Making a job change is a big decision. Why consider Aptos?
You will join a team of remarkable colleagues who are committed and passionate about creating and delivering leading-edge solutions to the retail market. You will be part of an exciting growth journey where we will do everything possible to help you reach and exceed your career dreams. Our colleagues have access to industry-leading training and development opportunities, and the chance to work in a global, diverse culture with offices in 13 countries. You will be part of an inclusive culture that is grounded in our Company's purpose: to make a difference for every colleague, every client, every day.
With years of deep retail DNA, Aptos has been a market-leading platform that drives the world’s largest retailers’ product, promotion, commerce and merchandising decisions across online and brick-and-mortar operations. The opportunity at Aptos has never been greater, as we transition our solutions to cloud-native, microservices architecture. More than 135,000 retail locations impact nearly $2 trillion in annual revenue across fashion, grocery, drug, convenience, general merchandise, discount and sporting goods stores optimized with Aptos’ solutions. We hope you’ll be a part of taking innovative solutions to market with the leader in Unified Commerce.
About the role:
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will engage our Product Management team, engineering team (Dev, UI/UX, QA), and also interact with external vendors to facilitate integrations in a highly collaborative manner. Your work will be in the IT product development space, proposing solutions, creating better services and capabilities for our customers and for their customers in turn. You’ll also provide business and technology SME expertise and serve as the bridge between the business and the technology.
Duties / Responsibilities:
- Collaborating between Architecture Team, Product Management, UX, and Development teams
- Requirements elicitation: Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders
- Requirements analysis: Collaborates with stakeholders to decompose large epic into user stories that can be understood, estimated, developed and tested by members of the development team.
- Gathering and defining functional and non-functional requirements
- Create user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting artifacts (context diagrams, mockups, technical POC apps, etc.)
- Assist product manager/owner with prioritization and backlog grooming.
- Participate in and facilitate relevant Agile ceremonies and rituals: Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review/Demo, Retrospective
- Contribute to product & release documentation
- Builds trust and respect, establish relationships, and develop rapport with technical and non-technical team members
- Proactively support the uplift of Agile practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Demonstrate sprint deliverables and showcase feature values to stakeholders.
We are looking for demonstrated experience in the following:
- 5 years of experience in a similar role
- Retail domain knowledge
- Good technical knowledge
- Working in a fast-paced Agile environment and participating in all Agile / Scrum ceremonies
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or related field
- Excellent English written and verbal skills
- A master's degree in management in the areas of supply chain or operations will be an added advantage.
- Experience working in the areas of e-commerce, supply chain, POS, store fulfilment, or operational experience in retail fulfilment nodes will be an added advantage.
- Experience in localization, translation and internationalization of a B2B product will be an added advantage.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including a base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. By submitting an application for this job, you acknowledge that any personal data or personally identifiable information that you provide to us will be processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice.
