Senior Business Analyst (Data-Oriented)

Project overview

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst (Data-Oriented)

Reference: 26-04-7702-001

Responsibilities

Education:

Key Skills:

Important Skills:

• Define the business problem as well as the approach for resolving and implementing a digital service request, and present it at the project kick-off.
• Ensure the solution meets functional requirements according to business value and manage any changes.
• Assess the criticality of a situation and make necessary decisions, or refer them to the project manager / sector manager.
• Analyze business needs, model processes and data flows, and elicit needs to refine functional and non-functional requirements.
• Prioritize according to value and compliance, interacting with all stakeholders to consider technical or organizational needs and constraints.
• Describe functionalities in the form of user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritize them in a backlog (e.g., JIRA), negotiate and simplify to maximize continuously delivered value.
• Define the high-level test strategy and organization, design and execute tests, and manage their execution by stakeholders.
• Manage anomalies from detection to validation of their correction, ensure test reporting and the drafting of minutes, and manage user acceptance.
• Lead or participate in workshops with various stakeholders using collective intelligence techniques (preparation, facilitation, reporting).
• Communicate with the client, maintain a climate of trust, and adapt communication to the interlocutor, including at high levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with and unite multidisciplinary teams in a matrix-like environment.
• HES diploma, ETH engineering diploma, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in functional/business analysis of complex IT projects.
• Certifications in Business Analysis (e.g., BABOK, CBAP, ISTQB, IIBA or equivalent).
• Significant experience in resolving complex business problems (diagnosis, data collection and analysis, systems thinking, structuring hypotheses, business value analysis, modeling, etc.).
• Experience in modeling business processes and data flows.
• Needs elicitation and prioritization based on business value.
• Significant experience in specifying business and system requirements, particularly in the form of user stories.
• Development and implementation of test strategies.
• Management of user acceptance testing (UAT) and anomaly tracking.
• Ability to communicate with the client, particularly to maintain a climate of trust, listen to their needs, and respond to them effectively by adapting communication to the interlocutor.
• High-level communication and client relations: active listening, adapting communication, climate of trust, reporting to senior management, fluent and error-free French.
• Facilitation of collaborative workshops using collective intelligence techniques (topic preparation, workshop facilitation, reporting).
• Practice with a backlog management tool (e.g., JIRA).
• Successful business analysis experience in implementing data repositories and multiple sources.

Nice to have

Required Qualities:

• Knowledge of the HERMES methodology.
• Knowledge of eCH standards.
• Experience in public administration.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Analysis, synthesis, and simplification.
• Leadership, commitment, and dynamism.
• Constructive attitude towards change.
• Adaptability, innovation, and rapid skill acquisition.

Project details

Geneva

Desired Start Date: 01/15/2027

100%

Compensation: from 137,000 CHF / year

Job Description and Context:

We are looking for a senior data-oriented business analyst for a client, a public administration in Geneva, to strengthen its business analysis teams.

Within a 7-year program (started in 2025) for the modernization of the IT system in the energy sector, led with a product approach, the selected person will hold a key framing role for the next 36 months between the business vision and the implementation of digital services based on data repositories (buildings, third parties, etc.) and multiple sources. The position goes beyond functional analysis: taking a high-level view of business, strategic, and regulatory issues, challenging needs, influencing without hierarchical authority, and arbitrating between stakeholders.

• Start: flexible
• Location: Geneva, Geneva, CH
• Languages: French