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Lead Business Analyst / Product Consultant 
Halifax, NS · Reposted 1 week ago · Over 100 applicants
Remote  Full-time  Mid-Senior level
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Skills: User Stories, Stakeholder Management, +8 more
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When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.

You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.

At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

This is a hybrid work opportunity for candidates based in Nova Scotia. You would be a homeworker with occasional travel to the customer site (Halifax) required.

Kainos is a consultancy that delivers end-to-end, tailored and innovative digital services and software platform solutions for customers in an agile environment – experience in working in a similar environment is a must-have.

As a Lead Business Analyst / Product Consultant at Kainos, you will be responsible for your teams' backlog maturity, taking ownership of features from inception through to delivery. You will drive MVP thinking and communicating the value of it with those in your team, the wider project team and relevant stakeholders.

You will be a leader in your team, comfortable running agile ceremonies and encouraging engagement and discussion. You will plan and run workshops, engaging with a variety of stakeholders to facilitate consensus in areas of uncertainty. You will actively participate within the BA capability, supporting the delivery of initiatives. You will also manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performance.

Essential Requirements

Experience of working for external customers on tailor-made software projects (full software development lifecycle, from analysis through to acceptance, launch and live operations).
Experienced in Agile methodologies and able to mentor those in your team as well as coaching our clients.
Experience in stakeholder management, comfortable challenging decisions when appropriate and tailoring collaboration and communication styles where necessary.
Excellent facilitator of workshops, able to lead stakeholder groups to achieve focused outcomes.
Responsible for the elicitation of functional, technical and non-functional requirements, translating these into user stories so they are easily understood across the whole team.
Excellent user story writing skills, ensuring quality and consistency of stories across the project.
Ability to use prioritisation techniques to refine the backlog and manage dependencies.
Proven ability to manage scope to meet the required MVP, ensuring value is delivered.
Responsible for the breakdown of an area of work from inception through to delivery, managing the team's backlog ensuring quality and maturity.
Accomplished at modelling As-is and To-be business processes, able to present these to stakeholders and the team to ensure understanding and to achieve buy-in.
Ability to work within commercial constraints for example cost restrictions and project deadlines.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships both inside and outside of the delivery team, comfortable collaborating on the breakdown of an area into deliverable pieces of work.
We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.

Desirable

Ability to participate in technical discussions with a broad understanding of technical terms.
Experience working closely with clients on-site day-to-day.
Active participation in communities of interest, for example, online groups, meetups and speaking at conferences.
Experience contributing to sales activities (e.g. working on bids, writing sales proposals etc.).

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.

Embracing our differences 

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive.   We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.   We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.