Senior Business Analyst for Ciklum (offline)

Responsibilities

Analyze capability gaps within Customer’s organization. Propose improvement methods and appropriate solution options
Identify and define business needs and goals. Outline clearly stakeholders’ impact and their outlook on the project and teams
Collaborate proactively with Business Stakeholders, Project Managers and Teams to reach a common understanding of the solution to address the needs. Manage requirements communication considering the project’s specifics and stakeholders’ preferences. Moderate meetings and workshops
Manage solution scope, detect and track changes. Manage requirements related conflicts and issues up to resolution
Prioritize requirements and manage their allocation. Define non-functional requirements including external interfaces and constraints
Mentor other analysts on request. Organize knowledge sharing and training sessions for other analysts. Contribute to the corporate knowledge base
Interact with product manager on product strategy definition
Evaluate business analysis processes and give proposals for improvement. Establish and follow requirements lifecycle processes
Monitor solution implementation and conduct internal and external solution acceptance
Care about continuous improvement of Customer satisfaction

Requirements

Very strong English verbal and written communication skills
Clear understanding of principles and specifics of software development methodologies
Extensive knowledge of business analysis activities and techniques
Awareness of latest IT industry and digitalization trends
Knowledge of business process optimization and modeling approaches
Knowledge of requirements management tools (at least JIRA & Confluence)
Knowledge of prototyping tools.IT industry experience: 3 years or more, including collaboration with clients abroad
Experience in business analysis or product management: 3 years or more, including defining solutions from idea to production
Experience in Agile methodologies: 1 year or more
Proven experience in communication to large audiences and top management

Desirable

Master degree or higher (in Computer Science or similar)
Business education
Good knowledge in at least one Business Domain: finance, accounting, media, travel, logistics
Knowledge in product management best practices
Experience in training development and conduction
One of the following: IIBA CCBA or CBAP, OMG UML, OMG BPMN, PMI-PBA, Pragmatic Marketing

Personal skills

Systems thinking and functional decomposition skills
Strong analytical skills to make a critical assessment of the information from numerous sources
Modeling skills to represent requirements information in graphical form
Setting clear goals and priorities. Time-management, ability to handle multi-tasking activities and prioritization
High flexibility. Ability to modify approach as per changing stakeholders, conditions, circumstances and feedback. Quick learning
Good communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
Self-confidence. Ability to accept criticism for continuous improvement

What's in it for you

Ability to work on challenging projects, deal with complex solutions
Nicely designed, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere that creates good working conditions
Unique working environment where you communicate and work directly with client

About Ciklum International

Ciklum (www.ciklum.com) is a leading global product engineering and digital services company, serving Fortune 500 and fast-growing organisations.

Headquartered in the UK, Ciklum has 4,000+ software developers, designers, product managers and data scientists around the world building tailored digital solutions that leverage emerging technologies. Ciklum specialises in enabling digital transformation for some of the largest household names in the digital economy.

The Company empowers its clients and people to exceed their potential and pursue the extraordinary.

Join one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine, according to Forbes.
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Company website:
https://www.ciklum.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/ciklum/