Woolworths

Senior Technical Business Analyst

• Newly created role to support integral business function 

• Have an impact on how we shop as a nation 

• Work with the brightest minds to drive innovation 

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow. It’s that Purpose that 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 that reflects the diverse communities we serve. 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

As the Senior Technical Business Analyst, you will lead the analysis and definition of complex technical solutions that align with strategic business objectives. Work to drive collaboration across multiple teams, business units, and vendors, ensuring the alignment of requirements and successful delivery of large-scale digital products and services. 

• Elicit and Document Business and Technical  Requirements: Lead complex workshops, interviews, and other discovery activities to gather and document comprehensive business requirements, user needs, and functional and non-functional specifications for major projects.

• Analyse Business Processes: Analyse existing business processes, identify pain points, and recommend improvements to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.

• Drive Solution Design: Take ownership in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including UX/UI designers, developers, and product managers, to lead the design of complex technical solutions that align with business strategies and ensure designs meet strategic business requirements and user needs.

• Support Testing & Implementation: Support the testing and implementation of clear acceptance criteria, in collaboration with Quality Engineers to ensure effective and high quality delivery

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Drive data-informed product and technology decisions by working with Product and Business stakeholders, leading complex data analysis and providing strategic insights.

• Backlog Prioritisation and Grooming: Work with business and product stakeholders to ensure a healthy backlog. A healthy backlog is a prioritised set of stories with enough detail for technology teams to execute at any point in time. In addition to creation of User Stories & Acceptance Criteria: Translate technical requirements into detailed technical user stories and acceptance criteria, including performance and security considerations.

What you’ll bring

Possessing 5+ years of demonstrable Business Analyst experience, preferably within a digital or technology-focused setting. You will demonstrate the below: 

• Proven experience working with Agile methodologies.

• Experience working with a cross functional set of stakeholders including Product, Business, Engineering and Delivery. 

• Experience with database management systems (e.g., SQL, Oracle)

• Strong collaboration and communication skills and ability to build strong business relationships

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.

What You’ll Experience

• We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

• 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.

• 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 progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing.

• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.