Senior Agile Business Analyst

Job Type: Contract
Posted: almost 2 years ago
Contact: James McLaughlin
Discipline:
Reference: 246851

The Senior Business Analyst will be required to work within a complex and dynamic Agile program delivery environment. The Senior Business Analyst will operate within a cross-functional team adopting and driving business analysis approaches to achieve program objectives aligned with predictive (plan-driven) and adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

DELIVERABLES

  • Manage and support product backlog refinement including the definition and application of standards associated with the elicitation of requirements
  • Facilitate workshops and engage extensively with business and technical staff to manage expectations and elicit requisite information and requirements in support of User Story development and refinement
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, SMEs and key stakeholders to document functional, non-functional and technical requirements in the form of clear and concise User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
  • Lead and prepare business cases, translating stakeholder requirements into highly quality project briefs
  • Deliver and report on the progress of assigned tasks, identify and communicate risks and issues as they arise, and work collaboratively to mitigate and resolve them, respectively.
  • Present and showcase project outcomes to project team members and senior stakeholders demonstrating progress against program initiatives and objectives
  • Execute on the responsibilities defined in the Management of IT Policy
  • Support the Product Manager and Portfolio Director with other designated duties as they arise.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Experience

  • Strong experience working as a Senior Business Analyst on a large, complex programs of work and preferably within a complex agile project delivery environment
  • Proven experience applying specialised Business Analysis techniques into practice
  • Strong facilitation experience and the ability to elicit and translate information from a variety of stakeholders.
  • Strong experience in MS Office and web based tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Sharepoint and Miro
  • Experienced in the adoption of agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, ScrumBan, SAFe)

Qualifications

  • Appropriate vocation qualifications and certifications would be highly regarded
  • Relevant tertiary or post graduate qualifications are highly desirable.

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