Woolworths

We are Woolworths Group | Ko Woolworths Tātou 

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand.  Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'.  That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.    

If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace.  With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

What you’ll do | Hei mahi

The Senior Business Analyst is crucial for product squad success, bridging user needs and business objectives. They champion users through research, support product strategy, create actionable tasks, ensure quality, and foster collaboration.

The key responsibilities include:

• Lead Requirements & Solution Design: Drive the design of complex technical solutions by translating business strategies into comprehensive requirements, user stories, process flows, and robust acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with user needs.
• Strategic Planning & Prioritization: Collaborate with Product Managers to develop strategic plans and prioritize backlog activities by assessing feasibility, technical constraints, dependencies, and overall business value.
• Champion Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs): Take ownership of defining and integrating critical NFRs, such as performance, scalability, and security, into the core design of services from the outset.
• Facilitate Quality Delivery: Support the successful implementation of projects by defining clear acceptance criteria and working closely with Quality Engineers to ensure effective testing and high-quality outcomes.
• Drive Process Improvement: Champion business analysis best practices and drive successful change management by creating key process documents and artifacts to improve team workflows.
• Coach & Mentor: Actively coach and mentor other Business Analysts to develop their skills, while supporting chapter leadership in identifying and leading initiatives to embed best practices across the team.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

You will bring advanced business analysis skills, a strong understanding of best practices, and excellent stakeholder management abilities. You will also contribute to the team by coaching and mentoring other Business Analysts.

You’ll have:

• 5+ years of proven experience as a Technical Business Analyst, ideally within a digital or technology-driven environment.
• Expertise working across multiple domains and software development methodologies such as Agile (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, dual-track) and Waterfall
• Exposure to human-centered design practices and mindsets.
• Strong leadership skills and experience in leading business analysis to achieve success in complex initiatives & environments
• Expert in eliciting and analysing complex technical requirements, including system analysis and data modelling for large-scale projects.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring others.

What you’ll experience | Ngā Huanga

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• A commitment to flexibility through a hybrid working model which combines time spent at a support office or hub and time working from home, supporting both in-person connection and balancing the flexibility that remote working provides for our teams
• High-impact role supporting our teams who enrich our communities. 
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.  
• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group | No Woolworths tātou

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.