Business Analyst – Development and Operations

Position Summary

The Business Analyst - Development & Operations serves as the primary liaison between Plan'R, software development partners, and technical stakeholders. The role ensures business requirements, research objectives, and product specifications are translated into development priorities, tested, documented, and delivered on schedule.

This position oversees the execution of Plan'R's product development and innovation initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives, operational needs, and approved project deliverables.

Job Descriptions

• Software Development Coordination (30%): Serve as the primary liaison between Plan'R and its software development partners, ensuring clear communication of business requirements and project priorities. Translate business needs into functional specifications and actionable development tasks, coordinate project schedules and milestones, monitor progress against approved plans, and proactively address technical challenges and delivery risks. Facilitate technical review meetings and oversee software enhancements, bug fixes, and system integration activities to ensure timely and successful delivery.
• Business Analysis & Requirements Management (25%): Lead the gathering, analysis, and documentation of business, functional, and nonfunctional requirements. Develop business requirements documents, process flows, and user stories, while evaluating proposed features against organizational objectives and user needs. Coordinate technical feasibility assessments, maintain end-to-end requirements traceability throughout development and testing, and ensure solutions align with Plan'R's privacy-first and anonymity-by-design principles.
• Research & Product Development Support (20%): Support the execution of product innovation and research initiatives by coordinating approved experiments, prototypes, and feature development efforts. Document development activities, technical findings, and project outcomes, while assisting in the testing and validation of AI-enabled financial planning, financial modeling, and simulation capabilities. Maintain project documentation and technical records, and coordinate product enhancements arising from research, testing, and user feedback.
• Quality Assurance & Product Testing (15%): Coordinate quality assurance activities by developing and managing user acceptance testing (UAT) plans, monitoring defects through resolution, and facilitating prototype and product validation efforts. Consolidate feedback from pilot users and stakeholders, verify completion of development deliverables, and maintain comprehensive testing, validation, and acceptance documentation to support product readiness and deployment.
• Development Operations & Reporting (10%): Support effective project execution by maintaining development trackers, milestone reports, and project dashboards. Coordinate software release planning and deployment schedules, ensure the completeness of technical and product documentation, and prepare regular status reports for management and key stakeholders. Assist in compiling project accomplishments, progress updates, and other reporting requirements related to funded initiatives and strategic development programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• At least two years of relevant experience in project management, research coordination, financial monitoring, or program administration.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams.
• Familiarity with government-funded projects, grant administration, or research documentation preferred.
• Strong organizational, financial monitoring, and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Must have technical writing experience.

Pay: Php25,000.00 - Php38,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Company Christmas gift
• Flexible schedule
• Promotion to permanent employee
• Work from home

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cebu City