Business Analyst Advanced

INTRODUCTION

DG GROW B3 "Digital solutions" manages a valuable portfolio of information systems and IT services enabling the Commission’s agenda in the area of the Single Market for goods and services and industrial competitiveness. We have the ambition to create and maintain innovative and user-focused digital solutions for better policy-making and information management to forge a truly digitally transformed and data-driven Commission. Accordingly, DG GROW plays a pivotal role in the delivery of the Commission's Digital Strategy and its Information, Data and Knowledge Management Strategy and the Data @ EC Action Plan through its active involvement in the corporate IT and Cybersecurity Board (ITCB) and the Information Management Steering Board (IMSB). We are delivering on these priorities with a strong focus on data, end-users and productivity gains.

The Service Provider may work on different projects managed by the Digital Solutions unit of DG GROW.

The tasks that service provider will be expected to perform include any or all of the following.

• Evaluate business context, drivers, and expected outcomes to ensure alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.

• Elicit, validate, and document business needs using structured techniques to ensure clarity and traceability.

• Assess current and target business models to identify value streams, capabilities, and operational impacts.

• Map and evaluate existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities using industry-standard techniques.

• Create visual representations of workflows using standard notations to support analysis, communication, and solution design.

• Compare current and desired states to identify capability gaps, improvement areas, and potential solutions.

• Convert business requirements into functional specifications that guide solution design and development.

• Identify, assess, and document risks related to business processes, systems, and change initiatives, including mitigation strategies.

• Contribute to strategic documentation that defines scope, objectives, value proposition, and governance for initiatives (e.g. business cases, vision documents, charters, and security plans).

• Maintain requirements traceability (e.g., story/feature with test case) and manage change requests throughout the lifecycle.

Facilitate cross-functional communication among stakeholders, developers, and testers to ensure shared understanding and alignment.

• Assist Managing the implementation of projects to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and Skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.

• Work closely with the project’s Business Manager (BM) on business justification, project definition, and Business Implementation.

• Help guiding the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables.

• Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings.

• Ensure continuous alignment of programme scope, outcomes, and benefits with evolving business goals and strategic objectives.

• Assisting the project manager with the operational tasks

• Stepping in as back up for the project manager for short periods of time

Minimum required level

The service provider must have the following minimum level of expertise, expressed in years of experience, for each area of expertise listed below. Tenders that do not meet the minimum level of expertise will be rejected.

• Professional experience as a business analyst: 10 years

• Professional experience in IT or digital transformation projects: 10 years

• Experience working in Agile environments: 5 years

• Excellent knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum Management, Lean agile.

• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira or GitLab: 5 years.

• Experience with collaboration platforms such as Confluence or SharePoint: 5 years.

• Professional experience working in international environments: 5 years

• Professional experience with IBM Case Manager: 3 years

it is remote from Europe (except Belgium, NL and Luxembourg)

Daily rate is best quality for money offer

Cv in Digittm III and a Techinal questionnaire

only EU Citizens