Business Analyst (Senior)

Discovery Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited, through Discovery Insure, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to provide product ownership and Agile backlog leadership across business units and IT. You will lead workshops, refine requirements, and ensure deliverables meet business value and quality standards.

The role requires 5 years BA experience, UML and prototyping expertise, and experience in insurance. A proactive communicator, you will collaborate with stakeholders to drive initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Matric (Essential).
• Degree / Diploma in IT (Essential).
• Business Analyst course (Essential).
• 5 years Business Analyst experience (Essential).
• 1 year Insurance industry experience (Advantageous).
• 4 years UML experience (Essential).
• 4 years Screen Prototyping experience (Essential).
• 4 years Test and Defect Management Tools experience (Essential).

Responsibilities

• Acting as a Product Owner between business and the Systems/IT department by breaking down features into user stories and ensuring that user stories are clearly defined and well understood.
• Lead requirement gathering and story mapping workshops with stakeholders.
• Manage, refine and prioritise the product backlog to enable effective planning with the Scrum team.
• Taking ownership of the development process on behalf of the Business by actively participating in all Agile events to help the team achieve its goals.
• Under limited supervision undertakes specialist feasibility analysis, evaluations or business projects.
• Gives feedback on deliver plans and assists with impact analysis.
• May research and prepare reports on related subjects.
• Collaborate and Plan prioritized deliverables with the manager for Project work and BAU items.
• Quality Assurance of all Business Analysis done to ensure correctness and completeness.

Skills

Analytical and Conceptual

Communication

Multi-tasking

Relationship Building

Technology life cycle

Business

UML

Prototyping

Test Management

Systems

Development

Jira

Education

Matric

Degree / Diploma in IT

Business Analyst course

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Magic Orange

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Business Analyst (Senior)

Business Unit: Discovery Insure

Function: Business Analysis

Date: 4 Oct 2026

Discovery – Insure

Business Analyst (Senior)

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Insure

Discovery Insure is committed to creating a nation of great drivers through our innovative Shared-value Insurance model. Discovery Insure is South Africa’s fastest growing short-term insurance company with comprehensive products that provide protection against current and emerging risks facing clients in the motor and home insurance sectors. Vitality Drive, an internationally-recognised and award-winning programme, is a key differentiator in the market that incentivises and rewards clients for driving well. The Vitality Drive programme has been scaled to local and international markets which now include Europe and the Middle East. The company employs over 1 000 people who are committed to putting our customers and financial advisers first by providing unique and innovative solutions and cover.

Key Purpose

To provide support to the business unit by:

• Acting as a Product Owner between business and the Systems/IT department by breaking down features into user stories and ensuring that user stories are clearly defined and well understood clarity in communication is an essential component of this function.
• Lead requirement gathering and story mapping workshops with stakeholders
• Manage, refine and prioritise the product backlog to enable effective planning with the Scrum team
• Taking ownership of the development process on behalf of the Business by actively participating in all Agile events to help the team achieve its goals
• Under limited supervision undertakes specialist feasibility analysis, evaluations or business projects
• Gives feedback on deliver plans and assists with impact analysis
• May research and prepare reports on related subjects.
• Can move easily to understand different business units
• Business Analyst Team Leader
• Collaborate and Plan prioritized deliverables with the manager for Project work and Business As Usual items
• Quality Assurance of all Business Analysis done to ensure correctness and completeness

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to:

Analysis

• Big picture and impact across users and systems
• Understanding the current state and what needs to change
• Solution orientated
• High level and detail orientated
• Challenging business (not being a scribe)

Quality

• Comebacks and rework: To minimize the number of comebacks or rework required by the Developers through clearly articulating and communicating business specifications, using multiple channels (workshops, email etc.) to facilitate understanding
• Development Support: To provide support during the development phase by being available for questions or clarification, and providing feedback to Development teams as appropriate
• Guidance and advice to the business: To provide sound guidance and advice on planned changes to business by striving to clearly understand business needs and making considered recommendations as appropriate
• Process Diagrams: Ensuring that business needs are clearly documented by mapping changes to existing processes diagrams or developing new processes as required

Agile Methodology

• Design and validate the functional solution using Agile Methodology.
• This involves interpreting the product / functional requirements into Agile Epics and Stories
• Plan Agile Sprints and Stories for the Sprint
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the Agile Story Board by interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
• Validate the Agile Epics, Stories and Test Basket with the identified stakeholders and obtain sign-off

Admin

• Jira (Consistently updated / visible)
• Confluence (addressing/ resolving comments / updating change management)
• Magic Orange – Weekly time capture
• In addition, be part of and provide input for:
• JAD sessions
• Agile framework
• Daily stand-ups

Knowledge and Skills:

• Analytical and Conceptual (Advanced)
• Communication (written and verbal) (Advanced)
• Project Management (Basic)
• Multi-tasking (Intermediate)
• Relationship Building (Advanced)
• UML (Advanced)
• Prototyping (Advanced)
• Test Management (Advanced)
• Systems (Intermediate)
• Development (Intermediate)
• Technology life cycle (Advanced)
• Business (Advanced)

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric (Essential).
• Degree / Diploma in IT(Essential).
• Business Analyst course (Essential).

Experience:

• 5 years Business Analyst experience (Essential)
• 1 year Insurance industry experience (Advantageous)
• 4 years UML experience (Essential)
• 4 years Screen Prototyping experience (Essential)
• 4 years Test and Defect Management Tools experience (Essential

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.