Job Description
Business Analyst
Location: dmg media Headquarters, Derry Street, HSK, London, W8 5HY
Position: Full Time/Permanent/Hybrid – 3days/week in the office
About Us
dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, i, MailOnline, Mail Plus, metro.co.uk and inews.co.uk reach more than 11m people daily in the UK.* Globally, our brands reach 180m unique browsers every month.** In March 2021, the business acquired the world’s leading science title, New Scientist.
dmg media’s newsbrands are expert at getting to the bottom of the stories most relevant to their readers.
*PAMCo 1 2020 ** Omniture April 2021
About The Role
The analyst’s role is to understand and document business processes supported by thorough analysis of business requirements using industry standard tools and techniques.
This particular project will be focussed on the replacement of our existing order management systems (for print and for digital), with the aim of consolidating into a single solution.
This project will involve working across many dmg::media brands and products. This is a collaborative environment in which you will have a strong input and the opportunity to build experience and responsibilities across the business.
Main Responsibilities
- Review, analyse and evaluate business processes and user needs.
- Document requirements, define scope and objectives.
- Help the business prioritise requirements and deliver accordingly
- Work closely with project and product managers, engineering, and QA teams to ensure business and technical requirements are fully documented and understood
- Ensure quality, all requirements are defined,tested and signed off.
- Communicate on progress, risks, and issues as required.
- Assisting with test scenarios
Person Specification
- Previous experience of at least 3 years in similar position at being hands-on and leading people and process.
- Experience of both agile and waterfall delivery
- Experience working on similar sized projects
- Hands on experience running stand ups, sprint planning & retrospectives
- Previous experience in Media or Publications a real advantage
Key behaviours/competencies
- Ability to identify any gaps, errors, improvements, or opportunities whilst analysing the “As Is” process.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to lead and motivate a team when making significant changes.
- Attention to detail and ability to look at the big picture.
- A passion for IT as well as a desire to implement change.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- The ability to work on multiple workstreams at once.
- Confidence to raise any concerns you foresee and the thoroughness to track to closure
- A proactive mindset with the ability to make things happen.
- Progressive attitude to pick up new skills, learn modern technologies and tools.
Package Description
Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:
- 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
- Pension plan and life cover
- Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics
Plus much more…
Our Commitment
We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.
