Business Analyst – Agile
TheHiveCareers
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Jamaica
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About the role
- Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and development teams to gather, refine, and prioritize user stories and requirements.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives).
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
- Analyze current digital banking processes, identify pain points, and recommend enhancements leveraging agile methodologies.
- Support automation, digitization, and regulatory compliance in solution design.
- Identify potential impacts of proposed designs to any element of the end-to-end process.
- Work with cross-functional teams to design and validate solutions that meet business and customer needs.
- Participate in solution evaluation, ensuring alignment with agile principles and maximizing value delivery.
- Develop stakeholder maps and communication plans tailored to agile project environments.
- Act as a liaison between business and technical teams, ensuring transparency and shared understanding.
- Support the creation and execution of test plans, including user acceptance testing (UAT) and continuous feedback loops.
- Maintain agile documentation (user stories, process maps, release notes).
- Facilitate training and onboarding for new systems and processes.
- Provide insights through data analysis to inform decision-making and measure project success.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging agile metrics (velocity, burndown charts) and feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 3+ years experience as a Business Analyst on agile projects, preferably in financial services or digital banking.
- Proven track record supporting internet/mobile banking initiatives.
- Deep understanding of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
- Proficiency in agile tools (Jira, Confluence, Trello).
- Experience with process mapping (BPMN), user story writing, and backlog management.
- Clear understanding of technical concepts, including familiarity with APIs, mobile/web technologies, and SDLC.
- Data analysis and visualization skills using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Strong knowledge of business analysis methodologies (e.g., BABOK).
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
agile methodologiesuser story writingprocess mappingdata analysisvisualizationAPIsmobile technologiesweb technologiesSDLCbusiness analysis methodologies
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationfacilitationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementcontinuous improvementtransparencyadaptabilitycritical thinkingtraining