Position: Business Analyst in Research and Development Department
Company: upSWOT
Category: Business Analyst
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2022-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

**The R&D cycle of a team will include such typical steps like:**

• Ideas and concepts – permanent research and analysis, that can come from a change of legislation, a technological breakthrough, or striving for efficiency or cost-saving.
• Designs and modeling – the technical analysis, design, development activities that are needed to resolve the uncertainty, meet the challenge and prepare an MVP to test a hypothesis.
•Responsible for holding a discovery call, giving the prospect a product demo, and closing the deal
•Testing and validating hypotheses on a market using a variety of tools and techniques.
•Patenting of innovative solutions and ideas in The United States Patent and Trademark Office.

**Responsibilities:**

• Gathering use cases and requirements from internal and external users and shareholders in support of initial concepts and projects
• Permanent patent’s analysis using open sources and variety of research tools
• Permanent competitors and market analysis
• Full cycle of product development in agile team
• Close cooperation with a lawyer in patenting and protection of rights to the invention

**Requirements:**

• Open mind and ability to easily grasp new concepts and ideas
• A wide erudition and knowledge of the U.S. micro-small business market
• Experience with business apps popular for small business: QuickBooks, Ebay, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Zoho CRM, Google Analytics, etc.
• Previous experience as Business Analyst in US-oriented fintechs with full cycle of product development
• English on sufficient speaking and writing level to communicate with customers, shareholders and team members

**Benefits:**
• 4 working days week
• Opportunity to invent, test and patent innovative solutions and products
• Possibility to grow within a multicultural work environment with a flat structure and direct, informal communication
• Flexible working environment
• Full-time employment
• Remote work
• English classes