Business Analyst

Introduction

A company situated in Pretoria East is seeking a Business Analyst with a minimum of 3 – 5 years’ experience to join their innovative and dynamic team.

Job Purpose

Increase company profitability by driving product success by designing efficient and scalable systems/products and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery thereof. The Business Analyst takes ownership of assigned products and keeps a handle on product and project aspects including business models, specifications, budgets and financial models, progress tracking, management of resources and team capacity.

Requirements and Qualifications Required

Minimum education (essential):

• Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial) or equivalent Project Management qualification

Minimum education (desirable):

• PMI registration

Minimum applicable experience (years):

• 3 - 5 years

Required nature of experience:

• Project Management
• Business Analysis within the IT, software or medical device field, specifically with projects
• Development of project, product and system specifications
• Requirement gathering and documentation
• Working with various stakeholders on a project

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

• Excellent computer proficiency (especially in MS Office Excel)
• Project documentation
• Scrum / Agile
• IT Savvy

Skills and Knowledge (desirable):

• Report and proposal writing skills
• Process flows

Key Performance Areas

Business Analysis 35%

• Compile intuitive system and product requirements and specification design, in terms of researching, consulting and analysing needs.
• Follow best practice design and development methodologies in sustaining high quality, clean, auditable and manageable products and systems.
• Compile relevant specifications documents, UX, UI designs, wireframes and test cases.
• Effective system testing and approval, including the management of release notes and effective communication with stakeholders on changes and/or improvements.
• Work with front-end, back-end and mobile developers, marketing, sales, research and design departments to ensure a holistic management process of project management.
• Ensure conformity of products to product requirements in terms of the hearX Quality Objectives which includes regulatory and legislative compliance.
• Identify technology limitations and deficiencies in applications and associated processes, procedures and methods within the department.
• Continuous improvement of existing products, systems and processes within the department.
• Identify issues, bugs, and bottlenecks and devise solutions to these problems within the department.

Project Management 35%

• Full cycle Project and Product Management including capacity management, stakeholder engagement and resource tracking.
• Multi-task on a suite of projects and products, all within different stages of development and implementation.
• Follow best practice project management methodologies in sustaining high quality, clean, auditable and manageable products and systems.
• Develop and maintain all relevant project management documentation.
• Liaise with relevant clients as and when required.

Business Processes and Strategy 10%

• Business process improvements, operationalization and optimization.
• Develop strategies for the implementation of products, projects or systems, including commercialisation, legal and operational aspects.
• Risk analysis and mitigation.
• Manage tasks and priorities within product suite.
• Increase profitability of products through the streamlining of development, manufacturing and maintenance thereof.
• Effective stakeholder management (both internal and external).

Record- Keeping 20%

• Compile relevant records as is necessary for compliance to ISO, CE, FDA (and other) standards and requirements as is applicable to assigned products.
• Accomplish objectives by establishing plans, budgets and results; reviewing progress and making mid-course corrections to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Efficient and effective reporting on strategies, prioritisation, and tasks to Line Manager.
• Efficient and effective reporting on performance of products and systems.
• Take personal ownership for projects/products/systems and work quality as well as contributing to team development and the the company's ecosystem as a whole.

Salary

Market related (13th cheque, risk benefit and pension fund contribution)