Senior Business Analyst

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create, articulate, and communicate a clear and compelling long-term vision for the product.
• Ensure the entire team (developers, stakeholders) understands and is aligned with this vision.
• Create and Maintain: Be the sole author and owner of the Product Backlog, which is the single source of truth for all work.
• Order the items in the backlog by value, risk, and dependencies to achieve goals most efficiently.
• Continuously break down, clarify, and detail backlog items with the team to ensure they are "ready" for upcoming sprints.
• Make tactical decisions about what features to build and, just as importantly, what not to build.
• Ensure every increment of work delivered by the team delivers the highest possible value to customers and the business.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders (clients, users, executives, marketing).
• Gather feedback, manage expectations, and communicate progress, priorities, and trade-offs clearly.
• Clarify Requirements: Be available to the team to answer questions, clarify user stories, and define acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate in Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives).
• Validate that the work done by the Development Team meets the defined acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Officially "accept" or "reject" the completed increment at the end of a sprint.
• Review the product increment with stakeholders at the Sprint Review and gather feedback.
• Use feedback and data to adapt the Product Backlog and future strategy accordingly.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or any relevant university.
• 5 Years of experience. 
• Deep understanding of the target market, user personas, and customer pain points.
• Knowledge of the industry, business model, and the problem space the product operates in.
• Ability to create and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy.
• Expertise in prioritizing, refining, and maintaining the Product Backlog.
• Ability to use data, metrics, and user feedback to inform priorities and validate ideas.
• Understanding of the technology stack and development processes to have credible conversations with the team.
• Skill in ordering backlog items to maximize the value delivered by the development team.
• Ability to articulate the business value and return on investment for features.
• Effectively communicating with and managing expectations of stakeholders (clients, executives, users).
• Excellent at conveying ideas, requirements, and the product vision clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Skill in understanding stakeholder needs, user feedback, and team concerns.
• Ability to persuade stakeholders and negotiate priorities without formal authority.
• Being open about progress, challenges, and decisions.
• Skill in writing clear, concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Active participation in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Embraces adaptability, iterative development, and continuous improvement.