About this role
Analyst - Business Analyst Enterprise Programme Management Office.Commercial Operations SA
Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Description
Key Mission Elements:
- Elicit, clarify and document business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with stakeholders and technical teams to drive end-to-end solution delivery.
- Define project success factors and metrics to track achievement of business objectives.
- Lead design thinking workshops to foster innovative, fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Validate and manage requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle, including UAT facilitation.
Responsibilities
Requirements Management Performance Areas:
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Elicit, analyse and document stakeholder and business requirements (epics, features, user stories)
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Define the problem statement, opportunity or constraint. Conduct pre-session research to understand the motivating factors, business objectives and desired future state.
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Facilitate design-thinking workshops to ideate and prototype solution designs
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Decompose epics into prioritised, well-formed user stories with clear acceptance criteria
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Collaborate on functional specifications, context diagrams, “As-Is”/“To-Be” process maps and system designs
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Conduct Risk Analysis in understanding the risks associated with achieving the future state and mitigation strategies. Unpack project scope and define boundaries
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Manage requirements changes: impact assessments, governance, and sign-off
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Perform analysis across Process, Organisation, People, Information, and Technology dimensions
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Define benefits-tracking requirements to monitor value delivery on initiatives
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Enforce business analysis standards and documentation best practices
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Ensure compliance with SAFe Agile methodology and EPMO governance frameworks
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Leverage AI-powered tools (e.g., MS Copilot) to accelerate analysis and documentation
Key Outputs:
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Approved BA artefacts and a prioritised backlog of user stories
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Workshop artifacts (journey maps, prototypes, decision logs)
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Change-request log with impact assessments and formal approvals
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Report on a weekly basis to management and cross-functional teams relating to progress made within business analysis activities
Testing & Quality Assurance Performance Areas:
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Author UAT test cases and facilitate UAT sessions
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Track defects, verify fixes against requirements, and report severity to stakeholders
Key Outputs:
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UAT test plan, test scripts, and sign-off sheets
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Defect log with severity ratings and resolution status
Process Mapping & Improvement Performance Areas:
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Map and analyse business processes (“As-Is” and “To-Be”), with defined business rules.
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Identify improvement and automation opportunities, and recommend optimisations
Key Outputs:
- “As-Is” and “To-Be” process maps
Qualifications
Education
- 3-year diploma or degree
- Diploma in Business Analysis
- Relevant Agile qualification is required (SAFe, or scrum, Kanban agile foundation course)
- Certification in Design Thinking Frameworks is preferred
- Facilitation certification is essential
Experience
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Minimum 5 years of proven experience in requirements elicitation, gathering, documentation, and management. This experience should include analyzing business needs and providing solutions. Familiarity with an agile environment is essential.
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Proven experience in facilitating white-boarding sessions with cross-functional teams and working on large-scale technology projects
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At least 2 years’ experience of conducting design thinking workshops and working in an Agile environment
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Experience in Modelling techniques and methods is required
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Working experience of design thinking requirements definition is essential
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At least 2 years’ experience working in an Agile environment is essential
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Telecommunications industry experience beneficial
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Job Info
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Job Identification
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7858
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Job Category
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MTN Level 2
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Posting Date
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10/16/2026, 06:05 AM
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Apply Before
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10/22/2026, 08:00 PM
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Degree Level
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Bachelor's Degree
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Job Schedule
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Part time
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Locations
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MTN SA Innovation Centre