Senior Product Analyst

Role/Job title

Sr Product Analyst

Work Location

Reading, UK

Role type

Contract InsideIR35

Mode of working

Hybrid 2-3 days / week

Duration of assignment

6 Months

Role Summary

The role of the Senior Product Analyst is to support the Product Owner and delivery teams, translate the customer needs into high level technical specifications, design and develop recommended systems. Collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders to successfully design, develop and support new technologies and products to deliver business outcomes in an agile environment as part of a team.

We are embedding agility in our ways of working, building capability for a digital future, meeting the needs of our customers in a new way. Client is building its Agile capability and continues to increase the proportion of its delivery which utilises Agile methodology and tools. As a result, it is desirable role-holders have Agile experience and demonstrate an interest in championing it across the business.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Leads on work alongside the Product Owner to clarify requirements, to plan implementation and to answer queries through the development process
• Oversees delivery of product analysis backlog items across the end-to-end product in an agile environment. Delivery work may include representing and modelling data and information, developing training materials and driving the definition of lean business cases
• Works collaboratively and develops relationships with business users at different levels of the organisation to document requirements and solution specifications
• Plans, prioritises, manages, executes and evaluates analysis work across the product lifecycle
• Works alongside the Product Owner with the business to understand and prioritise conflicting needs
• Assesses impacts and leads the design activities for business processes to accommodate the use of the solution
• Presents complex business and technical concepts to customers at all levels of the organisation.
• Identifies, assesses and evaluates business and IT risk
• Prepares succinct reports and communications on complex business processes and progression that are tailored to different situations and audiences; able to educate others in effective report writing
• Oversees in depth scoping exercises during the early stages of work packages; educates junior analysts in effective scoping exercises
• Undertakes personal responsibility for IT data security by ensuring that rules and practices are identified
• Assists in development of Product Analyst capabilities in line with career framework
• Help protect Client from cyberattack and data loss by following standards and instructions and by reporting risks and incidents