contribution and adoption.
• Analyse existing marketplace, repository and catalog solutions, evaluating build, adopt or extend options, including costs, dependencies and long-term sustainability.
• Design catalog structures, metadata models and content governance, including classification, relationships, quality indicators and artifact lifecycle management.
• Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, data models and a prioritized product backlog.
• Define requirements for AI-assisted search, recommendations and metadata generation, including confidence thresholds, human-in-the-loop validation, search relevance and performance criteria.
• Own day-to-day Agile delivery activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, dependency management and collaboration with engineering teams.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), validate delivered functionality, assess discovery quality and support continuous product improvement.

Skills

Digital marketplaces

Product discovery

Agile delivery

Backlog ownership

Sprint planning

User stories

Personas

Data modelling

Content governance

APIs

Data dictionaries

Metadata modelling

Discovery workflows

AI/ML features

UAT

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Job description

Senior Business Analyst, Digital Marketplaces & AI – Remote

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst with strong experience in digital marketplaces, catalog platforms, product discovery and AI-assisted features. You will help shape and deliver a digital Tools and Resources Marketplace, translating user needs into clear product requirements, structured data models and engineering-ready specifications.

This role combines business analysis, product ownership and Agile delivery, working closely with UX/UI designers, developers and international stakeholders to build a scalable, user-centred discovery platform.

Remote – European working hours – 10+ years IT experience – Fluent English

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis and requirements gathering through stakeholder interviews, workshops and community engagement activities, including collaborative design sessions.
  
• Define user personas, customer journeys and discovery workflows, covering artifact search, evaluation, comparison, contribution and adoption.
  
• Analyse existing marketplace, repository and catalog solutions, evaluating build, adopt or extend options, including costs, dependencies and long-term sustainability.
  
• Design catalog structures, metadata models and content governance, including classification, relationships, quality indicators and artifact lifecycle management.
  
• Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, data models and a prioritized product backlog.
  
• Define requirements for AI-assisted search, recommendations and metadata generation, including confidence thresholds, human-in-the-loop validation, search relevance and performance criteria.
  
• Own day-to-day Agile delivery activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, dependency management and collaboration with engineering teams.
  
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), validate delivered functionality, assess discovery quality and support continuous product improvement.
  

Profile

• First-level university degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics or a related discipline.
  
• Professional certification in Business Analysis or Product Management, such as IIBA CCBA/CBAP, PMI-PBA or a recognized Product Owner certification.
  
• 10+ years of IT experience, including at least 7 years as a Business Analyst, Product Owner or Product Manager delivering software products.
  
• Direct experience delivering at least one catalog-style product, such as a marketplace, registry, repository, package index, model hub or data catalog, with responsibility for content classification, metadata, listing or discovery.
  
• Proven experience in product discovery, search functionality, metadata modelling and content lifecycle governance, including publication, updates, deprecation and removal.
  
• Experience defining requirements and acceptance criteria for AI/ML-powered features, including AI-generated outputs, human-in-the-loop review and confidence thresholds.
  
• Strong experience with Agile delivery, backlog ownership, sprint planning and day-to-day collaboration with software engineering teams.
  
• Expertise in user stories, acceptance criteria, personas, journey mapping, process flows, entity-relationship models and data dictionaries.
  
• Ability to create low-fidelity wireframes and interface concepts, working closely with UX/UI designers to validate user requirements.
  
• Strong technical understanding of APIs, database schemas, XML, JSON, CSV, Git-based workflows and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or Confluence.
  
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with international communities.
  
• Expert written and spoken English.
  

Experience with public health, epidemiology, research software ecosystems or open science infrastructure would be an advantage.