Business Analyst Third Party

Job Description

Reporting to the Business Support Manager - Third Party, the successful Business Analyst will play a vital role helping to deliver new features on some of the most widely used systems at Jet2holidays.In this exciting opportunity, you will be expected to be an expert in business analysis for software development - driving critical business projects from inception to delivery. You will facilitate internal stakeholder workshops, displaying skills in interviewing, effective questioning and have an ability to capture requirements to maximise business value.You will own the requirements for any developments our internal stakeholders request, capturing these with any supporting documentation. Epics/User stories should be detailed and captured in the teams tool of choice, following INVEST principles and acceptance criteria. Additionally, you will work closely with the development teams to give them a clear understanding of what needs to be delivered. Using sessions such as 3 Amigos, the user stories should be documented and agreed by the team. You may also be required to run estimation sessions to understand the effort required to deliver the stories.As a part of the team effort, any of the above outputs should be shared with the Product Owner and you will support with effective prioritisation of the backlog, providing recommendations based on your understanding.You will always support sprint planning by having all analysis ready and well defined. At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays our BAs dont just stop at the capture of requirements, as they collaborate within our development teams to take ideas from concept to a solution, understanding any areas of risk, dependencies, compliance impacts or data requirements. You will also support the implementation and training of new features to our business wide users. Working together with your team will be key to your personal success and key to project delivery. Ultimately, we operate as a team, supporting one another to get the job done.The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, with proven stakeholder management skills and the ability to build and maintain great working relationships with third party suppliers and colleagues at all levels. It would be highly desirable for the candidate to have experience as a Business Analyst in a Tour Operator/Airline environment, but experience of working with pricing and stock management systems would be more advantageous. Experience of working with third party development teams would be beneficial, although not essential. It would be desirable for the successful candidate to speak Spanish, but not expected.You must have previous experience as a Business Analyst and of delivering projects in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Being comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing competing workloads and effectively prioritising will be key in this role. Some overseas travel may be required.In return, we offer an excellent salary and benefits package with fantastic opportunities for progression in a growing business. This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting forward-thinking business.We operate scheduled leisure flights to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands and to European Leisure Cities from our 10 UK bases.Help us to send our all-important customers on holiday with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays!