Business Analyst/Product Owner – Modern Engineering Practices 

The IT Business Lead Analyst/Product Owner is a senior-level position responsible for liaising between business users and technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical and understandable way in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to continuous iterative exploration and investigation of business performance and other measures to gain insight and drive business planning.

About the Role 
We are looking for a highly skilled and technically strong Business Analyst (BA) / Product Owner (PO) to drive technology transformation, modern engineering practices, and agile product development. You will play a critical role in defining, refining, and delivering high-value features while ensuring alignment with trunk-based development, automation, BDD, TDD, system design, and modern ways of working. 
 
This role requires deep expertise in agile product ownership, technical awareness, hands-on experience in defining acceptance criteria, and working closely with engineering teams to enable high-quality, secure, and scalable product development
 

Key Responsibilities 

 

Product Strategy & Agile Execution 

Define and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and modern engineering standards. 

Own and articulate clear, detailed, and testable user stories, acceptance criteria, and impact assessments. 

Champion trunk-based development by ensuring work is continuously integrated and delivered. 

Collaborate closely with stakeholders, engineers, and QA to drive BDD/TDD adoption and ensure automated validation of requirements. 

Work closely with developers to ensure user stories and requirements are structured for seamless integration in a trunk-based development environment. 

Ensure security, performance, and scalability are embedded in feature requirements. 

Regularly interact with stakeholders, collecting feedback and managing expectations throughout the product lifecycle. 

 

Technical Collaboration & Engineering Excellence 

Work closely with developers to define technical acceptance criteria that align with code quality, security, and performance best practices. 

Conduct impact assessments for new features or changes to assess their potential effect on existing systems, processes, and users 

Advocate for automation-first approaches in testing, deployment, and feature validation. 

Partner with engineers to review architecture and system design decisions, ensuring business requirements are met efficiently. 

Support code review processes by defining functional requirements, security constraints, and expected outcomes. 

Ensure business requirements align with vulnerability mitigation, compliance, and security best practices. 

 

 

Leadership & Ways of Working 
 

Drive modern ways of working, fostering a collaborative and agile product development culture. 

Work within Scrum teams, facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews. 

Support sprint retrospectives and foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team. 

Partner with engineering leadership to optimize delivery pipelines and enable continuous integration and deployment. 

Act as a bridge between business and technology, ensuring value-driven decision-making. 

Enable teams to experiment, iterate, and improve based on data-driven insights. 

 

Skills and Experience: 

Must-Have Skills: 

Strong experience as a Business Analyst / Product Owner in agile, cloud-native, and modern engineering environments. 

Expertise in defining and managing user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical impact assessments. 

 Hands-on experience with BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) and TDD (Test-Driven Development). 

Strong understanding of trunk-based development, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices. 

Experience collaborating with engineers on system design, code quality, and automation strategies. 

Familiarity with security best practices, vulnerability assessments, and compliance requirements. 

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience working in data-driven decision-making environments. 

Hands-on knowledge of JIRA, Confluence. 

Backlog Management: Prioritizing features based on business value, customer impact, and technical feasibility. 

Sprint Planning & Execution: Collaborating with teams to define sprint goals and ensure continuous delivery. 

Understanding of business processes and domain-driven design (DDD). Ability to plan, organize, and lead an event storming session with cross-functional teams. 

 

Good-to-Have Skills: 

Experience working with API-driven architectures and microservices. 

Familiarity with performance testing, observability, and cloud infrastructure. 

Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in an Agile environment. 

 

Qualifications:

6-10 years of experienceProficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) with extensive experience using Excel for data analysisExperience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle including expertise in Agile MethodologyComprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis

Education:

Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experienceMaster's degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Business Analysis / Client Services

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Time Type:

Full time

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