Solution Business Analyst, UK

ELEKS Business Analysis Office is looking for a Solution Business Analyst in the United Kingdom.

ABOUT PROJECT

Choosing to work as a dedicated pre-sales Business Analyst at ELEKS in the UK can be a strong career move for both professional, and personal reasons; it’s an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to high-value, strategic work. You will work as part of the UK sales team working alongside the country’s management team, Customer Success Directors, Global CTO, as well as leaders in Product Design, Solution Architecture, Data Engineering and Data Science functions.

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REQUIREMENTS

Over 8 years of experience in business analysis roles

MUST HAVE experience working on both supplier-side and internal business-side roles as a Business Analyst

Strong ability to build relationships with stakeholders across all management levels

Ability to design and execute effective communication plans for stakeholders with limited availability, including risk management related to stakeholder unavailability

Ability to identify and differentiate between business needs, user needs, and stakeholder needs

Strong proficiency in BA techniques and tools, with full responsibility for the quality of delivered artifacts

Proficiency in AI tools supporting Business Analysis activities, including validation and improvement of requirements quality (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)

Expert knowledge of at least one category of non-functional requirements

Strong understanding of the full requirements lifecycle, including elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management

Experience working in projects using different software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)

Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex tasks in an Agile environment

Proven ability to work effectively as part of a distributed team

Excellent negotiation, presentation, and facilitation skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong knowledge of at least one target domain (e.g., insurance, energy, hospitality, life sciences)

Strong business acumen

Solid understanding of lean product development principles and design thinking methodology

Understanding of service-oriented business models and service development approaches

RESPONSIBILITIES

Definition of product/solution vision, functional decomposition, assumptions, dependencies, out of scope items for further work with a product designer and solution architect and his their estimation of design and development efforts estimation 

Planning BA activities, estimating BA work and capacity required for the project execution, 

Conduct an analysis of and provide an overview of the business domain and key business processes, value streams related to the client request to the pre-sale team 

Work with Account Managers, Client Engagement Managers and Business Development Managers on the best sales strategies and opportunities with a prospect or existing client. 

Plan product design phases activities for the BA stream to ensure that requirements are captured while the scope is defined, and project objectives are met.  

LeadTogether with a product designer and solution architect, lead a variety of product ideation, vision, and scope framing workshops, both online and onsite, with the client.  

Present prepared commercial proposals and product/solution vision to the client stakeholders 

Provide solution options analysis and recommendations for the client request based on the results of the sales team ‘s ideation, project timeline, goals and objectives.  

Create and maintain high-level artifacts to be used as a guidance on project and business vision for other BAs on the project 

Transition of the knowledge and documents from pre-sales phase to project team during project kick-off, assist the project team with the initial stages of the project execution as a key knowledge holder. 

Identify, define, and validate business needs with stakeholders 

Synthesize analysis into key features and develop actionable recommendations 

Work with project sponsors and SMEs to understand and capture business cases 

Establish, control, and improve requirements management processes on a project 

Define metrics for business analysis results assessment and develop means of their collection 

Conduct project, product, and requirements audit 

Apply expertise and knowledge of business domain and follow technology trends 

Participate in Business Analysis Office competence development and mentoring 

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