Solution Business Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Define the product/solution vision, functional decomposition, assumptions, dependencies, and out-of-scope items for collaboration with a product designer and solution architect, along with their estimates for design and development efforts.

• Plan business analysis activities, estimating the necessary work and capacity for project execution.

• Conduct a comprehensive analysis and overview of the business domain and key business processes, as well as value streams related to client requests for the pre-sale team.

• Collaborate with Account Managers, Client Engagement Managers, and Business Development Managers to identify optimal sales strategies and opportunities with prospects or existing clients.

• Organize product design phase activities for the business analysis stream, ensuring that requirements are thoroughly captured while the project scope is defined and objectives are achieved.

• Together with a product designer and solution architect, facilitate various product ideation, vision, and scope framing workshops, both online and in-person, with clients.

• Present well-prepared commercial proposals and product/solution visions to client stakeholders.

• Analyze solution options and provide recommendations for client requests based on insights from the sales team's ideation, project timeline, goals, and objectives.

• Create and maintain high-level artifacts that serve as guidance on project and business vision for other business analysts involved in the project.

• Transition knowledge and documents from the pre-sales phase to the project team during kickoff, assisting the project team with the initial stages of execution as a primary knowledge holder.

• Identify, define, and validate business needs in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Synthesize analysis into key features and formulate actionable recommendations.

• Work with project sponsors and subject matter experts to understand and document business cases.

• Establish, control, and enhance requirements management processes throughout the project.

• Define metrics for assessing business analysis results and develop methods for data collection.

• Conduct audits of projects, products, and requirements.

• Apply expertise and knowledge of the business domain while keeping abreast of technology trends.

• Engage in the development of the Business Analysis Office's competencies and mentoring initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis roles.

• MUST HAVE experience working on both supplier-side and internal business-side roles as a Business Analyst.

• Strong ability to foster relationships with stakeholders at all management levels.

• Capability to design and implement effective communication plans for stakeholders with limited availability, including managing risks associated with their unavailability.

• Ability to identify and distinguish between business needs, user needs, and stakeholder needs.

• Strong proficiency in business analysis techniques and tools, with full accountability for the quality of delivered artifacts.

• Proficiency in AI tools that support business analysis activities, including validation and enhancement of requirements quality (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot).

• Expert knowledge in at least one category of non-functional requirements.

• Comprehensive understanding of the complete requirements lifecycle, including elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management.

• Experience working on projects utilizing various software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and complex tasks in an Agile environment.

• Proven effectiveness as part of a distributed team.

• Excellent negotiation, presentation, and facilitation skills.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong knowledge of at least one target domain (e.g., insurance, energy, hospitality, life sciences).

• Solid business acumen.

• Strong understanding of lean product development principles and design thinking methodologies.

• Familiarity with service-oriented business models and service development approaches.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for remote work.