Lead Business Analyst

• Agile project experience
• Understanding of Agile frameworks and tools
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to educate stakeholders including Product Owners and Business partners in Agile ways of working
• Understanding of systems engineering concepts, data/process analysis and modeling, products and solutions
• Degree and four to seven years of IT experience

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
• Private medical insurance and dental care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive group pension plan
• Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
• Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

The Lead Business Analyst role at EPAM in London sits at the centre of a programme to replace manual planning across trading and supply operations with an integrated digital platform. In this hybrid role, three days a week on-site, you'll shape the requirements and build the business case for a solution covering demand forecasting, supply planning, monthly scheduling and movement tracking. The decisions you make in the first six weeks will set the shape of what gets built for the next three years. You'll be in the room when every scope decision gets made.

Responsibilities

• Capture business problems, value drivers and functional/non-functional requirements and translate into functionality
• Assess risks, feasibility, opportunities and business impact
• Assess and model processes, data flows and technology to understand current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Create and update clear documentation of requirements to align with the solution over the project lifecycle
• Ensure traceability of requirements from business needs through testing and scope changes to final solution
• Interact with software suppliers, designers and developers to understand software limitations, deliver elements of system and database design and ensure business requirements and use cases are handled
• Configure and document software and processes using agreed standards and tools, and define and coordinate testing
• Create acceptance criteria and validate that solutions meet business needs through defining and coordinating testing
• Create and present compelling business cases to justify solution value and establish approval, funding and prioritization
• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control Business Analysis activities on projects within agreed parameters of cost, time and quality, and lead stakeholder management activities and large design sessions

Requirements

• Agile project experience
• Understanding of Agile frameworks and tools
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to educate stakeholders including Product Owners and Business partners in Agile ways of working
• Understanding of systems engineering concepts, data/process analysis and modeling, products and solutions
• Degree and four to seven years of IT experience

Nice to have

• Agile certifications or training
• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or PMI-PBA certification
• Lean Practitioner training and experience

Benefits

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
• Private medical insurance and dental care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive group pension plan
• Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
• Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program