Functional Consultant

Sourceful Information Technology Services; Polska; On-site; PLN 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sourceful Information Technology Services seeks a Functional Consultant to bridge business needs with technology in application development and IT product projects. You will gather requirements, translate them into functional specs, and maintain the backlog with precise tasks and acceptance criteria.

You will lead workshops, prepare process maps, and verify delivered solutions in QA, supporting both team and business decisions to deliver the best product.

Qualifications

• Experience in gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into functional requirements.
• Experience with business stakeholders, developers, testers, and UX/UI designers.
• Ability to lead workshops and analytical meetings with stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare process maps and functional/process documentation.
• Experience creating backlogs, user stories, tasks, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.
• Experience in functional testing and validating solutions in QA environments.
• Understanding of release management and production deployment activities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and refine business requirements with stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional requirements.
• Identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and inconsistencies in requirements.
• Lead workshops and discovery sessions with stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings on analysis, planning, and scope alignment.
• Prepare process maps and descriptions of business flows.
• Build and maintain the backlog in Jira or similar tools.
• Prepare project and process documentation related to software development and releases.
• Prepare drafts and proposed solutions for business and obtain acceptance.
• Determine UX/UI involvement and collaborate on mockups or designs.
• Support selecting best solution from business, functional, and operational perspectives.
• Test functionalities in QA to confirm requirements.
• Verify completeness before presentations or releases.
• Coordinate with other teams on scope, dependencies, and contributions.
• Support sprint planning, scope planning, and backlog prioritization.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Workshops facilitation

Process mapping

Backlog management

User stories

Acceptance criteria

QA validation

Release management

English fluency

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking for a Functional Consultant who will be responsible for bridging business needs with technology solutions in application development and IT product projects. This role requires independence and proactivity, strong analytical skills, and the ability to effectively collaborate with business representatives, development teams, UX/UI specialists, and other project stakeholders.

The person in this role will be responsible for gathering and organizing business requirements, transforming them into functional requirements, preparing analytical and process-related materials, and translating them into a project backlog with precise task descriptions and acceptance criteria. An important part of the role will also be verifying delivered solutions in the QA environment and supporting both the team and the business in making the best product and project decisions.

What you will do:

• Gather, analyze, and refine business requirements in cooperation with business representatives and the development team.
• Translate business requirements into clear and complete functional requirements.
• Identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and inconsistencies in requirements.
• Lead workshops, refinement sessions, discovery meetings, and clarification sessions with stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings related to analysis, planning, and scope alignment.
• Prepare process maps and descriptions of business flows to explain application logic and behavior.
• Build and maintain the backlog in Jira or similar tools, including:
• Prepare the necessary project and process documentation related to software development and release activities, including but not limited to:
• Prepare initial drafts, screen concepts, or proposed application solutions and present them to the business.
• Align proposed solutions with the business and obtain acceptance.
• Determine whether UX/UI Designer involvement is required and collaborate with UX/UI on preparing appropriate mockups or designs.
• Support the team in selecting the best solution from a business, functional, and operational perspective.
• Test implemented functionalities in the Quality/QA environment to confirm compliance with requirements.
• Verify the completeness and quality of delivered items before business presentations or release to subsequent environments.
• Cooperate with other teams involved in the project to define the scope of their engagement, dependencies, and expected contribution to ongoing work.
• Support sprint planning, work scope planning, and backlog prioritization based on historical data, estimates, and team capacity.

What you will bring:

• Experience in gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into functional requirements.
• Experience working with business stakeholders, developers, testers, and UX/UI designers.
• Ability to lead workshops, analytical meetings, and clarification sessions.
• Ability to prepare process maps, flow diagrams, and functional and process documentation.
• Experience in creating backlogs, user stories, tasks, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.
• Ability to prepare and present solution concepts to business stakeholders.
• Experience in functional testing and validating solutions in QA environments.
• Understanding of release management processes and production deployment activities.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Very good command of English, both spoken and written.