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Job Description
Role: Business Analyst
Location: London Bridge
Contract: Permanent
About Us:
We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts that are must-listens for millions across the UK Ireland and beyond. News Broadcasting is the UKs most digital broadcaster with 86% combined digital listening share complementing its market-leading scale on visual platforms. The group contains the national brands of talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK Times Radio Talk and Wireless Ireland-produced radio stations including FM104 Corks 96fm and Dublins Q102.
Your Role:
Were looking for a Business Analyst to join our News Broadcasting Digital Team. Youll work across two agile teams: News Broadcasting Audio Team and the Platform Team. The Audio Team looks after our universal web player housing Virgin Radio Times Radio talkSPORT and Talk radio stations. We are currently extending the web player to support all of our Irish stations which come under Onic as a single brand. Additionally the Audio Team includes a group of backend engineers who manage customer data user preferences and permissions.
The Platform Team is responsible for providing the data that feeds both the App and the Web platform as well as developing our smart speaker products (Sonos and Alexa). It is essential to demonstrate experience working with backend systems such as REST APIs and GraphQL.
Day-to-Day You Will:
Work within an Agile product team comprising engineering (including QA) product management project management and UX&D.
Engage in business analysis activities to develop and improve our widely recognised media products.
Partner with the Product Manager to ensure backlogs are high-quality visible and demonstrate clear business value.
Analyse document and improve existing backend workflows APIs data structures and integrations.
Perform in-depth analysis on prioritised initiatives breaking them into clearly defined epics and user stories prioritised by business value.
Collaborate with developers to ensure system solutions align with long-term business and technical goals.
Translate business requirements into backend system designs and technical specifications.
Coach development teams on structuring and formatting good requirements and stories ensuring self-sufficiency.
Provide feedback to teams and business stakeholders on delivered stories highlighting the value created.
Research industry best practices and strategic directions sharing insights with the team.
Contribute to and maintain the quality of BA standards and practices.
What Were Looking For:
Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
Ability to gather requirements through workshops interviews shadowing etc. outlining business value cost to deliver and time constraints.
Effective communicator capable of sharing risks assumptions and constraints with both dev teams and business stakeholders.
Experience facilitating conversations to outline potential solutions and prioritising options based on business value.
Presentation skills tailored to the needs of different dev teams and stakeholder types.
Experience spanning the entire technology delivery lifecycle from inception to release and maintenance.
Building Trust and Collaboration
Establish or re-establish ways of working for product teams and third parties with clear accountabilities.
Collaborate across stakeholders to achieve common understanding of challenges opportunities and next steps.
Foster a trusted and empowered team environment comfortable handling challenging conversations about scope benefits and ways of working.
Promote positivity motivation and support within the team.
Delivery Focus within Agile Ways of Working
Experience delivering in agile/iterative environments using methodologies such as SCRUM Kanban and Lean.
Understanding of iterative product development including MVP prototyping and lean start-up techniques.
Promote Agile values and ways of working to mature the teams confidence in self-management.
Facilitation & Communication
Advocate for continuous improvement.
Tailor communication analysis and team activities to suit the situation and audience.
Manage work amidst changing business requirements and priorities maintaining focus on strategy and cost of delay.
If you believe you have the skills and passion to succeed even if you dont meet every requirement on the list we encourage you to apply. We value potential just as much as experience and are eager to hear from individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and growing with us.
At News UK we know the value of working together which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate innovate and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about whats required for your role.
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio Talk and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel audio and video events and experiences our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.
At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly virtual yoga classes
Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on emailprotected.
About The Candidate
About The Company
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
