Consultant – Business Analysis (Statistical Systems)

**Role:Consultant – Business Analysis (Statistical Systems)

**Location: Doha, Qatar

**Position Type: Full-Time / Onsite

**Language Requirement: Bilingual – Good command of both Arabic and English is required.

Role Description:

The “Consultant – Business Analysis” is an integral part of the team responsible for delivery of statistical applications, survey platforms, analytics, modern data platform, Data Management & Data Governance solutions.

• Define requirements for new statistical applications, data products, Data Lakehouse, EDW, analytics solution, self-service BI, dashboards and reports, and data portals.
• Secure business stakeholders buy-in. Prepare specification documents and user stories. Manage backlog. Own RFP development end-to-end.
• Leads training efforts as well as planning, preparation and conducting User Acceptance testing.
• Liaison with business stakeholders and provides clarification of specifications, stories and requirements to data team.
• Organize the sprint backlog, ensure stories are ready for sprint planning, and validates stories throughout a sprint to confirm requirements meet the Product Owners expectations.
• Support in the creation of the testing strategy, test execution plan, test scenarios and test scripts.
• Must be comfortable to work in both waterfall or agile approach depending on specific project needs.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a business analysis role in data, analytics, or statistical applications.
• Strong understanding of statistical applications; previous experience working at a statistics office is advantageous.
• Previous experience defining requirements for data products, statistical applications, survey platforms, executive reports, and dashboards.
• Good understanding of data management concepts, data lifecycle, data governance, and data quality.
• Must be able to facilitate requirements gathering sessions, including leading focus groups to successfully elicit and document requirements (BRD). Proven experience developing RFPs.
• Proven experience defining features and functionalities, documenting user stories, and developing analytics use cases for a modern data platform, data warehouse, and BI solutions.
• Experience with requirement analysis, including gap analysis, data analysis, business process mapping, mock-ups, and prototypes.
• Fluent in both English and Arabic is required.