Senior Business Analyst, Universal Music Group

• You will have a strong track record across the full lifecycle of projects, proving the ability to communicate with business stakeholders, understand business pain points, translate requirements into solutions, and transfer knowledge to an Agile project team for multiple IT products
• Strong back-end skills, including solid experience in writing SQL queries and analysing data
• End to end experience of the product and software lifecycles
• Experience of project management/product ownership
• Demonstrable evidence of analysing and documenting complex business processes / process mapping and managing with stakeholders
• Proven track record working as a Senior Business Analyst/ Business Analyst
• Ability to form up the problem solution, use of wire-framing and other techniques
• Ability to work with the development team and ensure on-time delivery (local & offshore)
• A proven track record in Software Development
• Proven experience interacting directly with end users
• Results orientated with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Total and certified understanding of Agile project methodology
• Ability to break solution down into sprints working in an Agile project methodology
• Experienced in defining Epics and User Stories
• Strong understanding of key technologies and limitations
• Able to command respect with Senior Business Managers
• Ability to drive coherent product development
• Business focussed
• Self-starter, strong initiative & leadership

Desirable

• The Senior Business Analyst is a liaison between our business and development teams, driving software products to success by recognising strategic need and tactical goals
• Managing the expectations of our stakeholders across multiple business teams is essential with a solution-oriented focus
• The Senior Business Analyst will convert those expectations and domain knowledge into clear solution for both business and development teams in a big data team, playing an essential role for collaborative and successful products
• Document and agree requirements with end users
• Form up the solution and ensure that it is delivered to the development team in an appropriate form of user stories, process flows and wireframes to enable the development to proceed with minimal analysis support
• Orchestrate the development by creation of tickets, estimation, sprint management and scrum master
• Define User Acceptance test plans
• Play the role of Product Owner in an Agile Methodology
• Create Business models incorporating process and data modelling
• Develop a sound knowledge of the business domain
• Assist our programme managers in overall project management & delivery
• Be a passionate advocate of the product vision
• Contribute to effective presentations and workshops
• Build positive relationships with business stakeholders and development teams
• Facilitate regular meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements, update them on progress and address concerns
• Communicate project status to stakeholders and team members throughout the course of a project
• Manage prioritisation of the product backlog to be continually aligned to business value
• Acquire subject matter expertise and provide thought leadership in our products and processes, to drive excellence in our services