Senior Business Analyst / Product Owner

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Lancashire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
12 Jul 2021
Closes
09 Aug 2021
Job Title
IT Director
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Senior Business Analyst / Product Owner

Upto GBP40,000 DOE

Manchester City Centre

Our client is looking for great people to join a young and exciting company delivering enterprise platforms and innovative mobile solutions.

Are you a creative Business Analyst/Product Owner that loves to make innovation happen, from small improvements to designing systems from the ground up? Can you combine creative technical and commercial thinking? Can you build a customer–friendly relationship with the clients in all shapes and sizes? Can you manage projects considering all stakeholder angles?

If so, our client is looking for you!

They are a young and dynamic organisation focusing on delivering enterprise platforms and innovative mobile solutions. The group consists of growing teams in the UK, Philippines, Ukraine, and India. Direct communication, a joke here and there, and no–nonsense collaboration combined with timely delivery are key.

They have just received investment from a private equity company, which provides a springboard for growth and a considerable high–profile support network. In the last year, they've launched their new product, and in the wake of the pandemic aim to expand in the UK market by attracting more customers and start another exciting new product line. Needless to say, they need to boost the team with a creative and productive Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner who has the ambition and ability to take on responsibility, innovate, deliver, and grow with the company.

Your Role

Reporting to the CEO, the ideal candidate will support the design of new elicitation and management of requirements across the system development life cycle. Provide guidance to new clients and existing customers in the preparation of the requirement documents to ensure that the characteristics of the functionality are well defined, clear and understood by customers as well colleagues. Support in managing ongoing contractual relationships and the operational delivery of services to clients for an account or group of accounts.

Key Areas

* Working with customers to identify and write functional requirements

* Working with customers to ensure appropriate system implementation

* Working with developers to design new functionality

* Reporting on progress to management

* Create and implement a roadmap for the product

Key Responsibilities

* Elicit, write and review detailed business and system requirements from business owners and stakeholders

* Write and produce detailed functional specifications for others

* From a business and system requirement perspective; provides supports design, development, testing, deployment and transition for less complicated functionality into operation

* Provide basic user training on new functionality and handles user queries regarding system functionality

* Assist others (or guides the technical writer) in production of operational and user documentation including release notes

* Respond to unresolved production support issues and participate in analysis and resolution on behalf of the business

* Under direct supervision, provide input and insight into the administration of project schedule, scope of work and budget, ensuring that operational teams and subcontractors understand client requirements

* Promote the organisation's capabilities to clients, identifying where possible sales opportunities which are forwarded to the head of Services and Products.

* Responsible for the UI and UX design of the system

Skills/Abilities Highly Desirable

* Excellent teamwork skills

* Adaptability and strong attention to detail

* Creativity and Process Design

* Mature communication skills and networking ability

* Good organization and planning skills

* Project Management

* Acute commercial acumen

* Computer programming Design, Implementation and Testing

* Data Analysis and Reporting

* Strong empathy with customers

* Self–Motivation

* Required a minimum of 2 years' experience

* Batchelor required Master preferred

We can offer

Fantastic and innovative people to work with

Be an active part in the development of world–class innovative software

Working and learning with a team of highly qualified personnel

Up–to GBP40,000 depending on experience

Flexible working

25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Apply now

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