Business Analyst Mobile App

　　Location:

　　London/Hybrid

　　Department:

　　Technology

　　Salary Details:

　　Not Specified

　　Advertising End Date:

　　07 Feb 2024

　　Job Description

　　Business Analyst Mobile App

　　The Sun

　　Hybrid

　　We are News UK Technology:using technology to innovate and lead the global conversation on the future of media and storytelling. We keep people at the heart of our business through value-driven and inclusive practices enabling our staff to grow and thrive. As such, we are proud members of Tech Talent Charter UK with 34% of our Tech roles filled by gender minorities. News UK Tech is an award-winning team, winning Team of the Year at the UK Business and Innovation Awards, 2023.

　　We are The Sun: The Sun comprises digital product teams supporting development and enhancement of The Sun Website, The Sun Mobile App and Sun Savers. It’s an exciting time for us as we align workstreams to be more innovative and audience facing.

　　The Sun websites and apps are critical to the continued success of the brand. We are an agile, cross-functional programme, working together to ensure the digital products can continue to meet the needs of the business and customers by improving the user experience, underlying platform and operational tools for teams.

　　Your Role:We’re looking for a Business Analyst to join The Sun Technology to work with the Mobile App team to translate Product visions into requirements and solutions that can be successfully delivered. We are currently in a process of extending our mobile app offerings as well as continuing the journey to develop and improve the features offered.

　　We are a fast paced, forward thinking and enjoyable place to work. Business Analysts here are at the heart of our most exciting initiatives to ensure alignment between business goals and technical implementations.

　　Day to day

　　You will work within an Agile product team that also comprises the following disciplines - engineering (which also includes QA), product management, project management, UX&D and data science.

　　You will engage in business analysis activities that ensure that we continue to develop and improve our widely recognised media products to support the immediate and long term business needs.

　　You will work in close partnership with the Product Managers to ensure backlogs are high quality in terms of content, visibility, and understanding of business value.

　　You will be expected to perform in depth analysis on prioritised initiatives in a way that they can eventually be broken down into clearly understandable epics and user stories that can be prioritised according to their clearly outlined business value.

　　Part of your role undoubtedly will include coaching the development teams on how to structure and format good requirements and stories further ensuring the team is self-sufficient and you are not acting as a translator/scribe.

　　When stories are delivered you should ensure there is feedback to the team and the business stakeholders on the value that was created.

　　You should also expect to actively research best practice and strategic direction within the industry and find ways to share this back into the team. Part of your role will also include contributing and maintaining the quality of BA standards and practices

　　What we’re looking for from you:

　　Requirements elicitation and analysis

　　Proven BA working experience preferably in the mobile app development industry (with leading App Stores).

　　Ability to elicit requirements through various techniques (workshops, interviews, shadowing, etc) and create comprehensive documentation, including functional specifications, user stories, and use cases, to clearly communicate requirements (outlining business value, risks, assumptions and constraints)to development teams and business stakeholders where required.

　　Experience facilitating conversations outlining potential solutions and prioritising options based on business value or required outcomes.

　　Working experience or knowledge of responsive websites, REST APIs and tools such as postman is desirable.

　　Building Trust and Collaboration

　　Encourage and help seek ways to establish (or re-establish) more efficient and effective ways of working across all stakeholders (including 3rd parties where applicable) to ensure clear accountabilities and common understanding of opportunities and next steps.

　　Have a positive attitude and an optimistic outlook, and contribute towards creating a more collaborative, open and trusted working environment.

　　Facilitation & Communication

　　A believer in continuous improvement

　　Comfortable with managing own and team’s work based on constantly changing business requirements and priorities by keeping focus on the business strategy and cost of delay.

　　We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

　　Life at News:Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

　　To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

　　Benefits:

　　Some of our benefits include:

　　Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

　　Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

　　Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions

　　Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

　　‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

　　Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

　　Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

　　Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

　　A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

　　25 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year

　　Thriving employee networks supporting colleagues to embed and grow, including women in technology, parenting, wellbeing, GenZ, NewsIsOut and faith-oriented groups.

　　We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reason