Business Analyst, Senior📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Adree is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to play a key role in the successful delivery of government sector initiatives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This position acts as a critical liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring business needs are analyzed, documented, and translated into effective functional solutions. The Senior Business Analyst will contribute to digital transformation, business process optimization, and enterprise system implementations.

This full-time role requires a strong understanding of business analysis methodologies and proven experience within the Saudi Arabian government sector. The ideal candidate will possess robust analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex projects and diverse stakeholder groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and meticulously document business requirements from various stakeholders.
• Conduct workshops, stakeholder interviews, and requirement elicitation sessions to uncover detailed needs.
• Identify key business needs, pinpoint process gaps, and recognize opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze current-state and future-state business processes to define optimal workflows.
• Drive the clarification of requirements, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Create detailed User Stories and define precise Acceptance Criteria.
• Develop process flows, define business rules, and produce detailed functional specifications.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Produce clear, professional, and comprehensive project documentation.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Owners, Government Stakeholders, and Technical Teams.
• Facilitate requirement clarification and validation sessions.
• Ensure alignment between business expectations and delivery team capabilities.
• Support communication channels between business and technical stakeholders.
• Support backlog refinement and prioritization activities.
• Participate in sprint planning and requirements walkthrough sessions.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
• Assist with change management and business readiness initiatives.
• Contribute to the successful and timely delivery of projects.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of proven experience working as a Business Analyst.
• Mandatory previous experience working on Government Sector mega projects.
• Demonstrated experience in Digital Transformation, Business Process Improvement, or Enterprise Systems projects.
• Hands-on experience in requirements gathering, business analysis, and the creation of user stories.
• Experience working within Agile development environments.
• Mandatory IIBA Certification (ECBA, CCBA, or CBAP).
• Agile, Scrum, or PMP certifications are considered an advantage.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to conduct workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings fluently in both English and Arabic.
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills.
• Experience within government entities, ministries, authorities, or public sector organizations is preferred.
• Experience working directly with business owners and key stakeholders.
• A background in operational, product, or delivery environments is preferred.
• Consulting company backgrounds are not preferred for this role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are crucial.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for project management and documentation.
• Understanding of system integrations and APIs.
• Knowledge of various business process modeling techniques.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Familiarity with Government Services, Budgeting and Financial Systems, Supply Chain, and ERP Solutions is preferred.

Required Skills

• Business Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Documentation
• Stakeholder Management
• Digital Transformation
• Business Process Improvement
• Enterprise Systems Implementation
• User Stories
• Acceptance Criteria
• Process Flows
• Functional Specifications
• Requirements Traceability
• Agile Methodologies
• Backlog Refinement
• Sprint Planning
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Change Management
• Business Readiness
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Jira
• Confluence
• System Integrations
• APIs
• Business Process Modeling
• Communication (English and Arabic)

Work Environment

This is a full-time position located at a client site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires over 10 years of overall professional experience, with a minimum of 6 years specifically in a Business Analyst capacity.