Key Responsibilities:
- Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring it is well-prioritized, refined, and aligned with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
- Define and communicate the product roadmap, working closely with business stakeholders, technical leads, and leadership to align on priorities and timelines.
- Lead requirements elicitation and analysis, ensuring dependencies and impacts are identified and addressed.
- Act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders and delivery teams, managing expectations and ensuring alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
- Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation including business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, user stories, and data mapping documents.
- Write clear and testable acceptance criteria, ensuring shared understanding across business, development, and QA teams.
- Lead backlog refinement sessions to ensure the team has a clear understanding of upcoming requirements before sprint planning.
- Make prioritization decisions on behalf of the business, balancing stakeholder needs, technical constraints, and delivery capacity.
- Monitor and report on delivery progress, proactively identifying risks, blockers, and scope changes, and proposing mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers, solution architects, and technical leads to validate that proposed solutions meet business needs.
- Mentor and support other Business Analysts, providing guidance on requirements practices, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
- Continuously improve team processes and BA practices to increase delivery quality and efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field — or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of experience in a Business Analyst and/or Product Owner role.
- Proven experience owning a product backlog and driving prioritization decisions in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to independently manage relationships at all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess cross-functional impacts and drive informed decisions.
- Ability to interpret and work with data to support analysis, validate requirements, and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working across multiple teams or domains simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
- Familiarity with web and mobile application development processes, including understanding of front-end, back-end, and API concepts.
Nice to have
- Experience with backlog management and Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Basic SQL skills or experience querying data to support analysis and validation.
- Experience in the financial services or banking industry.
What you will get from ATA IT :
- 14 days’ vacation in first year
- Health insurance for staff & families
- Life insurance
- Dental fee for staff & families
- Provident fund
- Monetary Assistance (Childbirth, Funeral, Basket Visit)
- Annual Party
- Monthly Activities- Staff Birthday & Company Activities
- Annual Health Check
- Multi-national company with flexible working hours, but professional company culture
- Work from Home Policy
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field - or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of experience in a Business Analyst and/or Product Owner role.
- Proven experience owning a product backlog and driving prioritization decisions with stakeholders and technical teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, able to manage relationships at all organizational levels including senior leadership.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to assess cross-functional impacts and drive decisions.
- Ability to interpret and work with data to support analysis, validate requirements, and communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working across multiple teams or domains simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, able to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
- Familiarity with web and mobile application development processes, including front-end, back-end, and API concepts.
- Experience with backlog management and Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Basic SQL skills or experience querying data to support analysis and validation.
- Experience in the financial services or banking industry.
What We Do
EFFICIENCY IN MOTION Driving Banking Innovation ATA IT, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Canada, was established in 2016. We deliver world-class IT services to NBC and its subsidiaries, setting the standard for banking technology and supporting its global reach. We achieve this through innovative banking services and uncompromising security, adhering to the highest standards to ensure our group's trust and satisfaction. Our expertise includes: · IT Banking Solutions: From enterprise architecture and infrastructure implementation to seamless integration services and fully managed, high-availability data center hosting. · 24/7 End-to-End Support: Ensuring continuous operational excellence with round-the-clock monitoring and maintenance. · Business Services & Applications: From secure brokerage platforms and corporate banking portals to solutions for institutional trusts, securities lending, and syndicated loans, we are aligned to the financial landscape. ATA IT’s strength lies in encouraging our employees to drive innovation, and our team is a vibrant mix from various cultural backgrounds & industries, collaborating to create a thriving work environment.
