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Thursday, 27 November 2014
Job Title: Business Analyst
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Employer: ThoughtWorks
Job Overview:
Business Analyst – Lead / Principal
(More than 8 years of experience)
Work with clients across a variety of
sectors and make sure the business-critical software solutions we
develop delivers real business value every time. We are seeking
software Business Analysts to join TW Kampala
Get the kind of challenge you love
Fascinating clients on the one hand.
Passionate software developers looking for problems to solve on the
other. You’ll be the bridge between the two. It’ll involve a lot
of open and honest communication. It’ll mean getting to know
businesses inside out. Finding out what their software must achieve,
how it will be used and then generating the ideas our developers draw
on to create custom applications.
Job Duties:
In this position you will be
responsible for understanding and communicating client requirements
for successful project delivery.
- Analyze an organization and understand what makes it tick
- Unearth the root cause(s) of a client’s pain points, validating the business opportunity or problem as an opportunity for a software solution or an organizational transformation solution
- Provide expertise in the area of business case development
- Facilitate workshops and sessions that generate the content for solutions and gain buy in for solution
- Create and articulate the “big picture” of the solution to delivery and client teams to understand cross functional inter-dependencies and impact
- Define key objectives and ‘to-be” state, identify success factors, and comprehend constraints, challenges and risk
- Educate and championing the processes and practices of the Agile and Lean methodology
- Orchestrate the collaboration between, Product Owner, Business Sponsors, SMEs, Testers and Development groups by removing roadblocks and facilitating communication
- Become a trusted and valued partner of the Product Owner, client’s business stakeholders and client executives
- Be an inspiration for innovation to the client.
- Drive thought-leadership within ThoughtWorks in the Business Analysis space
- Create and support sales activities
- Maintaining strong expertise and knowledge of current and
emerging technologies and products
Job Requirements:
- A broad enterprise-wide view and understanding of business processes and drivers having significant work experience at a senior level within large – medium size business corporations
- Demonstrated experience working successfully with teams to deliver software
- Experience prioritizing competing demands and obtaining buy-in from stakeholders
- Ideally experienced working as part of a consulting organization
- Demonstrated ability to manage and resolve conflict with stakeholders
- Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques
- Strong facilitation experience
- Demonstrated ability to understand and explain issues from both a technical and a business functional point of view
- An understanding of traditional development approaches, and the ability to compare and contrast benefits of each
- Experience with Agile delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum and
XP) and helping teams explore, adopt and optimize Agile/Lean
processes, principles and practices
Competencies required:
- Client focus –able to Identify and respond to client needs and expectations; able to build positive client relationships; digs deep to understand the dynamics and business drivers of a client environment; uses understanding of client’s perspective to identify constraints and advocate on the client’s behalf; looks for ways to add value to a client; fosters a client-focused culture among team members
- Analytical - able to understand a situation by breaking it into parts; studies a problem in a systematic way; able to identify cause and effect patterns, anticipate obstacles and consider several options; able to communicate and deliver logical conclusions
- Flexibility/Adaptability - able to thrive in a flexible and changing environment; able to adapt plans, approach, process and methodology in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; tolerates ambiguity; able to objectively evaluate situations and understand variety of viewpoints
- Creativity and Innovation – able to find alternative and unique ways to attain a goal; successfully introduces products, service or processes that add value and bring improvement; able to translate concepts and ideas into practical and tactical solutions; able to step back from standard ways of thinking
- Collaborative - facilitates group processes
for team-based decisions; drives participation and discussion across
functions; low ego; values and honors skills, experiences and
diverse perspectives of team members; communicates ideas, views, and
concerns effectively and respectfully and actively participates in
exchanges of ideas with others; recognizes the contribution and
success of others
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