Business Analyst

VML Enterprise Solutions; Porto; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Meal cards

Social events

Family friendly policies

Retail discounts

Job summary

VML Enterprise Solutions in Portugal seeks a proactive Business Analyst with ecommerce experience to document client needs and translate them into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. You will run workshops, assess options, and present proposals to clients while collaborating with a delivery team through go-live.

You will map business processes, analyze systems, and produce high-quality requirements with a customer-first mindset, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Business Analyst on ecommerce / experience projects.
• Experience managing client stakeholders and Product Owners / Managers.
• Able to run workshops with client stakeholders.
• Experience working on Content and Experience projects.
• Proactive, detail‑oriented, and a team player willing to learn and improve.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document requirements and translate into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Identify and recommend options for potential solutions with technical and business fit.
• Create logical, innovative solutions and present proposals to clients.
• Work with a scrum/delivery team through go-live and support training as needed.
• Maintain strong client relationships and ensure high customer satisfaction.

Skills

Business analysis

Ecommerce experience

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Agile delivery

Client collaboration

Requirements gathering

User stories & acceptance criteria

Clearly communicate solutions

Problem solving

Job description

Who We Are

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.

Business Analyst with Commerce experience required to join our Delivery team here in Portugal, on a permanent basis.

The opportunity

Working under your own initiative with required guidance and support, a Business Analyst with proven experience you will be part of the Business Analysis team and expected to take the initiative in ensuring the business needs of our client are fully documented, understood and met by the proposed solution.

What you’ll get to do

• Gather and document requirements and translate them into clear user stories and acceptance criteria that can be used and interpreted by both business and technical users. This will involve planning, running and facilitating workshops, reviewing and assessing source documentation from the customer
• Identify and recommend options for potential solutions and assess them for both technical and business suitability
• Create logical and innovative solutions to problems
• Present proposals to clients
• Work with a scrum / delivery team through to go live
• Analyse business systems in order to recommend efficiencies
• Provide estimates for analysis work and plans in conjunction with Project/Programme Managers
• Communicate and collaborate with developers, testers and a variety of end users to ensure all solutions deliver quality and customer satisfaction
• Provide training to users of a new system as required
• Plan and work flexibly to meet deadlines
• Keep up to date with technical and industry sector advances
• Maintain great client relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Maintain consistently high levels of client satisfaction and effectively escalating business critical situations to as required
• Manage situations and relationships both internally and externally

What you should have

• Experience working as a Business Analyst on ecommerce / experience projects
• Experience of managing client stakeholders and Product Owners / Manangers
• Able to run workshops with client stakeholders
• Experience working on Content projects
• Experience working on Experience projects
• Highly proactive, talented, enthusiastic, focused, eye for detail, professional. Keen to learn and to challenge for smarter ways of doing things; a team player proud of their work who wants to share it
• You like working in a fast-paced environment and are ready to inspire outstanding online experiences for consumers and brands, no matter what product, service, sector, device or channel!
• You will have a customer-first mindset, with the maturity and initiative to do what it takes keep our clients happy, including some working at client locations
• Great stakeholder management skills
• Experience of Agile software delivery
• Business Process mapping and engineering
• eCommerce and retail / brand experience
• Production of high quality user stories and acceptance criteria
• Analysis and design of systems (package integration and bespoke development)
• Ability to work on your own initiative to an agreed action plan
• Strong communication skills - as this role requires a high level of communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Strong problem solving, time management and organisational skills
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
• Energetic, enthusiastic with strong attention to detail

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only

We offer a great benefits package including training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.

We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.

And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

How We Use AI In The Recruitment Process

To ensure more focused and engaging conversations, we leverage AI in our recruitment processexclusively for secure, objective note-taking, never for evaluative judgments. This allows our team to be fully present with you. You are always welcome torequest a transcript of these notes or opt outof this feature at any time. Opting out will not impact the outcome of the interview process

To find out more, visit enterprisesolutions.wpp.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.