Lead Business Analyst

EPAMers think creatively and lead with passion and honesty. Our people are the source of our success. We value collaboration, work in partnership with our clients and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s market conditions, we’re supporting operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
Currently we are looking for a Lead Business Analyst to join our team in Hungary. If you are looking to give your career a real boost with a global leader in digital transformation, EPAM is the perfect choice. If you’d like to learn more about this position and project, apply now.
Responsibilities
Elicit requirements (using different techniques)
Define Business Goals, Needs and Objectives
Identify improvement opportunities for product, process and a team
Plan Business Analysis, including Business Analysis Information Management, Stakeholder Engagement & Communication (artifacts templates, documents structure, process flow, etc.) at multi-stream or large-scale projects
Create stakeholder engagement approach and monitor in order to keep them actively involved in the delivery process
Translate business needs into requirements (Functional, Non-functional, Transition)
Choose new or adapt existing requirement's documentation framework to project needs
Select requirements change management approach and ensure the correct level of traceability to support it
Align solution with business Goals / Needs / Objectives
Plan BA activities and facilitate during the Discovery phase
Manage project/product backlog
Advise and align requirements prioritization approach at all levels
Play BA Team Lead role in the project
Conduct Technical Interviews for BA positions
Mentor or coach other BAs within the project team or organization
Requirements
At least 5 years of relevant BA experience
Expertise in creating different types of requirements (e.g., business, user, system, transition requirements etc.)
Ability to effectively guide elicitation activities at multi-stream or large-scale projects
Skills to identify and resolve inconsistencies in project/product requirements
Experience in working with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe) or classic one (e.g. RUP)
Expertise in planning Business Analysis Approach on the project and facilitation of related communication
Ability to create/adapt a set of templates to be used in the project
Acquaintance with arrangement and facilitation of stakeholder communication across different levels using wide variety of relevant techniques (e.g., workshops, meetings, interviews, etc.)
Skills to acquire new information about the project, product and domain quickly from different sources
Experience in creating diagrams (e.g., in UML, BPMN)
Understanding and ability to propose suitable software development processes and influence/enhance it
Ability to effectively guide BA activities across all delivery phases (e.g., elicitation, requirements management etc.)
Expertise in project/product scope management
Scope creep control
Ability to accurately assesses project/business analysis risks and act accordingly
Experience in BA efforts estimation (including large scale projects), modeling and prototyping
Advanced knowledge of at least one requirements management tool (Jira, Target Process, Rally, etc.)
Experience in BAs mentoring/coaching, in leading a team of BAs
Advanced communication and negotiation skills
Strong analytical, problem solving and synthesizing skills
Product mindset
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