Senior Business Analyst - Release Train
Recruiter
Coventry Building Society
Listed on
18th March 2022
Location
Coventry
Salary/Rate
£42640 - £63960
Type
Permanent
Start Date
2022-3-28
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About The RoleWe're Building a Brighter Future that is All Together Better
The Chief Information and Digital function at The Coventry is changing; we are currently undertaking an exciting transformation that will shape the future of the organisation and embrace agile ways of working with a focus on early and incremental release of value. As we progress on our journey, we are seeking talented individuals who are passionate about delivering an outstanding experience for both members and colleagues in an environment where you will have the opportunity to be part of the future success of the organisation and work in an environment where personal and professional development is taken seriously. What You'll Be Doing
As a Senior Business Analyst (Release Train) you will undertake the coordination lead for business analysis aligned to an Agile Release Train. Working closely with the Release Train Engineer, you will have responsibility for supporting the approach, other SBAs and BAs within the teams inside the release train and supporting critical assessment of activity and helping to shape and create the train level backlog alongside the Product Manager
A core part of the role will be to work closely with all other train level roles to ensure the clarity of and alignment to delivery and maintenance of features aligned to corporate strategy and committed outcomes as set through increment planning activity. The role requires significant interaction with business stakeholders and third parties to help ensure customer and value-based outcomes are captured in the release train backlog of work.
You will support the product strategy and road-map, with the ability to translate the stakeholder's vision of the product into the business needs and communicate it to the team members to make them understand the expectations
Working with all teams within the train, helping embed BAs and SBAs by ensuring their work is aligned to the train level objectives and the analysis work contributing to the team back logs is of sufficient quality to enable teams to develop effectively and commit to goals.
You will also support the Practice in the continuous improvement of Business Analysis within the product model at the Society, helping ensure that the Practice is leading the way in collaborative, effective, straightforward and high-quality Business Analysis.
You'll be a Servant Leader
You'll need to be an authentic ‘servant leader' who takes responsibility for enabling your team's success and achieving the Society's shared goals through the CIDO function, ahead of your own objectives.
You'll have excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence business decisions and command credibility at all levels, building and managing relationships across the Agile Release Train.
You'll maintain an understanding of the overarching business strategy and the impact that design decisions have on stakeholders and customer value outcomes.
You'll lead the feasibility and shaping of activities and features on the Release Train backlog and play a key role in keeping the product backlog prioritised and refined to plan the subsequent iterations and tasks for the next program increment.
You'll excel at being a people developer and coach - demonstrable experience of building and developing high performing teams.
With great resilience you'll maintain energy and enthusiasm and embrace situations positively. Emotional intelligence helps you understand your impact on others, always taking time to help others to operate at their best.
Constantly creating a culture of continuous improvement, learning from mistakes and use the experience to change how you and the team respond to similar situations in the future. And You Will Have Strong understanding of principles, theories, practices associated with Agile methodologies. Demonstrable experience in an agile / scrum environment with an appreciation for working within a scaled environment. Experience in Design Thinking and eliciting business outcomes and converting them to use cases, epics, and user stories with acceptance criteria. Extensive process improvement experience, including experience that leverages technology as part of the solution. Solid experience with process redesign methods (such as business process re- engineering or Six Sigma). Knowledge of relevant business process standards (for example, Business Process Modelling Notation) and other business process analysis tools and methodologies. Demonstrable experience of identifying and resolving team impediments. Demonstrable experience of championing agility and agile principles both upwards and into the wider business and through into their Agile Release Train. Advocacy for career paths and identifying development opportunities for members of your team; an ability to incubate and grow the talent pool. About The Company
Who are Coventry Building Society?
We are the second largest Building Society in the UK and the 8th largest lender, we know a thing or two about Savings and Mortgages. The Society has grown significantly over the past decade and now has over 2700 employees and nearly 2 million members. The Society is a Which recommended savings provider and, with over 2700 employees, we're proud to be one of the Best Big Companies to work for in 2021. We Value Diversity
We want you to feel accepted for who you are. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community, where you can succeed as your whole self.
To make good decisions a team needs different perspectives, drawing on different experiences and backgrounds. Teams with people who embrace difference and are curious about other points of view, innovate more, solve problems faster and achieve better outcomes. A culture where difference is valued and people can be themselves is a place where people can be brilliant. We Believe in Flexibility For You
We value the individuality and diversity of our people and we are committed to attracting and retaining the very best people who reflect our values.
We recognise the importance of helping you to balance your working life with other priorities. This may include parental and other caring responsibilities, education, charity work, leisure activities and other interests. And we've recognised the benefits of a hybrid working approach, with colleagues choosing whether they want to work from home or in our offices. It's a team-led approach, with each area of the business deciding what works best for them.
