<ul><li>Investigates operational requirements, Data Science capabilities, and value at stake, seeking effective business solutions through informational and Machine Learning based data products. Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems, and identifies options for consideration. Works iteratively with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance tests.</li><li>Contributes to evaluating the factors which must be addressed in the change programme. Helps establish requirements for the implementation of changes in the business process.</li><li>Documents changes based on requests for change. Applies change control procedures.</li><li>Facilitates scoping and business priority-setting for DS initiatives of medium size and complexity. Contributes to selection of the most appropriate means of representing business requirements in the context of a specific DS initiative, ensuring traceability back to source. Discovers and analyses requirements for fitness for purpose as well as adherence to business objectives and consistency, challenging positively as appropriate. Obtains formal agreement by stakeholders and recipients to scope and requirements and establishes a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence. Manages requests for and the application of changes to base-lined requirements. Identifies the impact on business requirements of interim (e.g. migration) scenarios as well as the required end position.</li><li>Implements stakeholder engagement/ communications plans, including, for example; handling of complaints; problems and issues; managing resolutions; corrective actions and lessons learned; collection and dissemination of relevant information. Uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure effectiveness of stakeholder management. Helps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.</li><li>Manages Agile backlog and Sprint Planning, including reports for Portfolio Management</li></ul><p><br></p>

<ul><li>Experience as a Business Analyst, or similar role within Data Science and/or IT change projects</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Strong analytical and problem solving abilities</li><li>Confidence and the ability to network with, negotiate with, and influence a wide range of people with different backgrounds, responsibilities and motivations</li><li>Ability to elicit and understand stakeholder requirements and motivations, understand the wider business need behind requests, model these and communicate these to the delivery teams</li><li>Attention to detail</li><li>The ability to absorb business and IT knowledge</li><li>Education to Degree Level or equivalent</li><li>Experience creating Functional Specifications, including atomic functional requirements, processes and data models</li><li>Desirable: Domain Experience in Energy, Forest Products or other heavy industry</li><li>Desirable: Experience with Agile project management for Software Development and/or Data Scienc</li></ul><p><br></p>

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