What you’ll do

The Business Analyst helps to support and maximize the effectiveness of the Product Owner, supporting the creation of user stories to an adequate level of granularity, assessing options for technical and business feasibility and ensuring development is aligned to business outcomes. The Business Analyst is responsible for providing business information during release and iteration planning, as well as supporting the review and re-prioritization of the release backlog. Providing regular feedback by testing deliverables against user story acceptance criteria and validating that the product meets the business goals. Typically reports to the Chapter Lead.

Who you are

* Works closely with the Product Owner to clarify goals and business value outcomes;

* Defines and prioritizes the user stories aligned to the capability roadmap;

* Translates business requirements for the technical teams and discusses the technical feedback with business teams to achieve the business goal;

* Ensures user stories are broken down to an adequate level of detail for delivery by engineering teams;

* Supports everyday reporting, facilitation, and communication;

* Safeguards or protects the business and user�s needs by verifying functionality, accuracy and completeness of the new requirements /change requests against the original proposal;

* Supports the development and execution of acceptance tests based on acceptance criteria, verifying that stories meet acceptance criteria;

* Analyses and reports delivery risks and opportunities;

* Facilitates engagement with stakeholders for communications and decision-making;

* Reads and interprets documentation such as requirements definitions, installation instructions, technical articles and procedure manuals, ensuring all documents are reviewed, clarified, organized, and conform to organizational standards;

* Defines improvements to solutions and business processes.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

Whats in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. Youll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone - Were a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether thats Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, youll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.