Ness UK - Ness Global Services Ltd. is hiring: Business Analyst in San Jose

Main Purpose of Role The Business Analyst will be responsible for gathering the requirements from key business users, documenting the requirements, and liaising directly with our UK development team. You will be at ease and have experience in working with business owners, project managers and development alike to plan, analyse and highlight risks and issues, and to define accurate, meaningful and measurable business cases and define acceptance criteria. Skills & Experience Be Technical Perform detailed technical analysis & scoping of activities required to develop a new application capability Define technical requirements and form up a solution that it is delivered to the development team in an appropriate form of user stories, process flows and wireframes Perform kick-offs with the developers and answer questions and resolve ambiguities for the developers during development Ownership of requirements to be built by the team, presentation of the stories and journeys and facilitation of requirements workshops Create application documentation for end-users and technical staff as needed Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal Be Commercial Develop a thorough understanding of the business need and related business processes Be Collaborative Work with other BAs and teams to understand and define end to end or integration requirements across more than one project team and systems as well as other systems within the client as required Relationship management with the client - POs, SMEs Work with the QA and the project team to validate the acceptance criteria and modify and split requirements as appropriate and participate in estimation and iteration planning sessions Support the PO, Dev Leads and Project Manager as necessary Assist with user acceptance testing as necessary and appropriate Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition Improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible Receive demos from the developer working on each story to ensure the requirement has been met Person Specification Necessary Significant commercial experience in delivering enterprise solutions Experience with most aspects of software delivery and life cycle, including gathering and developing detailed functional requirement, breaking down complex requirements into independent user stories, capturing detailed acceptance criteria, building a release plan with user stories in collaboration with the customer, managing the backlog, running showcases and incorporating user feedback and documenting system capabilities, business processes and support handover documentation Have experience of systems integration and migration delivery Have familiarity with the technical aspects of software development, including understanding the capabilities and limitations of programming languages, and a knowledge of testing (System, Unit, Integration, Interface) Have experience of APIs and the build approach in the context of micro systems and external clients. An understanding of business process modelling, data modelling, object modelling, and OO design principles Be pro-active in exploring options and consensus, and to have their own opinions about how to build great software and be prepared to defend them Successfully applied Agile/XP/Scrum practices May have introduced Agile techniques and have coached teams to apply them effectively, thanks to their Agile expertise and outstanding communication skills Flexible in working practices Have exceptional interpersonal skills, including but not limited to, listening, written and verbal communication skills, exceptional client facing/consulting skills and managing stakeholders Desirable Music industry royalty/copyright or other entertainment industry participation experience Location and Travel The candidate will be required to work from our LA office a minimum of two days a week on days specified by our licensing team to ensure they are able to work on requirements gathering face to face. The candidate will also be required to travel to our London office in the UK to work directly with the development team up to six times within the contract period Disclaimer The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable.However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder\'s specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop.Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement. #J-18808-Ljbffr