Business Analyst/senior Business Analyst Job in Eka

Position/Title: Business Analyst The Business Analyst will be responsible for the features and shape of a particular product family at Eka. They will be responsible for working with Product Management team, Marketing team and Pre-Sales team to understand the market needs and involve in product roadmap evaluation along with Product Management team. Education & Experience Engineering Background (MBA would be desirable) 2 - 5 years of experience in business analysis / product owning with a top tier software product firm with a focus on CTRM (especially in Metals/Ags commodities covering international trading business, domestic business in specific geographies and origination business), ETRM, ERP, supply chain management solutions, or financial applications Should have direct responsibility for coming up with software product solutions to business needs in above mentioned areas. Knowledge of the commodities business and derivates (futures and options) would be an added advantage. Experience in implementation of any business application at least at one customer location is desirable. Skillsets The person needs to be creative at conceiving product solutions that allow clients to use our product more efficiently in their business. Should be very well conversant with data modeling and should be able to apply the knowledge to propose the data model for new or change in solution. You must have excellent skills for working in cross-functional teams of Software Development, Quality Assurance, and Product Support. Should have a working knowledge of any of the web technology, preferably J2EE. Responsibilities Managing the product backlog Overseeing development stages and highlighting the risk to stakeholders. Acting as primary liaison and closely interacting with engineers and unblocking without any delay Speaking to customers and market to understand and detail requirement. Assimilate customer and market needs in this area; translating their requirements into product features; writing product specifications. Solutioning independently as well as giving directions to solution team preparing solutions for building new product features. Preparing / reviewing solutions including workflows, User interfaces, and business logic processing to ensure they meet the product features / specification requirements. Controlling the evaluation of data model of the product Working with Engineering in the evaluation of product features and trade off. Providing internal /external product support and training and contributing to product documentation. Involved in product design, co-ordinate in development and release process for assigned products to ensure product development based on the road map laid out by the Product management team. Coordinate the collection, description, analysis, and prioritization of requests for new product functionality from customers and prospects. Create detailed use cases, business requirements, and marketing requirements. Develop hands-on, in-depth knowledge of competitive products and maintain technical analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses. Coordinate beta testing of new products and features. Document and report problems and recommend solutions/improvements to program managers. Participate in product performance benchmarking activities. Coordinate with related product partners in implementing interfaces / integration with their products. Perform product demonstrations at trade shows, online seminars, and other events. Document answers to customer technical questions that cannot be answered by sales staff or product support specialists using existing documentation. Adhere to prevailing Eka s ISMS policies and procedures while delivering the duties.