Lead Business Analyst

Purpose

The role of a Pega Lead Business Architect will have a strong focus placed on requirements gathering via DCO methodology of the Pega Platform. Independently run elaboration sessions to a diverse range of business stakeholders coming from different areas within the bank. Preach Pega best practices and promote OOTB thinking while elaborating requirements

Capable of leading multiple squads in delivery of customer focused, integrated solutions playing the Scrum Master role.

Able to guide the team and remove blockers to ensure timely delivery of projects

Component based; reusable architecture should be core of the solutions they provide.

They will provide critical thinking and a high degree of technical innovation and attention to detail while being recognized as a trusted advisor to the team and stakeholders.

As well as the technical skills we are looking for someone who is a great communicator, solutions driven and thrives in working in a team to achieve the project goals.

Capabilities, Experience & Qualification Requirements

Essential capabilities

Independently conduct elaboration sessions Run requirement gathering sessions with LSA and the client SMEs to elaborate the requirements, process steps, and objectives.

Work with other Pega LSAs, and SSAs to improve standards and guidelines.

Work in agile methodology and support the Manager Engineer to size, manage scope, and highlight risks using stand-ups, burn-down, status reports, retrospectives, etc.

Highlight risks and assumptions identified during the course of the project.

Work closely with delivery teams of various applications in ensuring test alignment at the test case level.

Escalate the issues about project requirements (Software, Hardware, and Resources) to the Manager Engineer.

Ensure the delivered solution matches customer functional requirements and commits to Customer Success.

Experience conducting various scrum ceremonies

Experience

It is expected that the role holder will most likely have the following qualifications and experience:

8 -12 years of Pega Platform experience on requirements gathering and delivery of client deliverables: (Mandatory)

Experience using the latest version of Pega i.e Version 8 and above (Mandatory)

Experience in full Pega implementation cycle using agile methodology (Mandatory)

Experience in DCO methodology

Understanding of Pega frameworks for Finance industry and hands-on experience on a few of them

Certification - Lead Business Architect (Mandatory)

Qualification Requirements

Tertiary qualification in technology related degree

Key Accountabilities

Requirements gathering, running elaboration sessions, preparing requirements matrix, etc

Leading and conducting Scrum ceremonies

Guide the business through UAT / BVT sessions

Coaching, mentoring, and guiding junior business analysts

Provide key support on fail and fix for assigned application/s.

Key Performance Indicators

Recognized as a key contributor to the innovation, development and implementation of changes relating to value control and reconciliations

Evidence of potential cost savings through process simplification, optimization and automation

Stakeholder engagement recognised as trusted advisor to the business

Key Stakeholder Groups

Manager Engineer

Product Owners / Business Analysts

Architecture

Scrum Masters / Release Train Engineers

Head of Technology