Business Analyst – Introduction

If you have extensive experience in business analysis for digital products this is a rare opportunity to develop your career with an expanding science-based SME with a bright future.

As a world leader in delivering nature data and intelligence, NatureMetrics brings the power of genetics to frontline environmental management. Our products allow our customers to make better decisions for business and nature. We have grown rapidly over the last five years and validated our technology in multiple industry sectors and regions of the world. We now have an exciting scale up plan backed by ambitious and supportive investors. We aim to be the premier provider of nature data to companies globally by 2025 and you can now join the team.

We are looking for a highly motivated Business Analyst to collaborate with colleagues to manage the product delivery roadmap and to realise the organisation’s digital requirements.

Business Analyst – The Role

Define & document the Digital Products in the Digital portfolio.
Define end-to-end customer experience with business stakeholders.
Work to ensure that customer journeys, business process flows & epics & stories are clearly articulated.
Collaborate with outsourced software delivery resource ensuring that they understand digital requirements, scope & delivery.
Work with the digital tester to ensure that all acceptance criteria is tested.
Responsible for maintaining all Epics, Stories, customer journeys, business processes & non-functional requirements for Digital products.

Business Analyst – About You

Extensive business analysis experience for digital products
Experience of working with Atlassian Confluence & JIRA
Proficient user of tools that build customer journeys & business process flows, such as Figjam, Miro & Visio.
Excellent communication, multi-tasking & problem solving skills.
Highly organised & with an eye for detail.
Time management skills.

Ecological Data Scientist – Nice to Have

Background in healthcare or biodiversity or other science fields.
Experience of working with Mapping or GIS technologies.
Experience with DNA-based data, GIS, mapping, and/or study design.
Experience of re-platforming or redesigning existing digital products.

Business Analyst – What Is In It For You

We offer great personal development opportunities and roles with breadth, depth of scope and impact. We also offer comprehensive packages including:

Competitive Salary (depending on experience)
25 days holiday excluding bank holidays
Company pension
Flexible 40-hour week (core hours 10am to 4pm) including 1 hour paid lunch
Cycle to Work Scheme,
Enhanced family friendly policy
Dedicated well-being room
Health insurance.
Life Assurance

This is a hybrid based position with the expectation that the successful candidate will attend the office 2-3 days a month.

Business Analyst – How to Apply

Apply online via the link below and we will get back to you. Full JD below

We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.

At NatureMetrics diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us to the communities we work with. Our values leave no space for stereotypes. We are all unique and pull together for a common purpose.

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Job Title	Business Analyst
Department	Digital
Reports to	Digital Product Owner
Location	This role has a UK based contract and as such, you must have the right to live and work in the UK.  You’ll be required to work at your contracted office, 1 Occam Court, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7HJ and will need to be able to commute to this location.
Salary	Competitive
Flexibility	This is a Hybrid based position, with the expectation that the successful applicant will attend the office 2-3 days a week. Travel to HQ is at your own expense.
Hours	40 per week (core hours 10am- 4pm) including 1 hour paid lunch break	FTE	1
Date	March 2023

CONTEXT OF ROLE 

We are an expanding science-based SME with a bright future. As a world leader in delivering nature data and intelligence, NatureMetrics brings the power of genetics to frontline environmental management. Our products allow our customers to make better decisions for business and nature. We now have an exciting scale up plan backed by ambitious and supportive investors, with a mandate to ‘bring nature into the boardroom;’ helping companies understand their impact on biodiversity and the benefits of protecting it. We are a team of bright, enthusiastic individuals who are excited to be breaking new ground and disrupting the world of biodiversity monitoring. We take great pride in our work and are seeking new team members who will do the same.  

MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB 

The successful candidate will work closely with other members of the IT department on managing the Product delivery roadmap and with other members of the Product organisation on realising their digital requirements. The role reports to the Digital Products Owner

The successful candidate will design product solutions and be a key member of the team to help define end-to-end customer experience with stakeholders of the business. A background in healthcare or biodiversity or other science fields would be advantageous as would any experience of working with Mapping or GIS technologies  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES 

Define and document the Digital Products in the Digital portfolio, including concept ideation, customer journey definition, business process flows, Epic and Story writing with clear acceptance criteria, backlog grooming, and business value specification
Prior experience of replatforming or redesigning existing Digital products desirable
Understand and be able to explain the Epic and Story writing across process across Digital and product teams. Work to ensure that Customer journeys, business process flows and Epics and Stories are clearly articulated and understand by product stakeholders and the development team.
Support the Digital product owner in balancing competing interests across the business in the Digital product owner council

Work with outsourced software delivery resource ensuring that they understand the digital requirements, scope and delivery
Work with the Digital tester to ensure that all acceptance criteria is tested
Prior experience of working with Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
Experience of tools that Build customer journeys and business process flows – Figjam, Miro, Visio etc
Any experience of working with Map technologies for rendering customer data on different map technologies using Choropleths or other map centric digital designs would be useful

Responsible for maintaining all Epics, Stories, customer journeys, business processes and Non functional requirements for Digital products
Responsible for maintaining all acceptance criteria

PERSON SPECIFICATION  

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE 

No specific qualification required but business analysis and experience is required
3+ year’s experience in Business analysis for Digital products

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES 

Clear and concise written and spoken communication skills  
Excellent organisational and time management skills  
A natural ability to multi-task and problem solve, able to prioritise workload based on strategic and tactical business priorities; able to deliver results consistently on-time and within budget 
Delivery focused with a passion for quality and innovation, a flexible and adaptable attitude and willing to accept and drive change

Ability to present written information in a structured and balanced way appropriate to the needs of the reader 
A consummate communicator, both written and verbal, you are able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team 
An outstanding team player who is able to work effectively even when things get busy and remain calm under pressure 
Very organised with excellent attention to detail.

We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.

NATUREMETRICS VALUES 

NatureMetrics Values are Transparency, Excellence, Advancement, Collaboration and Honesty. These values should be embedded in your work and behaviour, and any associated policies and processes adopted consistently.       

This document sets out key responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of tasks and duties. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to reasonably vary the responsibilities from time to time depending on the needs of the organisation without changing the level of the role. 