Senior Business Analyst

At Alpha Plus Technologies, we  are  committed to delivering Niche, Efficient, Robust, and Value–Enriched  Software Solutions  to our Clients, while  assuring  a  consistent Quality  &  Innovation Benchmark in Software  Design,  Development, Implementation  and  Customer  Support across our Client Spectrum. Your primary responsibility will be to contribute to this vision. You shall play an important role in the software development life cycle and be responsible for creating design specifications, mock-ups, coordination across teams to ensure timely delivery, etc. In this profile you will interact externally with prospects and clients and internally with the technology, quality assurance, business development, application support teams & senior management.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who is responsible for developing a deep understanding of prospects or markets needs and driving the strategic vision, working with teams to deliver best-in-class products that enable our customers to execute their business operations at ease. You will contribute to define, prioritize and execute the product roadmap, working closely with the software developers to build solutions and add new features. An experience of 2 years in a similar profile is a good to have. Basic knowledge of programming, database, and software testing would be advantageous. It would be great if you share the enthusiasm for travel and meeting clients coupled with problem-solving and lateral thinking abilities. Sounds like something you would like to do? Come on board!

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Innovate new product ideas for increasing the company’s product line, in the chosen areas of business
• Collaborate with internal and external clients to identify and innovate new areas of functional enhancements in existing products
• Ensure updating of the requirement log/inventory for each of the software products
• Extensively liaise with Development & Quality Assurance Teams as a vital member of the Software Development Life Cycle with intense participation in sprint planning & sprint review meetings
• Prepare and/or review specifications and user stories for handing over to the Development Team
• Assist the Quality Assurance Team in selection of appropriate test cases for functional, unit, performance, security, and scalability testing
• Ensure readiness of all product documentation including User Manual, Technical Literature, Best Practices Guide, and other client-specific documents
• Provide product knowledge transfer to the Marketing Team during product collateral design
• Perform duties as a Product Owner and Functional Expert for internal and external clients
• Supervise members of the product implementation team and aid in clearing hurdles and challenging situations
• Initiate and lead Best Practices’ Audit and improvements at client-site for optimum usage of products
• Extend administrative and management support to the Team Lead and/or Department Head in ensuring excellent performance of the team
• Any other roles and responsibilities as may be suggested by Department Head

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE

• B.Sc. (IT) / B.E. / MCA / MBA or other Technical Graduates / Post-Graduates with reasonable understanding of software solutions and their design
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Business Analyst / Product Design profile
• Pleasing personality and excellent oral and written communication skills are pre-requisite
• Strong visualization and analytical skills is a pre-requisite with visible ability to articulate ideas, concepts, and viewpoints
• Sound understanding of Product Life Cycle, from conceptualization to commercialization, along with best design practices
• Keen desire to research and learn emerging design ideas and techniques and ability to incorporate these meaningfully in the scheme of things for our products