We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our team in the food manufacturing industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the Business Relationship Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner on defining the project’s detailed scope.
- Responsible for creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs.
- Provide guidance and facilitate conversations as needed on sizing stories, choosing stories for sprints, splitting stories and determining technical story details.
- Work with the Product Owner and other BAs with the prioritization of user stories in the product backlog.
- Work with the Product Owner, BAs, and Quality Assurance Analysts on defining acceptance criteria sufficiently for testing.
- Work with the Product Owner to confirm the delivered solution is in fulfillment of the stated requirements.
- Work with business stakeholders to test user stories.
- Guide the team to ensure a solid understanding of the ceremonies, expectations, deliverables, dependencies, and their role in the Agile development methodology.
- Provide coaching in the discipline for junior resources.
- Previous 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst working on information technology projects.
- Previous experience as a Business Analyst in the Food Manufacturing industry.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Proficiency in requirement-gathering techniques, process modeling, and documentation.
- Experience interacting with cross-functional groups to support consensus outcomes/decisions.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies and software development lifecycle.
- Knowledge of relevant tools such as Microsoft Visio, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.
- Understanding and experience within Business Analytics & Insights Technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft PowerBI.
- Experienced working with teams in multiple time zones
