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Job Description

The Feature Analyst II is responsible for translating moderately complex business
requirements into clear, actionable user stories and functional specifications.
Working with a level of autonomy, the incumbent facilitates the elicitation and
clarification of requirements through collaboration with business stakeholders and
agile delivery teams. This job contributes to the analysis and refinement of epics
and features, ensuring a shared understanding of the business value and the
intended user outcomes. It guides the definition of acceptance criteria, produces
relevant analysis artifacts, and supports the agile team throughout the delivery
cycle. This job applies analytical thinking and facilitation skills to ensure alignment
between business goals and technology solutions, while identifying opportunities to
continuously improve both user experience and product performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Requirements Identification | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/DIGITAL | BUSINESS AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.

Feature Product and Solution Development | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Contribute to the analysis and evaluation of complex features and user stories to ensure alignment with business goals and delivery priorities across multiple teams or workstreams. Supports defining the breakdown of epics into features, and features into user stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with Program Increment planning cycles. Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to refine and shape product solutions

Agile Backlog Management | PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | PROJECT/PROGRAM/PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Review the backlog of work for a small project and reprioritize the work and deployment of project resources to reduce costs and increase the value of the work delivered to the business.

Business Case | GENERAL | ADVICE

Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases.

Requirements Management | PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | PROJECT/PROGRAM/PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be" | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/DIGITAL | BUSINESS AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Documentation and Backup | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/DIGITAL | DATA MANAGEMENT

Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.

Enterprise Business Analysis | PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | PROJECT/PROGRAM/PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.

Feasibility Studies | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/DIGITAL | BUSINESS AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.

Prototype Development | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Coordinate and deliver prototype development projects

Testing | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Develop product specifications and design test procedures and standards. Collaborate with testing teams to develop and validate test cases and ensure alignment with business requirements.

Continuous Improvement | GENERAL | INNOVATION

Review existing operations in own area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure continuous improvements are delivered. Foster Agile thinking by encouraging feedback loops within the team and continuously improving analysis and delivery practices.

Skills

Competencies

Education

Closing Date

22 September 2025 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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