Senior Business Analyst

Summary

Join Nagarro, a global digital product engineering company, as a Business Analyst (Agile/Scrum) to define and deliver solutions that provide business outcomes. You will serve as a facilitator between the Business Analytics and Insights (BAI) team and Business Stakeholders, working with a team of Business Relationship Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Software Developers, and Azure Databricks Architects. This role involves creating functional and non-functional product backlog items and user stories for descriptive analytics, predictive insights, AI/ML, and other digital solutions in the manufacturing industry. You will work in a continuous delivery mode, applying Agile and Lean principles for effective and efficient delivery. The position requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with experience in Agile frameworks and Business Intelligence projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst working on information technology projects
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Business Analyst in an agile Business Intelligence project-based environment
• Understanding and experience within Business Analytics & Insights Technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft Power BI
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and Agile tools
• Proficient with user stories, Scrum, Kanban, retrospectives, team planning and other related Agile techniques
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Proficiency in requirement gathering techniques, process modeling, and documentation
• Experience interacting with cross-functional groups to support consensus outcome/decision
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of relevant tools such as Microsoft Visio, JIRA, Confluence, etc
• Experience moderating team dynamics and leading through influence
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Experience in how to apply different techniques to optimize the team's effectiveness when developing in an agile framework (for example: various Burndown technologies, differing retrospective, sprint planning handling bugs, etc.)
• Experience with removing blockers for teams and acting as a champion for a cross-functional team or department
• Experienced working with teams in multiple time zones

Responsibilities

• Work in continuous delivery mode, analyzing, testing and delivering features iteratively
• Consistently demonstrate Agile processes and principles for effective delivery
• Consistently demonstrate Lean principles for efficient delivery
• Work with the Business Relationship Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner on defining the project's detailed scope
• Responsible for creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs
• Provide guidance and facilitates conversations as needed on sizing stories, choosing stories for sprints, splitting stories and determining technical story details
• Work with the Product Owner and other BAs with the prioritization of user stories in the product backlog
• Work with the Product Owner, BAs, and Quality Assurance Analysts on defining acceptance criteria sufficiently for testing
• Work with the Product Owner to confirm the delivered solution is in fulfillment of the stated requirements
• Work with business stakeholders to test user stories
• Guide the team to ensure a solid understanding of the ceremonies, expectations, deliverables, dependencies, and their role in the Agile development methodology
• Provide coaching in the discipline for junior resources

Preferred Qualifications

Certification in Business Analysis (e.g., CBAP, CCBA) is advantageous