Senior Business Analyst

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our Life Sciences & Healthcare R&D Solutions Analysis team in Bangalore. This is an amazing opportunity to work on customer-facing software applications within our R&D portfolio. The team consists of 20 Solutions Analysts (across the UK, Spain and India) and is reporting to a Lead Solutions Analyst. We have a great skill set in requirements engineering and solutions design and we would love to speak with you if you have these skills in software development. About You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments At least 5 years experience of working as a Business Analyst in software development. An undergraduate degree in a relevant technical, sciences or healthcare discipline. A diploma in Business Analysis (e.g. ISEB, IIBA) or evidence of training in the Business Analysis discipline. Will have led the business analysis of a specific medium-sized software application or the major component of a large software application, ideally working on data products. Sound working knowledge of developing and implementing software development initiatives. Strong communication skills, ability and confidence to convey complex ideas to mid-to-senior level stakeholders. Proactive and motivated to dive deep into existing data and services to define solutions. Strong understanding of working in an Agile development environment or with lean business process methodologies. Extensive experience of writing product specifications and requirements in the form of epics & user stories. Experienced in requirements definition and validation and working knowledge of requirements tracking tools such as JIRA, Rally or similar. It would be great if you also had.. Experience of working in the Life Sciences or Healthcare domain, particularly in the delivery of software to Life Sciences and/or Healthcare companies. Desired technical attributes: Data modelling; Data analysis and data visualization skills. Understanding of key concepts of data science, machine learning and AI tools and services. Ability to write simple SQL queries to extract data from databases What will you be doing in this role? Manage and own the product development process for specific initiatives from concept development through to product launch. Including elicitation, analysis, communication and validation of business and user requirements through facilitation between key business stakeholders. Maintaining a healthy backlog for the development team. Leading requirements refinement sessions and acting as proxy product manager as and when needed. Supporting product planning meeting meetings, working with product managers on priorities, and contributing to all agile ceremonies. Mentoring and supporting junior members of the Solutions Analysis team Product you will be developing You will be working on web-based products within the LS&H R&D portfolio that serve our Life Sciences customers. The Solutions Analysis team consists of 20 Solutions Analysts located across three locations: UK, Spain and India. However, the project team with whom you will be working with on a daily basis will largely be located in India (software developers, QA, with European and US-based product owners.