About the Role
As a leader of the Business Analyst (BA) team, you will play a crucial role in guiding projects from inception to completion by gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements. This position involves working closely with stakeholders to understand their business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and ensuring that project requirements align with the company's goals and objectives. Additionally, you will manage change requests, track project progress, and escalate issues as necessary to keep projects on track.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the BA team in gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements for projects.
- Work with stakeholders to understand business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Create detailed requirement specifications that can guide project development.
- Ensure project requirements are aligned with company goals and objectives.
- Manage change requests, track project progress, and escalate issues as needed.
Skills
- Strong business analysis skills, including requirements gathering and process mapping.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile environment.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into technical specifications.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience
- Minimum 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst in software development projects.
- Experience leading a team of BAs.
- Exposure to different industries and domains.
Day-to-Day Activities
- Lead the team in conducting stakeholder interviews and requirements gathering workshops.
- Analyze business processes and recommend solutions to improve efficiency.
- Collaborate with project teams to ensure project requirements are met.
- Facilitate meetings and discussions between stakeholders to resolve issues.
- Provide status updates to project stakeholders and management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Master's degree in Business Administration or a related field is preferred.
Soft Skills
- Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with project teams and stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively.
Diversity & Inclusion Statement
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity, and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, religions, ages, marital statuses, genders, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning, and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
