Senior Business Analyst (Data & Analytics Transformation)

Cognizant; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Kraków is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive enterprise-scale transformation, data and analytics, and cloud migration initiatives. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, Product Owners, architects, and delivery teams to define requirements and ensure delivery in an Agile setting.

Key responsibilities include gathering and detailing requirements, managing backlogs and epics, facilitating workshops, and ensuring traceability from

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst delivering enterprise-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong Agile delivery experience, including Jira backlog management and user story development.
• Experience with cloud migration, data, analytics, or reporting initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and business process analysis skills.
• Experience within banking, financial services, or other regulated environments.
• Ability to work effectively across business and technology teams in complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Create and manage epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlogs.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, backlog refinement sessions, and requirements reviews.
• Partner with Product Owners to define priorities, roadmaps, and delivery objectives.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Technical Leads to ensure business requirements are reflected in solution designs.
• Conduct process mapping, gap analysis, impact assessments, and business process improvements.
• Support Agile delivery teams through sprint planning, testing, and solution validation.
• Manage stakeholder communications and ensure requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Requirements analysis

Agile delivery

Backlog management

Tools

Jira

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support large-scale Data & Analytics transformation and cloud migration programmes. Working closely with business stakeholders, Product Owners, architects, and delivery teams, you will drive requirements definition, solution design, and successful delivery within an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Create and manage epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlogs.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, backlog refinement sessions, and requirements reviews.
• Partner with Product Owners to define priorities, roadmaps, and delivery objectives.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Technical Leads to ensure business requirements are reflected in solution designs.
• Conduct process mapping, gap analysis, impact assessments, and business process improvements.
• Support Agile delivery teams through sprint planning, testing, and solution validation.
• Manage stakeholder communications and ensure requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst delivering enterprise-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong Agile delivery experience, including Jira backlog management and user story development.
• Experience with cloud migration, data, analytics, or reporting initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and business process analysis skills.
• Experience within banking, financial services, or other regulated environments.
• Ability to work effectively across business and technology teams in complex organisations.

Preferred

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, or modern cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, and reporting solutions.
• Experience in large-scale migration or transformation programmes.

What We're Looking For

A collaborative and delivery-focused Business Analyst with excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, capable of turning complex business requirements into actionable solutions that drive measurable business value.

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