Business Analyst (Publishing Systems - 12-month FTC)

Our Publishing Systems Centre of Excellence are recruiting for a Business Analyst to join their Business Analysis function. This is a 12-month fixed-term position covering a period of parental leave that reports into our Publishing Systems Product Manager.

As our Business Analyst, you’ll understand the business value of efficient and reliable workflows, processes and system features. You’ll also have a history of managing and satisfying complex requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.

You’ll play a critical role in working and engaging with stakeholders across the business to understand current and future business requirements, supporting the implementation of solutions that will deliver true business value. You’ll strive to capture business requirements and address true business needs across Publishing, Inventory Management and Bibliographic business areas, working with a consultative manner aiming to achieve stakeholder confidence and satisfaction.

The Team

Our Publishing Systems team operates as part of a wider Centre of Excellence community within our Technology team, so you’ll become comfortable working with various peers across the division. You’ll assist in identifying opportunities to rationalise and harmonise cross-system integration and interoperability and will be involved with enterprise-wide initiatives where required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with our Product Manager to drive roadmaps for the publishing and content management systems used across Penguin Random House UK
• Ensure that business requirements are captured, prioritised and analysed
• Prioritise changes to determine which, and when, to implement - within resource constraints
• Operate collaboratively with other Centres of Excellence to ensure that cross-system developments and interfaces are correctly specified from a Publishing System user perspective
• Ensure that “as-is” and “to be” states are clearly documented, understood and communicated
• Assist the Test and Release function where required to understand and test new developments
• Build and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders, being comfortable to challenge and influence where required

What You Will Bring: 

Essential Criteria:

• An open and collaborative approach in a One Team environment
• Experience of working as part of a multi-skilled team through the full systems development life cycle, working successfully with technology teams and in-house stakeholders
• Experience of writing and managing requirements as user cases or user stories

Preferred Criteria:

• Experience and working knowledge of frameworks such as Agile or Waterfall

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 8th June.

• Please note we are looking for someone to join the team from September, and we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.
• We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual interview and in-person interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary

£46,000 - £55,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important.

Hybrid working is our current practise with time spent working from home or in our London office currently two days p/week. Time required in the office will vary depending on projects and collaborative working sessions, and we are happy to discuss this during the interview process.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you will bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: Penguin Books Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 280214