Business Analyst And Product Manager (Remote)

Company Description

SolarSys Innovations is a leading software company that specializes in helping organizations transition into digital enterprises. Our focus is on providing unique solutions to enhance customer engagement with a clear understanding of diverse customer landscapes.

Role Description

This is a full-time remote role for a Business Analyst and Product Manager. The role involves analyzing business processes, gathering and documenting requirements, and communicating effectively with stakeholders. The individual will be responsible for driving product development and managing the product lifecycle.

Requirements

– Market and Competitive Analysis: Monitor market trends and competitive dynamics to inform product

strategy and decision-making.

Stakeholder Alignment: Ensure alignment among all stakeholders on product vision and strategy to drive

consensus and collaboration.

– Roadmap Management: Develop and manage the long-term product roadmap, aligning sales, marketing,

implementations, clients, prospects, partners, and target audience. Express ideas as epics to guide

development efforts.

– Support for Non-Technical Teams: Provide support and collaboration to non-technical teams such as

sales and accounting to ensure product success.

– User Story Development: Work on user story development to capture product requirements and features

from the user’s perspective.

– Non-Functional Requirements Management: Identify and manage non-functional requirements, including

constraints, dependencies, and quality attributes.

– Status Reporting and Feedback Gathering: Provide regular status reports to stakeholders and gather

feedback to inform decision-making.

– Requirements Refinement and Visualization: Refine and visualize requirements using tools like BPMN,

UMLs, and mockups to help developers understand the user flow and validate business flow

completeness.

– Priority Definition: Define priority based on business value, return on investment, and cost vs. benefit

analysis.

– Business Domain Knowledge Transfer: Provide necessary business domain knowledge to the team to

support effective decision-making and implementation.

– Project Team Management: Lead and manage the project team, including recruiting project staff and

consultants.

– Coordination and Planning: Coordinate partners and working groups engaged in project work, develop

and maintain detailed project plans, and manage project deliverables.

Issue Management and Escalation: Record, manage, and escalate project issues, resolving cross-functional

issues at the project level.

– Scope Management and Change Control: Manage project scope and change control processes, escalating

issues as necessary.

– Progress Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor project progress and performance, providing status reports

to the Director of Production and updating progress to the Management Board.

– Training and Consultancy Management: Manage project training and consultancy input within defined

budgets.

– Closure Activities: Lead project retrospective and closure activities to capture lessons learned and ensure

successful project completion.

Nice to have:

Language Proficiency: Fluent in English with a C1/C2 certificate.

Communication and Planning: Excellent business communication skills. Strong planning abilities to

strategize and execute project initiatives effectively.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Proficient in analyzing complex issues and developing innovative

solutions.

Team Management: Demonstrated ability to manage teams effectively, fostering collaboration and

achieving project objectives.

Negotiation and Risk Management: Skilled in negotiation techniques and proficient in identifying and

mitigating project risks.

Project Management: Extensive experience in gathering and validating requirements, and managing

projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline constraints. Proficiency in

budgeting, estimations, and projections to support project planning and resource and staff allocation.

Functional Specifications and Requirements Management: Ability to prepare detailed functional

specifications with precise business requirements. Proficient in defining functional requirements as user

stories and establishing clear acceptance criteria. Skilled in defining multiple use cases per requirement to

ensure comprehensive coverage.

Project Management Modes: Familiarity with various project management methodologies and frameworks,

including Agile, Waterfall, etc.

Stakeholder Communication and Coordination: Proven track record of effective stakeholder

communication, coordination, and feedback management.

Business and Domain Analysis: Strong understanding of business and domain analysis principles to drive

informed decision-making.

Understanding of SDLC: Proficient understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes

and methodologies.

Agile Software Development: Full understanding of the Agile principles and experience in managing them

to practice.

Agile Tools: Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence, proficient in utilizing these platforms to

• facilitate project management and collaboration.