Senior Business Analyst BA1

tamemit; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

tamemit is seeking a Senior Business Analyst (BA1) to drive product vision and backlog management. You will align developers and stakeholders around a clear roadmap and own the backlog as the single source of truth, prioritizing by value and risk to maximize outcomes.

Responsibilities include refining user stories, facilitating Scrum events, and ensuring increments meet acceptance criteria. Strong communication with clients, executives, and marketing is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or any relevant university.
• 5 years of experience.
• Ability to create and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy.
• Expertise in prioritizing, refining, and maintaining the Product Backlog.
• Ability to use data, metrics, and user feedback to inform priorities and validate ideas.

Responsibilities

• Create, articulate, and communicate a clear and compelling long-term vision for the product.
• Ensure the entire team (developers, stakeholders) understands and is aligned with this vision.
• Own the Product Backlog as the single source of truth for all work.
• Order backlog items by value, risk, and dependencies to achieve goals efficiently.
• Clarify backlog items with the team to ensure readiness for upcoming sprints.
• Make tactical decisions about what features to build and what not to build.
• Ensure each increment delivers maximum value to customers and the business.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders (clients, users, executives, marketing).
• Gather feedback, manage expectations, and communicate progress and trade-offs clearly.
• Clarify requirements and define acceptance criteria for user stories.
• actively participate in Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives).
• Validate work against acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Officially accept or reject sprint increments.
• Review product increment with stakeholders at Sprint Review and gather feedback.
• Use feedback and data to adapt the Product Backlog and future strategy.

Skills

Product backlog management

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

User story writing

Requirements analysis

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

About the job Senior Business Analyst BA1

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create, articulate, and communicate a clear and compelling long-term vision for the product.
• Ensure the entire team (developers, stakeholders) understands and is aligned with this vision.
• Create and Maintain: Be the sole author and owner of the Product Backlog, which is the single source of truth for all work.
• Order the items in the backlog by value, risk, and dependencies to achieve goals most efficiently.
• Continuously break down, clarify, and detail backlog items with the team to ensure they are "ready" for upcoming sprints.
• Make tactical decisions about what features to build and, just as importantly, what not to build.
• Ensure every increment of work delivered by the team delivers the highest possible value to customers and the business.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders (clients, users, executives, marketing).
• Gather feedback, manage expectations, and communicate progress, priorities, and trade-offs clearly.
• Clarify Requirements: Be available to the team to answer questions, clarify user stories, and define acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate in Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives).
• Validate that the work done by the Development Team meets the defined acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Officially "accept" or "reject" the completed increment at the end of a sprint.
• Review the product increment with stakeholders at the Sprint Review and gather feedback.
• Use feedback and data to adapt the Product Backlog and future strategy accordingly.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or any relevant university.
• 5 Years of experience.
• Deep understanding of the target market, user personas, and customer pain points.
• Knowledge of the industry, business model, and the problem space the product operates in.
• Ability to create and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy.
• Expertise in prioritizing, refining, and maintaining the Product Backlog.
• Ability to use data, metrics, and user feedback to inform priorities and validate ideas.
• Understanding of the technology stack and development processes to have credible conversations with the team.
• Skill in ordering backlog items to maximize the value delivered by the development team.
• Ability to articulate the business value and return on investment for features.
• Effectively communicating with and managing expectations of stakeholders (clients, executives, users).
• Excellent at conveying ideas, requirements, and the product vision clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Skill in understanding stakeholder needs, user feedback, and team concerns.
• Ability to persuade stakeholders and negotiate priorities without formal authority.
• Being open about progress, challenges, and decisions.
• Skill in writing clear, concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Active participation in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Embraces adaptability, iterative development, and continuous improvement.