Analyst, Feature at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

To clarify business requirements, documenting associated user stories and acceptance criteria, through in-work collaboration with business stakeholders, cross functional teams and product owners contributing to the accurate and effective end-to-end delivery of expectations. To assume the role of scrum master within the Feature team if required. 

• Facilitate and steer discovery/inception workshops to create a shared understanding of user. 
• needs and the potential technology solution required to deliver to these needs. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams comprised of product management, User Experience
• (UX), technology, support, testing and other subject matter experts to gather and analyse functional needs and user story requirements. 
• Conduct business interviews, facilitate workshops or procedures and map user stories enabling these to come together as a cohesive whole. 
• Prioritise and plan work activities within the feature team, through facilitation and participation in iteration meetings (product backlog grooming, planning meeting, daily stand up, review meeting and retrospective) and working ahead of the team to get clarity on some requirements before the next iteration. In some instances, assist RTE or Technical leads. 
• Collaborate within the feature team to ensure that stories are delivered effectively, and quality standards are adhered to Implement the necessary controls, standards and processes ensuring that requirements map back to the business. 
• Guide the clarification of business requirements, design and document requirements, aligning effective end-to-end delivery of expectations in line with achievement of business strategy. 
• Facilitate and coordinate the review of user stories with the Product Owner, in support of achievement of business strategy and validating that the product meets the business goals. 

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• First Degree Information Technology

Agile certification

Experience Required

• 5-7 years Proven experience in requirements elicitation, gathering, documentation and management and analysing business needs and provide solutions, working in an agile environment.
• 5-7 years Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies

• Resolving Conflict
• Upholding Standards
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Adopting Practical Approaches

Technical Competencies

• IT Business Analysis
• IT Knowledge
• Requirements Elicitation
• Research & Information Gathering
• Stakeholder Management (IT)