Lead Business Analyst

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to play a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technology solutions, working within a complex Scrum of Scrums delivery framework. The ideal candidate will work closely with stakeholders to drive the identification and definition of the overall scope of legacy data products in need of transformation and migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role will require effective coordination with multiple dependent teams to align scope, priorities and interlock dependencies and solutions

Responsibilities Client Engagement and Liaison: 1. Serve as the primary point of contact for the client s Product Owner, ensuring a strong working relationship and alignment of strategic goals. 2. Facilitate communication between the client and internal teams, ensuring continued clarity on scope, squad objectives, high level solution and end customer priorities. 3. Represent the client Product Owner in governance boards, presenting squad deliverables and progress, and ensuring alignment with cross-functional teams on dependency and architectural compliance Scope Identification and Definition:

4. Lead the discovery and documentation of the full scope of legacy data products requiring transformation and migration to GCP by engaging stakeholders through interviews, workshops, and meetings. This process should also identify opportunities to reuse, rationalize, and optimize the existing solution

5. Work closely with cross-functional teams and end-customer stakeholders to thoroughly evaluate both the technical challenges and business impacts of migrating legacy data products. Clearly define transformation goals, priorities, and success criteria to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical execution.

6. Work within a complex Scrum of Scrums environment, coordinating across multiple Squad teams to ensure that dependencies are thoroughly understood and seamlessly incorporated into the primary squad s scope prioritization and delivery planning.

7. Ensure that the scope of work is clearly understood, documented, and updated as needed throughout the project lifecycle.

8. Develop relevant detailed business requirements documents (BRDs), functional requirements documents (FRDs), use cases, and other documentation to support solution development and implementation. Planning and Prioritization:

9. Collaborate with the Product Owner and dependent teams to prioritize product backlogs, sprint planning, release management activities, ensuring key business objectives are met.

10. Assist in overall program roadmap development, ensuring that all teams involved in the migration and transformation are aligned on scope, timelines and solution outcomes.

11. Provide support and guidance to development teams during solution implementation, including clarification of requirements and resolution of issues.


MainQualifications

1. Bachelor s degree in business administration, Information Technology, or related field. Master s degree preferred.

2. Minimum of 6-8 years of experience as a Business Analyst in the telecom industry or related field.

3. Proven experience in large-scale legacy data migration and data transformation projects, preferably with GCP or other cloud platforms.

4. Strong knowledge of cloud-based data architecture and migration strategies.

5. Strong understanding of legacy data systems like Oracle Data Warehouses, SQL Servers and their transformation challenges.

6. Strong understanding of telecom domain preferably having knowledge of telecom products, systems and specific functional domain of Commercial, Trading and Marketing.

other qualifications

7. Familiarity with GCP data products and services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, etc.).

8. Experience with Jira, Confluence, or other Agile project management tools like Scrum and Kanban.

9. Proven experience gathering and documenting business requirements, conducting process analysis, and proposing solutions.

10. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.

11. Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

12. Proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Office, Visio, and project management software.

13. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

14. Relevant certifications such as Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) are a plus.

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