Senior Business Analyst with manufacturing/production experience
Spyrosoft Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland · PLN 1K–PLN 2K/yr
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The Senior Business Analyst acts as the primary link between business stakeholders and the development team to translate needs into well-defined requirements and user stories. They are responsible for managing the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and driving process improvements across cross-functional teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 4 years of experience in a BA or Project Management role within an Agile environment. Proven experience in the manufacturing or production domain, specifically in the chemical or food industry, is a mandatory requirement.
Full description
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who will help our customers to maximize product value delivered by a cross-functional development team. Acting as the main link between business stakeholders and the delivery team, document as-is and to-do states, process diagramming, translate business needs into requirements, well defined stories and a backlog, ensuring solutions align with customer needs, business objectives, and quality standards within an Agile environment.
Requirements:
Experience & Knowledge
- Minimum 4 years in BA/PrM role or similar position in Agile environment
- Experience in production/manufacturing domain (preferably in Chemistry or Food Industry) - MUST HAVE
- Proven experience delivering complex IT/software products and projects
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum frameworks and the full product development lifecycle
- Experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams
- Ability to balance business priorities, technical constraints, and user needs
- Experience collaborating with many stakeholders
Skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to clearly define and communicate product requirements and decisions
- Strong prioritization, organizational, and self-management skills
- Ability to create realistic estimates and balance sprint scope with team velocity
- Ability to keep track of sprint progress
- Focus on execution, delivery, and cross-functional coordination
- Ability to work independently at the same time ensuring high level of transparency
Tools & Practices
- Hands-on experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Confluence
- Experience in product roadmapping
- Familiarity with UX principles
- Understanding of API-based systems and integrations
- Data-driven mindset
Nice to Have
- Fluency in German
- Product Owner experience
Main responsibilities:
· Communicate, follow and understand the client's product vision, strategy, and roadmap
· Gather, analyze, and validate business and stakeholder requirements
· Translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria
· Align, prioritize, and continuously refine the product backlog together with the client
· Ensure backlog items are clear and ready for development
· Act as the decision-maker for scope, priorities, and trade-offs
· Collaborate with client, development teams, UX/UI, QA and Scrum Master/PM
· Contribute in sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and demos
· Accept or reject completed work based on acceptance criteria
· Ensure delivered features meet business goals, user needs, and quality expectations
· Support release planning and go-to-market activities when applicable
· Drive product improvements using data, feedback, and KPIs as expert and align with the client
· Drive ongoing process improvements across teams and workflows
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