Senior Business Analyst

Project overview

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Reference: 26-04-7706-001

Responsibilities

Education:

Key Skills:

Important Skills:

• Ensure the solution meets functional requirements and manage any changes.
• Describe functionalities as user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritize them in a backlog.
• Lead or participate in workshops with various stakeholders using agile and collective intelligence techniques.
• Elicit business needs to refine functional and non-functional requirements.
• Define the test strategy and organization.
• Design and execute tests using appropriate tools and techniques, adhering to agreed standards (e.g., XRAY).
• Oversee the execution of test cases by stakeholders.
• Manage defects from detection to validation of their correction.
• Ensure test reporting and the drafting of test reports.
• Interact with all stakeholders to consider the client's needs and technical or organizational constraints.
• HES diploma, computer science degree, ETH engineering diploma, or federal diploma.
• 8+ years of experience in functional/business analysis of IT projects.
• Requirements elicitation and prioritization of client expectations.
• Significant experience in specifying business and system requirements as user stories.
• 3+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Development and implementation of test strategies.
• Management of user acceptance testing (UAT) and defect tracking.
• Ability to communicate with the client, maintain trust, listen to their needs, and respond effectively by adapting communication to the interlocutor.
• Ability to quickly acquire knowledge of both functional (ergonomic improvements) and business (legal changes) aspects.
• Ability to assess the criticality of a situation and make decisions accordingly or escalate to the project manager.
• Ability to negotiate and simplify functionalities for multiple stakeholders.
• Perfect command of French, both spoken and written.
• Facilitation of collaborative workshops using collective intelligence techniques.
• Ability to communicate and report to high levels of the organization.
• Experience with a backlog management tool (e.g., JIRA).
• Experience with a test plan definition and execution tool (e.g., XRAY).
• Ability to integrate and work in a team, collaborate and unite multidisciplinary teams in a matrix environment.

Nice to have

Required Qualities:

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• Certifications in Business Analysis or Testing (e.g., CBAP, ISTQB, IIBA).
• Knowledge of the HERMES methodology.
• Knowledge of an Agile methodology.
• Successful experience within a Geneva public administration.
• Successful experience in test automation.
• Knowledge of German or Swiss German.
• Experience in public administration.
• Ability to quickly acquire skills in a functional domain.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French.
• Listening skills, analytical and synthesis abilities.
• Ease of working in a team and sharing knowledge.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with different types of stakeholders: business representatives, integrators, developers, functional and solution architects.
• Ability to articulate complex concepts simply.
• Leadership, commitment, and dynamism.
• Ability to innovate and adapt.
• Constructive attitude towards change.
• Ability to manage conflicts and crises.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and activities in parallel.
• Autonomy and initiative.

Project details

Geneva

Desired Start Date: 01.02.2027

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Remuneration: from 137,000 CHF / year

Job Description and Context:

We are looking for a senior business analyst for a client, a public administration in Geneva, to strengthen the sector responsible for IT projects in the police domain.

As part of an investment program dedicated to the evolution of the police's information system, the sector is facing an increasing number of development projects. The selected candidate will support their definition, instruction, and implementation, from requirements elicitation to acceptance testing, within agile teams. Long-term mission (up to 5 years).

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