Position: Lead Business Analyst of Solution Group
Company: N-iX
Category: Business Analyst
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

N-iX is a software development service company that helps businesses across the globe develop successful software products. Founded in 2002 in Lviv, N-iX has come a long way and increased its presence in six countries Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, Bulgaria, Malta, and the US.

Today, we are a strong community of 2000+ professionals and a reliable partner for global industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. 

Technology Office designs and executes industry-relevant inventions that allow organizations to realize exceptional business value from technology. We are looking for a Lead Business Analyst. If you want to be a part of the Solution Group department, you would like to participate in consulting (pre-sales, discoveries, and workshops), launch new products and help top management to achieve their needs - so welcome to the team.
As a **Lead Business Analyst**, you will be at the forefront of N-iX global expansion, working with multiple work streams and stakeholders. This is a tremendous opportunity to prove yourself and unlock the new growth frontiers for the company. 

**Functions:**
- Lead business stream of presale and upsale activities at N-iX: discoveries, assessments, solution proposals, and different kinds of workshops
- Closely collaborate with clients’ top management including C-level
- Contribute into company-wide consultancy methodology and practices
- Define and articulate the business case for product features and functionality with the main goal of enhancing user satisfaction and driving adoption
- Build, prune and prioritize the backlog of user stories, tasks, and defects
- Provide internal and external client support for all aspects of the product development lifecycle
- Launch new products and features

**Requirements:**
- IT industry experience: 5+ year as business analyst or product owner
- Experience in presale/upsale activities: solution proposal generation, workshops, discoveries, audit, etc
- Experience in starting projects from scratch (projects 2+, team 10+)
- Defining business requirements, creating product, vision and scope documents
- Conducting competitor and enterprise analysis
- Experience with implementation roadmaps preparation
- Experience with functional decomposition (WBS) and estimation techniques
- Experience to clearly define feature requirements (user stories) and acceptance criteria to the development team
- English level (speaking and writing): advanced 
- Strong diagramming skills: UML, ERD, BPMN
- Strong teamwork, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Excellent communication with the ability to tailor according to audience
- Experience leading effective meetings with internal and external stakeholders
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple competing priorities
- Adaptable and flexible to change in product scope
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Basic understanding of the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable web applications

**Organizational relationship:**
- Reports directly to Head of Solution Group
- Works in close cooperation with solution architects, business analysts and technical experts
- Contributes to different company-wide streams and initiatives: marketing, partnerships, alliances, and communities

**We offer:**
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Flexible and personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and training, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Paid vacation days, sick leaves, and days off
- Healthcare & Sport program
- Medical insurance
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings