Agile Business Analyst

**Role Overview**:
The Agile Business Analyst (Data, proxy PO) acts as the key liaison between client stakeholders and delivery teams on data programmes/projects, ensuring that business requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and delivered in alignment with Agile delivery principles. This role blends analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on collaboration within a data and analytics-focused development team and client.

**Anticipated start date**: On or after January 2026

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Requirements Management**
- Write detailed **user stories** and **acceptance criteria** by **breaking down Epics**for integration and reporting use cases.
- Lead **feature / data product kickoffs** to ensure business context and delivery alignment.
- Facilitate **estimation sessions** and **story readiness** to support sprint planning.
- Collaborate closely with developers and testers to validate “done” stories and ensure Client **PO / SME sign-off**.
- Partner with technical leads, client PO / SMEs to ensure requirements are accurate, complete, and technically feasible.

Backlog Management
- Support the Client **PO / SME** in managing and prioritizing the **product backlog** to ensure alignment with business goals.
- Conduct **backlog refinement sessions** with the team to clarify requirements, dependencies, and priorities.
- Ensure stories meet the team’s **definition of ready** before sprint planning.
- Track and communicate backlog health and sprint progress through Agile tools (e.g., **Jira**).
- Identify and escalate risks or blockers impacting backlog items or delivery flow.
- Maintain visibility of dependencies and ensure alignment between epics, features, and stories.

**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Act as the **liaison between client stakeholders and delivery teams**, ensuring clear communication of needs and priorities.
- Support stakeholder alignment and **facilitate sign-offs** at key delivery stages.
- Work collaboratively with Account Managers, Program and Project Managers, Tech Leads, Developers and Testers to address client pain points and deliver outcomes.

**Data Analysis**
- Support **data product to data source mapping** activities and maintain alignment with the data catalogue.
- Create and review **target-to-source mappings** for individual data products.
- Understand and articulate **data reconciliation, data quality (DQ), and transformation rules** within the medallion architecture.

**Agile Process Support**
- Facilitate **Agile ceremonies**, including daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, and show & tell sessions.
- Support **story validation and sign-off** activities during sprints.
- Maintain and communicate **delivery roadmaps on Jira** or similar tools.
- Contribute to **continuous improvement** discussions and team retrospectives to enhance delivery health.

**Reporting and Success Metrics**
- Track and report **team health metrics** through retrospectives and delivery KPIs.
- Produce **end-of-sprint reports** summarizing story progress, carried-over items, and upcoming priorities.
- Support automated reporting and ensure client transparency on progress and blockers.

**Account Growth Support**
- Collaborate with account and delivery leadership (PO, Program/Project Manager, Account Manager, Tech Lead) as part of the **Client Account Team (CAT)**.
- Provide analytical insights into **client pain points** and support identification of improvement or growth opportunities.

**Key Competencies - Senior Consultant**
- Delivery: Owns delivery of specific workstreams; ensures outputs meet client and project goals.
- Problem Solving: Addresses complex technical challenges; introduces improvements.
- Client Engagement: Manages day-to-day client relationships; translates technical details into business value.
- Business Acumen: Connects technical work to business outcomes.
- Teamwork & Collaboration: Collaborates across functions; provides technical guidance to peers.
- Leadership & Mentoring: Coaches junior consultants; shares expertise.
- Practice Knowledge / Development: Contributes to best practices and reusable assets.
- Commercial Awareness: Manages scope and effort efficiently.

**Skills & Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Senior BA in Agile delivery environments (Scrum or Kanban) for 5+ years
- Good knowledge of SQL
- Skilled in user story writing, backlog management, and stakeholder facilitation.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to connect business and technical contexts.
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile reporting tools.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills.
- Strong experience in data and analytics projects, including data lineage, transformation, and quality.
- **_ Travel requirements for this role are mandated_** by the need of the client and depending on the client some travel is required.

**Desirable**:

- Exposu