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Evaluate business context, drivers, and expected outcomes to ensure alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.
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Elicit, validate, and document business needs using structured techniques to ensure clarity and traceability.
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Assess current and target business models to identify value streams, capabilities, and operational impacts.
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Map and evaluate existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities using industry-standard techniques.
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Create visual representations of workflows using standard notations to support analysis, communication, and solution design.
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Compare current and desired states to identify capability gaps, improvement areas, and potential solutions.
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Convert business requirements into functional specifications that guide solution design and development.
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Identify, assess, and document risks related to business processes, systems, and change initiatives, including mitigation strategies.
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Contribute to strategic documentation that defines scope, objectives, value proposition, and governance for initiatives (e.g. business cases, vision documents, charters, and security plans).
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Develop clear deliverables such as Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and User Stories with acceptance criteria.
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Define and manage acceptance criteria; support test case design and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure requirements are met.
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Maintain requirements traceability (e.g., story/feature with test case) and manage change requests throughout the lifecycle.
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Document non-functional requirements (NFRs) (e.g., performance, security, usability) alongside functional requirements.
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Facilitate cross-functional communication among stakeholders, developers, and testers to ensure shared understanding and alignment.
SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES
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Good knowledge of information systems matters.
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Good knowledge of large organisation administrative business processes.
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Experience with enterprise software development in large-scale, complex information systems.
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Knowledge of analysis and modelling techniques aligned with BABOK and IEEE 29148, including user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, state diagrams, and entity relationship models.
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Good knowledge of BPMN or UML or equivalent modelling approaches.
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Good knowledge of diagramming, modelling and wireframing tools (e.g. Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, UML, BPMN, Axure, Balsamiq, Pencil).
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Knowledge of software development and governance methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, RUP, and ITIL.
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Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira or GitLab, including backlog practices (epics, user stories).
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Practical knowledge of Model Grant Agreements and programme-specific rules such as Horizon Europe, LIFE, and Digital Europe for Grant Agreement preparation, amendments, and reporting.
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Awareness of European Commission compliance requirements such as GDPR for participant data, eIDAS for digital signatures, and financial audit trails.
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Experience interpreting European Commission call documentation such as Work Programmes and Guides for Applicants to extract system requirements.
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Proficiency in requirements management, software development and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint and GitLab for creating, managing, and prioritising epics, user stories, backlogs, acceptance criteria and documentation.
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Ability to use data analysis tools such as SQL and Excel to assess usage patterns and identify user needs.
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Experience with system integrations, including APIs and manual data imports.
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Knowledge of testing methodologies for validating functionalities, including UAT scripts and regression testing.
SKILLS
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Ability to onboard quickly, understand context, and contribute with minimal supervision.
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Ability to prepare business analysis deliverables while facilitating stakeholder input.
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Ability to tailor communication to business and technical audiences.
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Proficiency in synthesising complex information into clear presentations for senior stakeholders.
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Ability to apply structured analysis techniques to support evidence-based decisions.
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Ability to balance strategic alignment with detailed requirements and solution design.
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Ability to apply high quality standards.
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Ability to participate in multilingual meetings.
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Ability to build trust and influence decision-making.
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Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously.
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Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering.
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Effective leadership and team management skills.
Level : Senior
Delivery mode: Near Site (Brussels)
Deadline 05/11/26
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